Golden Lotus

SHE WAS A ... GOLDEN LOTUS

Fragile, glowing and exquisitely beautiful. Although Charita was as American as Brad himself, the tender reserve she had gained from the Japanese family that had reared her had given her a tantalizng delicacy.

Brad was tough, competitive, direct -- and he married the 18-year-old girl not because of obligation, as she presumed, but because of a growing love. Could he ever make her understand the depth of his love? Could she ever truly love him when he made her feel more like a precious doll -- a prized possession -- than the woman he needed