On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over-the-moon. She has a flawless Asscher cut diamond, a wedding dress she loves more than anything found in the salons of Paris, and a fiancee willing to sacrifice his entire inheritance in order to marry her. But Rachel still mourns the fact that her birthfather, a man she never knew, won't be able to walk her down the aisle. Until-- a shocking revelation draws Rachel in to a world of Shanghai splendour beyond anything she has ever imagined.