A Today Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick Basking in Singapore nonstop sunshine, Dara, Amaka, and Lillian are living the glamorous expat dream until a mysterious not to mention handsome new arrival infiltrates their tight-knit community and ruins everything Wanderlust-inducing Lola Akin made Aring kerstr ouml m, international bestselling author. The Lion City has gone by many names and is famous for many things its decadent street food, its world-class shopping, its lush gardens that burst with tropical blooms. but paradise is always hiding a snake. For Dara, a workaholic lawyer from the Uk, Singapore is opportunity. Every day, brokering deals for her firm wealthy clientele, she gets closer to her ultimate goal making partner. For Amaka, a sharp-tongued banker from Nigeria, Singapore is extravagance. Gucci, Prada, Herm egrave's she loves nothing more than to luxuriate in the major department stores that call her name on Orchard Road. And for Lillian, a former pianist turned trailing spouse from the U. S. , Singapore is reinvention. In a stunning apartment with 360 deg views, the island seems to glitter as far as the eye can see. but complications are looming in the form of an enigmatic stranger, whose presence exposes cracks in Singapore beguiling fade. Dara ambitions mean she