title: Desire's Blossom
author: Edwards, Cassie
description: A TURBULENT JOURNEY
  When her family was lost at sea off the coast of China, 8 year old Letitia Taylor became the adopted daughter of a Chinese mandarin. Although her flame red hair was dyed black and her face was disguised with powder, little Lee-Lee could never forget her home in America. As the years passed, a fiery spirit and burning passion blossomed in the young maiden as well as a desperate yearning to see the outside world. And when an elegant American businessman captured her heart and mind, Lee-Lee knew she belonged with him.
  
  A DANGEROUS LONGING
  Timothy Hendricks was immediately drawn to Lee-Lee's beauty. As he surrendered to the desire aching within him,, he became entangled in the mystery of her past the peril of the present. Now on a dangerous voyage to America, Timothy's lingering kisses and warm embrace emboldened Lee-Lee to face the hardships to come while she struggled to make a new home for herself--in the land of her birth, in the arms of her love...