{"product_id":"2940161613375","title":"The Depth of Beauty","description":"\u003cb\u003eSlavery...Polygamy...Prostitution...and the Plague--\u003cbr\u003eThe Golden City Has Its Secrets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e A 2017 RITA Finalist  in Mainstream Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1903, San Francisco's Chinatown is teeming with vice just blocks away from the Golden City's aristocrats, but wealthy Will Firestone sees the district as a potential market for his shipping enterprise. Dazzled by an exotic young widow from Canton, he is drawn into the immigrant enclave, a decision that will rock his foundation and lead him down a treacherous path.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCountry girl Mandy Culpepper is only fifteen when she's orphaned and brought under the protection of the Firestone name. Grateful for her privileged status, she's determined to give back by helping Chinese immigrant girls in jeopardy, even if it means facing dangers that put her at odds with both her guardian and those in power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing their own divergent paths, Mandy and Will are caught up in the rising tension between city power brokers and the reviled foreigners. But an intruder no one bargained for will bring them together in a fight against a horrifying disease – a scourge that cares nothing for race or social standing or the love one person feels for another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho will survive? Who will not? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADDITIONAL RECOGNITION FOR \u003ci\u003eThe Depth of Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelf Unbound 2016 \"Notable Indie\"\u003cbr\u003eBookstores without Borders Lyra Award for Historical Fiction\u003cbr\u003eChanticleer Book Reviews Goethe Award – First in Category: North American Turn of the Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Depth of Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e is Book Two in A.B.Michaels' historical fiction series \"The Golden City.\"  Other titles in the series include \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Promise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Compassion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJosephine's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll titles in this series are stand-alone reads.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more information, please visit abmichaels.com.","brand":"Red Trumpet Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46549143847153,"sku":"2940161613375","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940161613375_p0.jpg?v=1765445265","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940161613375","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}