Collection title is RHS Book Club Selections-2023-24

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In the land of Ardunia, Jinn have been reviled and suppressed ever since the fall of Iblees, a jinn who rebelled against the creation of humans. One such jinn, Alizeh is trying to survive the death of her parents and her abject poverty by working as a servant in a nobel's house. She also hopes to hide from a prophecy foretelling her as the heir to a kingdom that will dethrone the king, redeem her people, and restore unification to the land. When Crown Prince Kamran meets Alizeh, he's inexplicably drawn to her, ignoring the prophesies that will bring about the downfall of his father. Though Alizeh also is drawn to the prince, she can't help but face the reality that some in the royal family will do anything to destroy her and others will seek to use her power for their own means.

New Yorker Rachel Chu is amazed when she goes to Singapore with her boyfriend, Nick, and learns his family owns a palace and Nick is more used to private planes than cars. As one of the most eligible bachelors in Asia, Nick is in high demand, and his mother doesn't think Rachel is quite worthy of him.

Loner and outsider Samantha Mackey, a student in a selective MFA writing program in New England, receives an invitation to a gathering of a group of cliquey, look-alike rich girls in her writing group that call each other "Bunny." She reluctantly accepts and slowly gets drawn into their ritualistic world of concocted drinks, monster hallucinations, and twisted reality.

"Follows Circe, the banished witch daughter of Helios, as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals"--Provided by publisher.

"As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past"--Provided by publisher.

Overview: Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season. When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives to explore the island, and quality time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn't know is that Nick's family home happens to look like a palace, that she'll ride in more private planes than cars, and that with one of Asia's most eligible bachelors on her arm, Rachel might as well have a target on her back. Initiated into a world of dynastic splendor beyond imagination, Rachel meets Astrid, the It Girl of Singapore society; Eddie, whose family practically lives in the pages of the Hong Kong socialite magazines; and Eleanor, Nick's formidable mother, a woman who has very strong feelings about who her son should-and should not-marry. Uproarious, addictive, and filled with jaw-dropping opulence, Crazy Rich Asians is an insider's look at the Asian JetSet; a perfect depiction of the clash between old money and new money; between Overseas Chinese and Mainland Chinese; and a fabulous novel about what it means to be young, in love, and gloriously, crazily rich.