Description

Set in 1875, in a small town of Greenville, California, a former slave and union soldier now farmer, Matthew Washington, comes across a Chinese woman named Li Mei. She's desperate for help as her brother had died and she needs food and housing. Feeling bad, he offers her help and takes her back to his small farm outside of town. Upon seeing his small one room house, Li Mei asks if Matthew has a wife and he says that the town has no African American women he could marry. Li Mei is in the similar situation as there's no Chinese men for her to marry. Li Mei offers a solution proposing they marry. Matthew is hesitant until Li Mei seduces him. After a steamy encounter with her, he's infatuated with her, and their marriage blossoms into multiple scenes of passion and love.