"The Longing"

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Aaron Pace craves a fresh start. Distraught over losing his job and an unfaithful girlfriend, the aspiring author ends up overseas with a teaching job in Shanghai. But after a rigged poker game has him spending a night at an estate rumored to have ghosts, he meets an otherworldly beauty who sparks an immediate infatuation. Hoping to see the enticing woman again, Aaron returns for another encounter and starts to give in to her irresistible temptation… until they are interrupted by a paranormal attack. And learning she’s an imprisoned courtesan bound to fox spirit magic, he finds himself in a desperate fight and ready to defend her to the death. Can he save them both from fates trapped by the dangerous rules controlling the living and the dead? The Longing is the captivating first book in the Legends of the Middle Kingdom urban fantasy series. If you like enchanting world-building, slow-burn romance, and Eastern mythology that breaks every trope, then you’ll love Ann Rose’s supernatural feast.