Beneath a golden veil : a novel /
Dobson, Melanie B.,
Beneath a golden veil : a novel / Melanie Dobson. - 344 pages ; 21 cm
As elegant as the Sacramento residence she operates, Isabelle Labrie keeps her past concealed. It’s 1853, the heyday of the California Gold Rush. Isabelle is full of hope, staking her claim on the city’s refined clientele and her future on a sweetheart’s promise to marry her when he returns from the gold fields. Then, unexpected guests, fugitive slaves seeking safe passage to the North, force her to confront her past, reconsider her path, and trust God's provisions.
1503937712 9781503937710
Underground Railroad--California--Sacramento--Fiction.
Fugitive slaves--History--California--19th century--Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--California--Sacramento--Fiction.
Gold miners--History--California--19th century--Fiction.
California--History--1850-1950--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Romance fiction.
Beneath a golden veil : a novel / Melanie Dobson. - 344 pages ; 21 cm
As elegant as the Sacramento residence she operates, Isabelle Labrie keeps her past concealed. It’s 1853, the heyday of the California Gold Rush. Isabelle is full of hope, staking her claim on the city’s refined clientele and her future on a sweetheart’s promise to marry her when he returns from the gold fields. Then, unexpected guests, fugitive slaves seeking safe passage to the North, force her to confront her past, reconsider her path, and trust God's provisions.
1503937712 9781503937710
Underground Railroad--California--Sacramento--Fiction.
Fugitive slaves--History--California--19th century--Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--California--Sacramento--Fiction.
Gold miners--History--California--19th century--Fiction.
California--History--1850-1950--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Romance fiction.