As elegant as the Sacramento residence she operates, Isabelle Labrie keeps her past concealed. It's 1853, the heyday of the California Gold Rush. Isabelle is full of hope, staking her claim on the city's refined clientele and her future on a sweetheart's promise to marry her when he returns from the gold fields. Then, unexpected guests, fugitive slaves seeking safe passage to the North, force her to confront her past, reconsider her path, and trust...