In Such Tremendous Heat

<p><b><H1>'BRING ON THE DRAMA' <i>Cosmopolitan </i>Best New Book of July 2023</H1></b><br><br>The Read with Jenna <i>Today</i> Book Club Pick<br><br><b>'I couldn't put it down' Alice Clark-Platts</b><br><br><b>'Slick, agile, and utterly engrossing' Taiye Selasi<br><br></b><b>Basking in Singapore's non-stop sunshine, low tax rate and crocodile Birkins on every other arm, Dara, Amaka, and Lillian are living the dream - until their carefully constructed lives are upended by a handsome and mysterious new </b><b>arrival . . .</b><br><br> Dara, a workaholic lawyer, is on the brink of partnership at her firm when Lani, a new hire from Geneva, is assigned to work on what should have been her career-making case.<br><br> Amaka, a sharp-tongued banker, is in the midst of a painful family breakdown. An instant attraction to Lani, despite her lovely boyfriend, jeopardizes her last shred of stability.<br><br> Lillian, a piano-prodigy-turned-housewife, is desperately trying to remain in Singapore after her marriage comes to a messy end. A chance encounter with Lani-a man who is inexplicably, impossibly, the spitting image of her late father-triggers a grief she's spent a lifetime suppressing.<br><br> Forced to confront the ghosts of their pasts, Dara, Amaka, and Lillian soon learn that unfinished history can follow you anywhere - even to Singapore.</p>