Golden Lotus Author:Janet Louise Roberts SHE WAS A ... GOLDEN LOTUS — Fragile, glowing and exquisitely beautiful. Although Charita was as American as Brad himself, the tender reserve she had gained from the Japanese family that had reared her had given her a tantalizng delicacy. — Brad was tough, competitive, direct -- and he married the 18-year-old girl not because of obligation, as she... more » presumed, but because of a growing love. Could he ever make her understand the depth of his love? Could she ever truly love him when he made her feel more like a precious doll -- a prized possession -- than the woman he needed« less