Pearl Moon - Hardcover

Stone, Katherine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0449908291 ISBN 13: 9780449908297

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1995

Synopsis

The triumphant story of two remarkable sisters bound by blood but separated by fate, who must cope with unexpected danger and the challenges of love in turbulent modern-day Hong Kong. Maylene Kwan is an intoxicating blend of East and West, harmony and conflict. She will come face to face with the American sister she has never met, beautiful Allison Whitaker -- a sister who doesn't even know she exists. Now, bound by love to men who are sworn enemies, the two sisters come together in a dance of unrivaled desire and hidden evil.

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About the Author:

Katherine Stone is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one novels. A physician who now writes full-time, she lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, physician and novelist Jack Chase (MORTALITY RATE, FATAL ANALYSIS, THE MAGRUDER TRANSPLANT.) Coming soon in ebook and trade paperback: HOME AT LAST, THE CINDERELLA HOUR, and A MIDNIGHT CLEAR. Please visit her website for more information and newsletter signup.

From Booklist:

A can't-miss combination of multigenerational romance and international suspense, financial rivalry and family secrets, Pearl Moon places its multiculturally beautiful, fabulously talented, star-crossed lovers in Hong Kong as the city-state approaches 1997 and the end of British rule. Handsome English developer James Drake is obsessed by the need to avenge his aristocratic wife's murder, but he still takes care of business, hiring Marlboro Man Sam Coulter to build his posh new hotel, the Jade Palace. The hotel's young architect, Maylene Kwan, a native of Hong Kong, is estranged from her mother (whose fashion business gives the novel its title) and hates her father (a Vietnam-era U.S. naval officer she's never met). Meanwhile, the Texas photographer Drake retains to capture Hong Kong vistas for the walls of his magnificent new hostelry is that former naval officer's other daughter, Allison Whitaker. Readers who haven't spotted the villain by midbook should take a reading comprehension course, and anyone who doubts that the appropriate twosomes (including a pair of middle-aged, multiethnic, long separated lovers) will get together by the final page isn't paying attention. Still, with nearly three million copies of Stone's nine previous novels in print, and Fawcett planning a 100,000-copy first printing and a strong ad and publicity campaign, libraries can expect Pearl Moon to expand Stone's loyal readership. Mary Carroll

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0449908291
• ISBN 13: 9780449908297
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 444