The year is 1927 and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution. The heartstopping follow up
to These Violent Delights an imaginative alluring retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in 1920s
Shanghai. After sacrificing her relationship with Roma to protect him from the blood feud
Juliette has been a girl on the warpath. One wrong move and her cousin will step into usurp
her place as the Scarlet Gang's heir. The only way to save the boy she loves from the wrath of
the Scarlets is to have him want her dead for murdering his best friend in cold blood. If
Juliette were actually guilty of the crime Roma believes she committed his rejection might
sting less. Roma is still reeling from Marshall's death and his cousin Benedikt will barely
speak to him. Roma knows it's his fault for letting the ruthless Juliette back into his life
and he's determined to set things right - even if that means killing the girl he hates and
loves with equal measure. Then a new monstrous danger emerges in the city and though secrets
keep them apart Juliette must secure Roma's cooperation if they are to end this threat once
and for all. Shanghai is already at a boiling point: The Nationalists are marching in whispers
of civil war brew louder every day and gangster rule faces complete annihilation. Roma and
Juliette must put aside their differences to combat monsters and politics but they aren't
prepared for the biggest threat of all: protecting their hearts from each other. *** PRAISE FOR
CHLOE GONG *** 'Heady smart and vicious' Tessa Gratton author of The Queens of Innis Lear
'Deliciously dark' Natasha Ngan New York Times bestselling author of Girls of Paper and Fire
'Dark and beautiful' Emiko Jean author of Empress of all Seasons 'A terrific deliciously
unputdownable read' June Hur author of The Silence of Bones
