These Violent Delights

Written by Chloe Gong

Book #1 in the These Violent Delights Duet series

Rival heirs must unite to stop a deadly madness threatening 1920s Shanghai.

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449 pages· 130,832 words· Est. 12 hour read

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In 1926 Shanghai, Juliette Cai, heir to the Scarlet Gang, faces chaos as a mysterious madness grips the city. Her former love and rival, Roma Montagov of the White Flowers, becomes an unlikely ally. As gangsters fall victim to a sinister force, Juliette and Roma must set aside their past to confront a lurking monster. Can they save their city from destruction, or will their shared history doom them all? Dive into a world of intrigue, betrayal, and forbidden alliances where the stakes are life and death.

From the publisher

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! A BuzzFeed Best Young Adult Book of 2020 Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Serpent &amp; Dove, this heart-stopping debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River. The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang–a network of criminals far above the law. Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers, who have fought the Scarlets for generations. And behind every move is their heir, Roma Montagov, Juliette’s first love…and first betrayal. But when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats out, the people start to whisper. Of a contagion, a madness. Of a monster in the shadows. As the deaths stack up, Juliette and Roma must set their guns–and grudges–aside and work together, for if they can’t stop this mayhem, then there will be no city left for either to rule.

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