Torn from the protective community of American missionaries in China, innocent Lydia Holt has no idea of the harsh realities she will soon face Forced into a loveless marriage to a sadistic Chinese nobleman, бшощеLydia escapes her cruel confines and flees to San Francisco, only to meet the man she once trusted with her life A man who now threatens to destroy the cosmetics empire she has established and rules with an iron hand For in the secret corner of her heart, lovely Lydiвжыдьa harbors a dream - the unfulfilled promise of a passion that burned all too briefly for a handsome Scots trader with the blackest of souls A man who tempted her with his fiery kisses, then left her brokenhearted and betrayed A man who would one day learn that Lydia's love was far stronger than his lustcould she but find her way back into his arms again Автор Джессика Стюарт Jessica Stuart.