The Lion City has gone by many names and is famous for many things\u2014its decadent street food, its world-class shopping, its lush gardens that burst with tropical blooms. But paradise is always hiding a snake.<\/b><\/p>\n
For Dara, a workaholic lawyer from the UK, Singapore is opportunity. Every day, brokering deals for her firm\u2019s wealthy clientele, she gets closer to her ultimate goal: making partner. For Amaka, a sharp-tongued banker from Nigeria, Singapore is extravagance. Gucci, Prada, Herm\u00e8s\u2014she loves nothing more than to luxuriate in the major department stores that call her name on Orchard Road. And for Lillian, a former pianist turned \u201ctrailing spouse\u201d from the U.S., Singapore is reinvention. In a stunning apartment with 360\u00b0 views, the island seems to glitter as far as the eye can see.<\/span><\/p>\n But complications are looming in the form of an enigmatic stranger, whose presence exposes cracks in Singapore\u2019s beguiling fa\u00e7ade. Dara\u2019s ambitions mean she has no life outside the firm, and her insecurities are threatening to derail the promotion she\u2019s spent the last six years striving for. Amaka is desperate to escape the chaos she left behind at home and hiding a spiralling shopping addiction that\u2019s endangering her very sense of self. And while Lillian\u2019s life may be the envy of outsiders, a new obsession is imperilling everything\u2014and everyone\u2014around her.<\/span><\/p>\n Kehinde Fadipe captures the richness of this metropolis through the eyes of three tenacious women, who are about to learn that unfinished history can follow you anywhere, no matter how far you run from home.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Lion City has gone by many names and is famous for many things\u2014its decadent street food, its world-class shopping, its lush gardens that burst with tropical blooms. But paradise is always hiding a snake. For Dara, a workaholic lawyer from the UK, Singapore is opportunity. Every day, brokering deals for her firm\u2019s wealthy clientele,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"retailer":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[356],"product_tag":[429,544],"class_list":{"0":"post-5558","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-contemporary-fiction","7":"product_tag-contemporary-fiction","8":"product_tag-kehinde-fadipe","9":"thb-post-share-style1","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-variable"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n