Kensington author Mingmei Yip sends you a beautiful,
sexy, exotic gift!
To celebrate the success of her 2011 novel Song of
the Silk Road and the release of her new novel Skeleton
Women, Mingmei Yip is giving away: an authographed copy
of Skeleton
Women (Kensington Books), set in the 30ies,
lawless Shanghai, about talented, scheming -- and sexy --
femmes fatales!
Skeleton
Women is the story about a singer/spy, a magician, and
a gossip columnist all scheming to survive the gang wars in
the 30ies, lawless Shanghai.
RTBook's 4 star review! "A guilty pleasure...enjoy the
exotic location and characters..This is a large, luscious
box of chocolate. There's always tomorrow to diet...Go on.
You know you want to."
Skeleton
Women is in the vein of Angelina Jolie's SALT and
Lev
Grossman's The Magicians!
Once upon a time in
China, the most beautiful and gifted women were known
as "skeleton women" - the ultimate femme fatales who could
bring a man to his knees, or to his doom...When Camilla, a
young orphan girl in Shanghai, is adopted and brought to
live in luxury, it seems like a stroke of luck. But as
Camilla grows to womanhood, she realizes that her "rescue"
was part of gang leader Big Brother Wang's scheme.
Camilla is trained in singing, dancing, knife-throwing and
contortion - all to attract the attention of Wang's enemy,
the ruthless Master Lung. Forced to become Master Lung's
mistress, Camilla meets two other intriguing women. Shadow
is a magician and rival for Master Lung's affections, while
Rainbow Chang dresses like a man and wields power through
her incendiary gossip column. Both pose risks to Camilla's
safety and status. But an even greater danger comes in the
form of Master Lung's eldest son, Jinying, who despises his
father's violent lifestyle - but loves Camilla.
Only by plotting to eliminate Lung can she make her escape,
but at what cost?
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