Bayou Lady — Nancy Bacon

Pampered and protected from the ugly aftermath of the Civil War, beautiful Amanda Belie Bradshaw is forced to flee to California from her Louisiana home. Unprepared for the violent lustiness of the land... the raw danger... and the vulgar wealth, she soon learns that the savage Barbary Coast is not a place for the timid.

Surrounded by strong-willed, influential men and women, Amanda in time becomes the unchallenged pacesetter of the Gay Nineties; an enviable position that turns her head but not her heart...until she meets the one man who has the power to utterly possess her... who will use her body and own her soul.