While Xiu peddled pipe dreams, a nightmare was waiting.Sensual and exotic, San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1870’s was filled with temptation and greed. Raised in this quagmire of vice, Xiu Jung caters to wealthy thrill-seekers with her elegant opium den, The House of Five Fortunes. With the help of Madison Hayes, the illustrious actor, she makes it the most fashionable salon on the West Coast. … Coast. But a string of murders is sweeping the city, coming closer and closer to Xiu. Madison said he would protect her, but could this mysterious outsider be trusted?
From Chinatown to Deadwood, Amanda Hughes once again takes you on a page-turning adventure of a lifetime.
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Difficult at first to get into but I stayed with it and was very interesting. A good read from many approaches.
Good read and a page Turner.
Loved it, hated to come to the end of the book.
Very good read
A saga of a family who survive the many upheavals of governments and fortune.
Loved the inside journey of another culture’s early struggles to assimilate into America.
This book provided an excellent insight into the early the early years of San Francisco and it’s Chinesse heritage.
Good read. True to the times, something different
A good book to read set in old Calf. A woman inherits an opium den from her mother and almost lost it to her because of her husband. I will not give all away. You will have to read it for yourself. Keep reading! I think you’ll like it.
A good book to learn of the business women in the gold rush era!
I really enjoyed this. Well written and unpredictable.
Great story with great characters
great story. well written
The characters were described and presented in an informative way and colorful. The areas of SanFrancisco were easily recognizable. The story line was Heartbreaking at times but kept my interest to the end. Great read!
Rollercoaster adventure of a young Chinese American girl. The book follows her life from her days as the adopted daughter of missionary parents who minister to the Chinese immigrants building the transcontinental railroad to her life in Chinatown in San Francisco in the 1870’s as a successful businesswoman managing a tearoom and opium den. Her romantic interest is an American actor with a mysterious past. The author appears to have done her homework on the building of the railroad, the rough and tumble days of the goldrush and the prejudice that the Chinese were facing at this time. The book started slowly but built to quite a crescendo at the end. I couldn’t put it down! 4 stars
Loved the insight of how the Chinese in San Francisco were treated in that era.
I found this book most interesting to bring more light to the persecution that the Chinese in the 1800’s endured.
Very interesting story based on historical events. Well written
This is a keep on turning pages after bedtime. Very good Historical novel.
Great view of 18th century America and the Chinese American experience.