Golden Flame — Dorothy Dowdell

ONE GOLD MINE. TWO MEN. A WOMAN WHOSE DREAMS WILL NOT BE DENIED.

Stylish San Francisco, 1894. A world of fabulous balls and high society. But for beautiful Dorcas Hamilton, whose grandfather has all but bankrupted the family with his investment in the lavish Hamilton Regency Hotel, the road to survival is paved with blood and sweat: she must turn the family's dilapidated gold mine into a profitable proposition or face utter ruin.

But her passion is not only for business. Though Dorcas cannot return the ardor of engineer Andy Woodard, who aids her in her fierce struggle against treacherous smugglers and calamitous cave-ins, she finds herself falling further and further in love with mining mogul Philip Richmond, who is as mysterious as he is attractive.

Determined to triumph at a "man's" task, hungry for the lover who will make her life complete, Dorcas Hamilton knows no end to her ambition, no bounds to her desire....