Connections, status, greater wealth, entrance to the most exclusive clubs, and more are on the table despite the resistance of a few down to earth characters such as Astrid.

Aside from Rachel and Nick, most of the characters are trying to achieve something. There is a lot of ambition going on in this story. Car racing and accidents, surprise illegitimate children, family secrets, and more flow this way and that for all of the characters involved. Whereas the first book in the series is all about the romance from Colin and Araminta’s wedding to Nick and Rachel’s courtship, this book is all about that next level drama. In Hong Kong, a new player on the scene seems to be buying up art and trying to get into all the right places, with the help of various society consultants. But wealth has done damage to Michael, it seems.

Meanwhile, Astrid and Michael are doing better and also worse, now that Michael is successful and wealthy in his own right. Rachel is swept up in the lives of the super wealthy once again when she travels to China to reconnect with her father, and her half-brother. When Eleanor discovers that this prominent and wealthy Chinese family is led by Rachel’s father, she promptly brings this to Nick and Rachel’s attention–at their wedding. The beginning of the book is about a dramatic and deadly car accident, which brings Eddie Cheng, Eleanor Young, and the Bao family together.

The sequel to Crazy Rich Asians, this book tackles Rachel’s search for her father as well as the reconciliation of Nick Young with some of his Singapore family. Goodreads What is China Rich Girlfriend about?

Meanwhile, Singapore’s It Girl, Astrid Leong, is shocked to discover that there is a downside to having a newly minted tech billionaire husband.Ī romp through Asia’s most exclusive clubs, auction houses, and estates, China Rich Girlfriend brings us into the elite circles of Mainland China, introducing a captivating cast of characters, and offering an inside glimpse at what it’s like to be gloriously, crazily, China-rich. Here we meet Carlton, a Ferrari-crashing bad boy known for Prince Harry-like antics Colette, a celebrity girlfriend chased by fevered paparazzi and the man Rachel has spent her entire life waiting to meet: her father. Until: a shocking revelation draws Rachel into a world of Shanghai splendor beyond anything she has ever imagined. But Rachel still mourns the fact that her birth father, a man she never knew, won’t be able to walk her down the aisle. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond from JAR, a wedding dress she loves more than anything found in the salons of Paris, and a fiance willing to sacrifice his entire inheritance in order to marry her. On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon.

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