Tampa, Florida, 1898 is frontier where the old world meets the new. Dominating the town is the Tampa Bay Hotel, a castle by the water's edge,. But the hotel has... » 

Tampa, Florida, 1898 is frontier where the old world meets the new. Dominating the town is the Tampa Bay Hotel, a castle by the water's edge,. But the hotel has one permanent resident, the enigmatic Monsieur Goulet III. As the winter of 1898 nears its end, Goulet becomes entranced by the silver-blonde hair of a beautiful young widow, Marion Unger. «