PEONY IN LOVE

Peony is the cherished only child of the first wife of a wealthy Chinesenobleman. Yet she is betrothed to a man she has never met and as hersixteenth birthday approaches, she has spoken to no man other than herfather and never ventured outside the cloistered women's quarters of theChen Family Villa. Though raised to be obedient, Peony has dreams of herown. But when, from behind a screen, Peony catches sight of an elegant,handsome man with hair as black as a cave and is immediately bewitched byhim. So begins Peony's journey of love, desire and sorrow as Lisa See'shaunting new novel takes readers back to seventeenth-century China andinto the heart and soul of an unforgettable heroine.