When the mistress becomes the slave...the saga of control and desire continues, inspired by the true story of an imperial princess famous for keeping a harem of thirty male concubines.

With the aid of her two favorite concubines, Shanyin escapes the palace uprising with her life and nothing else. The deposed princess is thrust from a world of privilege and power into a lawless realm where every man seeks to claim her, whether it be her former servants or the mysterious and cruel governor who pushes her to the edge of sensuality and surrender. All the while Shanyin dreams of the one man she wanted above all others. The nobleman who might bring about her very destruction.