Envisioning a summer vacation in the humble Singapore home of a boy she hopes to marry, Chinese American Rachel Chu is unexpectedly introduced to a rich and scheming clan that strongly opposes their son's relationship with an American girl.

"Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather. On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut...

"Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel has a problem: the legendary Gresham Trust has been depleted by decades of profligate spending, and behind all the magazine covers and Instagram stories, manors and yachts, lies nothing more than a gargantuan mountain of debt. The only solution, put forth by Rufus's scheming mother, is for Rufus to attend his sister's wedding at a luxury eco-resort, a veritable...

"Umopomrachitelnoe sostoianie i vpravdu mozhet svesti s uma! A znaete pochemu? Potomu chto u kogo-to drugogo deneg eshche bolshe, chem u vas, i etot kto-to mimokhodom lishit vas takoi privilegii, kak liubimyi stolik v ekskliuzivnom restorane ili ekstrennyi vyzov lichnogo -- luchshego v mire! -- vracha. No chto udivitelno -- nakhodiatsia liudi, kotorykh ne volnuiut podobnye problemy! Naprimer, Nik IAng, potomok izvestnogo roda i naslednik grandioznogo...