The Phoenix Crown

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn,a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged womenspanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles. San Francisco1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstartstwo very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemmaa golden-hairedsilver-voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindlingand Sulinga petite and resolute Chinatown embroideress who is determined to escape an arranged marriage. Their paths cross when they are drawn into the orbit of Henry Thorntona charming railroad magnate whose extraordinary collection of Chinese antiques includes the fabled Phoenix Crowna legendary relic of Beijing’s fallen Summer Palace. His patronage offers Gemma and Suling the chance of a lifetimebut their lives are thrown into turmoil when a devastating earthquake rips San Francisco apart and Thornton disappearsleaving behind a mystery reaching further than anyone could have imagined . . . until the Phoenix Crown reappears five years later at a sumptuous Paris costume balldrawing Gemma and Suling together in one last desperate quest for justice.