Set in 1897 Shanghai, China's large cities are places of bustling commerce overshadowed by avarice and dark deceptions. Anyone can be bought or sold–and everything comes at a price.

For Little Pearl, a tigress of the Tan household, the price for becoming a Tigress Immortal is steep. She must form an unholy alliance and enlist the aid of one of the barbarian white men who flood the port city, greedy for China's rich trade market.

Master Tan called Captain Jonas Storm his friend. Perhaps he is not like all the other foreigners. She must trust someone, for Master Tan and her beloved Mistress Tigress Shi Po are missing. If only she wasn't so weak, her yang energy depleted. Her inner fire spent. To hold the House of Tan, she must defeat those who would steal the master's property and regain her strength, even if she must steal the handsome captain's white yang essence, released during lovemaking.

Ms. Lee writes with an eye toward rich detail, her words evocative, breathing life into the characters amid the luscious and colorful backdrop of late nineteenth century China.

Little Pearl is a study in quiet determination and the gentle art of subterfuge and rebellion. Jonas Storm is a delectable hero. The character's sincere compassion befuddles the heroine, but not this reader. I grew more attached to Ms. Lee's hero with every passing page.

A captivating, sensual book from a gifted author.

5 Kisses

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