1898 Pacific Northwest Seven men, taken from their homeland, forge an unbreakable bond in captivity. Sold off one by one as indentured servants in an unfamiliar world, one will fight to reunite them. Purchased by the infamous Lady Lou, Park Jimin is given a choice to work in the kitchen of her elegant brothel or take a chance at earning his freedom in half the time as a worker on the exclusive third floor. He chooses the third floor and quickly becomes the favorite, the Dragon no one can get enough of. But inside his heart, a fire burns; he will find his brothers and have his revenge on the ship's captain that betrayed them. Charlotte Collins is hiding in plain sight in Seattle. Determinedly making her place in society as her mother wished, she hides away all proof of her artist father's life and ignominious death. Despite her unorthodox upbringing, Charlotte finds acceptance amongst the well-heeled genteel of the city as a philanthropist, volunteer nurse, and neophyte herbalist. Her carefully curated life turns upside down when asked to help an injured worker at Lou's and is recognized by the brothel's most expensive male companion.

The past never goes away, but there's always a new future to be built. Still, the past never goes away...