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. Its 1853, the heyday of the California Gold Rush. Isabelle is full of hope, staking her claim on the citys refined clientele and her future on a sweethearts promise to marry her when he returns from the gold fields. Then, unexpected guestsfugitive slaves seeking safe passage to the Northforce her to confront her past and reconsider her path.While Isabelle learns to trust Gods provisions, a law student in Virginia must confront his fathers cruelty and rescue a young slave from his familys 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 courseone that reveals hidden treasures of the heart.