Omaha, 1905: During the gilded age, when women live subjugated to men,
eighteen-year-old Bridget prides herself on having earned acceptance to
medical school.
When her father is murdered, a crime that does not interest the law
because he was half Native American, she risks her plans to become a
doctor, determined to avenge his murder.
Bridget's quest thrusts her into a world of seedy men and glitzy women
in one of Omaha's most opulent brothels. There, she finds herself the
prey rather than the hunter. If she is to survive, she must keep the
reclusive madam's shocking secrets, learn to trust her heart's yearning
for the man who befriends her, and embrace her complicated alliance with
a community of notorious women considered society's lowest.