"Exotic, erotic and spiritual historical romance"

In 1898 Lydia Smith leaves England to make a surprise visit to her fiancé, who she has missed. However, she never makes her destination as she is kidnapped, drugged, and sold into sexual slavery to a Chinese brothel.

Ru "The Dragon" Shan is going to teach Lydia all he knows about sexuality, but the WHITE TIGRESS Buddhist will never release his seed physically as he wants to capture her yin to spiritually supplement his yang. However he finds himself attracted to the slave who displays intelligence that he has never seen in a woman before especially as she insists he is her teacher not her master. As they fall in love, Ru struggles to keep from physically ejactulating but Lydia makes it the most difficult task of his enlightened life as she insists their yin and yang belong together in loving harmony.

This exotic, erotic and spiritual historical romance is unique as Jada Lee introduces her audience to the sexual side of Zen Buddhism by interweaving eastern beliefs into the robust story line. The lead couple is an enjoyable powerful pairing and comparing of two strong souls, but it is Ru whose inimitability not seen in romance tales that makes the novel different, educational, and engaging. WHITE TIGRESS is a fine distinctive tale of East loves West.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted December 23, 2004

Summary

The dragon: the Chinese symbol of maleness, virility, power.

The tiger: femininity, fortune, desire.

Two symbols. Two people. One all-consuming passion.

Englishwoman Lydia Smith sailed to the Orient seeking her fiance. She found treachery instead. In seedy Shanghai, she was drugged, sold, and made a slave to a dark-eyed dragon of a man. But while her captor purchased her body, was that what he truly sought? He demanded not her virginity but her 'yin' - the essence of her ecstasy - and there seemed no choice but to consent. What harm, Lydia wondered, was there in allowing him to pleasure her, to 'teach' her, until she could flee?

It was the danger - and the reward - of taking the frst step on a journey to heaven, and her feet were already on the path to becoming a radiant and joyous... WHITE TIGRESS