Orchid Fragrance on the Desert Road

[Blurb One:] A flying dance, a foreign perfume. Outside Ganpo City, the flying general waits. Broken walls, waves of yellow sand. In Lanxiang Town, she waits for her sweetheart. [Blurb Two:] When Lanxiang was four, he was fourteen. Starry eyes, handsome brows, a warrior in armor amid the clash of swords and horses. The battle was nearly over that day, and the moon gave no light. He lifted her down from his horse, carried her on his shoulder, and knocked on an inn's door. "This little girl has had a hard life. Would the landlady take her in?" By the time Lanxiang was ten, she had become the inn's landlady. She could keep the books and hold her own in a fight. She had even hired two young assistants. He was twenty, dressed in fine silks and full of vigor, arriving with a grand procession of horses. He held out a candied hawthorn skewer to her. "Lanxiang, this is for you." "I'm already a landlady, not a child. I don't want your candied hawthorn. I want to be Brother Beijiang's wife." "Shh. Don't be shameless." Lanxiang was sixteen. A natural beauty with a subtle orchid fragrance about her, she had learned to sing and dance from the Hu dancers in town. Though still young, she was already alluring and graceful. On the desert trade routes, everyone knew: The orchids bloom in Lanxiang Town. It was April, spring had returned to the desert, and he was about to come back. [Charming, vivacious innkeeper and exiled princess of a fallen kingdom x wealthy traveling merchant and carefree prince who gave up his claim to the throne] [An ancient desert road, warmth amid a turbulent age.] [Yelü Lanxiang, Li Lanxiang x Chen Beijiang, Wanyan Beijiang] A companion novel to Bride of the Mongol. Please add it to your library. Core Message: Remain proud, even in adversity.