From the critically acclaimed author of Natalie Tan s Book of Luck and Fortune comes a new
delightful novel about exploring all the magical possibilities of life in the most
extraordinary city of all: Paris. Vanessa Yu never wanted to see people's fortunes or
misfortunes in tealeaves. Ever since she can remember Vanessa has been able to see people's
fortunes at the bottom of their teacups. To avoid blurting out their fortunes she converts to
coffee but somehow fortunes escape and find a way to complicate her life and the ones of those
around her. To add to this plight her romance life is so nonexistent that her parents enlist
the services of a matchmaking expert from Shanghai. After her matchmaking appointment Vanessa
sees death for the first time. She decides that she can't truly live until she can find a way
to get rid of her uncanny abilities. When her eccentric Aunt Evelyn shows up with a tempting
offer to whisk her away Vanessa says au revoir to California and bonjour to Paris. There
Vanessa learns more about herself and the root of her gifts and realizes one thing to be true:
knowing one's destiny isn't a curse but being unable to change it is.
