Lily’s happy life in Shanghai is ripped apart when her father dies. Her outstanding beauty works against her when her aunt sells her and she’s shipped to California for sale to a brothel owner. But Lily wasn’t born in the Year of the Tiger for nothing. Determined to escape, she watches for her chance in the midst of chaotic Gold Rush San Francisco. With her father dead and her life ripped apart, Lily refuses to believe that love exists... even after she meets Devon, the young Bostonian who vows to protect her from further harm.