Rose Wilmington, a Christian for five years who feels coerced to marry Willard Stanford, the bad-seed twin of her late fiancé. She leaves Georgetown to sail around Cape Horn to California to join her father. Joshua Talbot, who aided in her escape, brings her love and hope. When they arrive in San Francisco, the gold rush has just begun in earnest —and with it comes a Joshua that Rose has never seen. With a chance to amass a great fortune, he is no longer the gentleman Rose first met. Rebelling against Rose because of her church activities, he becomes involved in the wild gold rush lifestyle. But Rose's prayers never cease. She has a dream for Joshua—a golden dream.
This book is part of the Serenade Saga Books series and is book #5 in the series.