Beneath a Golden Veil

As elegant as the Sacramento residence she operates, Isabelle Labrie keeps her past concealed, like the treasure she hides under the Golden Hotel. Itâ€s 1853, the heyday of the California Gold Rush. Isabelle is full of hope, staking her claim on the cityâ€s refined clientele and her future on a sweetheartâ€s promise to marry her when he returns from the gold fields. Then, unexpected guestsâ€"fugitive slaves seeking safe passage to the Northâ€"force her to confront her past and reconsider her path. While Isabelle learns to trust Godâ€s provisions, a law student in Virginia must confront his fatherâ€s cruelty and rescue a young slave from his familyâ€s tobacco plantation. As the two escape to freedom, and Isabelle risks everything to harbor runaway slaves, the past and present are set on an inevitable collision courseâ€"one that reveals hidden treasures of the heart.