The Blue Dress Girl

China, 1857. She-she, a peasant girl, never wanted to be a concubine. But She-she has caught the eye of Li Hung, the most powerful man in Canton.

Torn away from her family, she must serve as a blue dress girl, welcoming men to Hung’s decadent household and into her bed. Her first encounter is with lecherous Trader Courtice.

But the night goes horrifically awry, bringing scandal down on She-she’s head. She flees by boat.

THEN DISASTER STRIKES AGAIN.

British forces open fire on She-she’s ship, leaving her injured. Among her attackers is Second Lieutenant Kernow Keats, a sensitive young Marine who promises to take her to safety.

He is unlike any man She-she has ever known. But dare the couple dream of a future together?

CAN THEIR LOVE SURVIVE THE VICIOUS WAR RAGING ALL AROUND THEM?

Discover a beautifully told saga, majestically woven around the lives of two people, discovering unexpected feelings in unfamiliar territory.

PERFECT FOR FANS OF ARTHUR GOLDEN, AMY TAN, LISA SEE, ANCHEE MIN, OR PEARL S. BUCK.