House of Daughters

Simon Choa-Johnston Pen Name

House of Daughters

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"House of Daughters" is a stand-alone sequel to Globe and Mail bestseller "The House of Wives" pub by Penguin in 2016. Set in Hong Kong during the 1920s, Emanuel Belilios, a wealthy Jewish opium oligarch, suddenly leaves the British colony, and his junior-wife, Pearl Li blames Semah, the senior-wife. Pearl kicks Semah out of the mansion where the polyamorous trio had lived, and she shuns everyone including her daughter Leah Felicie. But when death strikes Emanuel and Semah and her father in rapid succession, Pearl suspects that the Chinese curse against opium smugglers has returned. She must act swiftly to assuage the hex. And she's running out of time. "House of Wives" pub date is December 6th, 2022. Published by Earnshaw Books it is available on Amazon

Pen and Ink rendering of the Kingsclere, the house referred to in the title