“Asweepingtriumphinqueerromance.“-Booklist“WhatifItoldyouthatthefeelingwecallloveisactuallythefeelingofmetaphysicalrecognition,whenyoursoulrememberssomeonefromapreviouslife?“Intheyear4BCE,anambitiouscourtieriscalledupontoseducetheyoungemperor--butquicklydiscoverstheyarebothruledbyblood,sexandintrigue.In1740,alonelyinnkeeperagreestohelpamysteriousvisitorprocureararemedicine,onlytounleashanotherworldlyterrorinstead.Andinpresent-dayLosAngeles,acollegestudentmeetsabeautifulstrangerandcannotshakethefeelingthey’vemetbefore.Acrosstheseseeminglyunrelatedtimelineswoventogetheronlybythetwistsandturnsoffate,twomenarereborn,lifetimeafterlifetime.WithinthetreacherouswallsofanancientpalaceandtheboundlessforestsoftheAsianwildernesstotheheart-poundingcementfloorsofundergroundravescenes,ourloversareinexplicablydrawntoeachother,constantlytestedbytheworldsaroundthem.Astheirmanylivesintertwine,theybegintorealizethepoweroftheirundyinglove--apowerthattranscendstimeitself...butonethatmightconsumethemboth.Anunpredictablerollercoasterofadebutnovel,TheEmperorandtheEndlessPalaceisagenre-bendingromantasythatchallengeseverythingwethinkweknowabouttruelove.AUTHOR’SNOTE:TheEmperorandtheEndlessPalaceisaheart-poundingromantasy,fullofshockingtwists,morallyshiftycharacters,anderoticthrills.Whenitcomestotheromancewithinthisnovel,youcanexpectequalpartsmessandswoon,butitscentralthreadisanepictaleoftrueloveagainstalltheodds.
