The Phoenix — Sharyl Bales

Four women from vastly different backgrounds - an English heiress, the French madam of one of the most respectable brothels in San Francisco, an Irish scullery maid and the quiet daughter of an American merchant - are drawn together in 1906 by one of the most devastating disasters of the 20th Century. Their lives are touched by illness, death and tragedy, but also warmed by love and blessed by their enduring friendship.