China Shadow Author:Clarissa Ross Young Flora is a the daughter of a vicar in 19th-century England who is sold to Old China as a slave. She escapes her bondage to the dark and brooding mansion called Armitage House. — "A soaring tale of raging seas and titanic passions, set amidst the tumult of 19th-century England and the exotic mystery of Old China. Beautiful, young Flora ... more »Bain, a vicar's daughter, is sold into bondage via a sinister turn of events, but escapes to Armitage House, a brooding mansion shrouded in a mystery of the darkest Orient. A strange new life begins for Flora at Armitage House, but something...or someone...was destined to ruin her happiness. Suddenly plunged into a maelstrom of terror, love, jealousy and hate that spans oceans and continents, Flora realizes that she must prepare to meet the final challenge of the China Shadow."« less