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Cowboys, castles, and shiftersβ€”this month has it all.

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Hotter than a Tuscan summer.


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Some promises cost you the one you love.


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Only she can pull him back from the darkness.


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One golden retriever knows this is love.


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Trust is the fiercest transformation of all.


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From Himalayan stargazing to the London Blitzβ€”one love endures.

The Picture Bride by Lee Geum-yi

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Also by Lee Geum-yi:

Can't I Go Instead, May 2024
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The Picture Bride, October 2023
Trade Paperback / e-Book
Can't I Go Instead, May 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
The Picture Bride, October 2022
Hardcover / e-Book

THE PICTURE BRIDE
By: Lee Geum-yi

A Novel

Forge Books
October 2022
On Sale: October 11, 2022
Featuring: Willow
320 pages
ISBN: 1250808669
EAN: 9781250808660
Kindle: B09NK2V3Y1
Hardcover / e-Book
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Trade Paperback (October 2023)

Historical

“Your husband is a landowner,” they told her.

“Food and clothing is so plentiful, it grows on trees.”

“You will be able to go to school.”

Of the three lies the matchmaker told Willow before she left home as a picture bride in 1918, the third hurt the most. Never one to be deterred, Willow does all that she can to make the best of her unexpected circumstance. But it isn't long before her dreams for this new life are shattered, first by a husband who never wanted to marry her in the first place, and then by the escalation of the Korean independence movements, unified in goal, but divergent in action, which threaten to split the Hawaiian Korean community and divide Willow's family and friends.

Braving the rough waters of these tumultuous years, Willow forges ahead, creating new dreams through her own blood, sweat, and tears; working tirelessly toward a better life for her family and loved ones. 

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