Turns out that there are rumors that the Jade Emperor tomb has been discovered and the jade treasures taken away and smuggled. On the other side, Archer, the eldest Donovan, has asked Kyle to get acquainted with Lianne as well. This wouldn't be a problem if Lianne wasn't attracted to the man. At the same time, her father has been pushing her to introduce herself to Kyle Donovan, but he won't tell her why. The past few weeks, Lianne has been choosing beautiful jade pieces from her grandfather's collection for a jade exhibition.
She even becomes the apprentice of her grandfather, Wen Tan, and builds her own business.
Wanting to belong to the Tan family who are involved in the jade business, Lianne pours all her energy into learning the business as well as learning to speak Mandarin and Cantonese.
Lianne is 30 years old and her parents had had a relationship for 31 years, yet Johnny Tan won't acknowledged her and neither will his family. Lianne Blakely is the daughter of Johnny Tan and his mistress, Anna Blakely. So I might be missing some background information on the Donovans. I was going to read Amber Beach, but then put it down and picked up Jade Island instead, because the main characters sounded more interesting. See, I always found this topic quite interesting and intriguing, but never found a book that depicted it well. Basically, the books are about the Donovan siblings whose family is involved in gem trading. Obviously, these three books were part of a series, given their similar cover, and I bought them on impulse. When I went to buy Shards of Crimson, I came across Amber Beach, Jade Island and Pearl Cover. She's definitively not on my list of favorite authors, yet I can't stop buying books from her from time to time. actually, I'd say I find her writing a bit too clinical/sterile/cold. There's just a blockage somewhere inside of me that makes me find her books a bit bleh. Her books are good I guess, but she's never been able to make me go crazy with her books. I have to admit, I don't know where I stand with Ms Lowell.
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