San Francisco - San Francisco Author:Paul Block San Francisco: 1896 — It was the last stop before oblivion...the golden gateway to a glorious destiny. — It was a bubbling cauldron where gamblers, drifters, pimps, bankers, merchant kings, fortune seekers, and fugitives all gave the city its raw power, its daily life-and-death drama. People like: — Charles Salomon, king of a mercantile dynasty, be... more »nding beneath the weight of a terrible guilt and his wife's iron will.
Nina, his wife, vainly obsessed with her social standing and the shocking scandal she must conceal at all costs.
Rachel, the eldest daughter, a bold, beautiful accomplished businesswoman ready to give her passion to the right man.
Aidan McAuliffe, the dashing young Scottish physician running from a crime he did not commit, fleeing with the aid of a mysterious woman who will save his life, claim his love, and share her family and fate.
Together they sought glory, vengeance, romance, and wealth. They found it all in San Francisco.« less