Born into oncubine, lovely Yuki had fought her way to the top of the fashion industry. Now, on the very threshold of success, her business was being sabotaged. No Paris or New York competitor hated her that much. No, the seeds of malice that threatened to destroy Yuki and her beautiful daughter, Dawn, had been sown years before... Shanghai, 1931: There, in a city dominated by warlords and seething with intrigue, two extraordinary men - one American, one Japanese - had loved an exquisite woman. The opulence, the excitement, the exotic nights would be swept away by the horrors of war. But the two men would find that their passions had condemned them to a dangerous alliance...and committed them to a promise that would span two decades and two continents, in an ultimate test of courage and desire.