I enjoyed the authors writing style - being to the point and not overly emotional or descriptive.I started out all excited about the theme and the setting, the characters etc, but as the story continued I lost interest. It was scene after scene, just more of the same. There was no growth and insi...
It was an elegant nineteenthcentury building decorated in the style of the Belle Epoque, full of French furniture and foreigners. There was a ballroom with a hall of mirrors that imitated the famous salon in the palace of Versailles, and a busy international bar that never closed. Peking was a ci...
His hometown friends are hesitant with her, suspicious of her past. What is she doing with Abe, a girl like her, the uptown queen of the society pages? Has she really given up a fortune to be with their friend? Is she playing games?“They’ll come around,” Abe comforts. “In any case, who cares what...