Shanghai Immortal

Lady Jing is half vampire and half hulijing fox spirit, pawned by her mother to the King of Hell when she was a child. Ninety years later she is still his ward when she overhears courtiers plotting to steal a dragon pearl, and she sets out to expose them.

Her pursuit carries her out of Hell and into jazz-age Shanghai, a city of Chinese gods, demons and mortals. There she has to weigh her wish for revenge against a chance at tenderness and love.

A.Y. Chao's adult fantasy debut blends Chinese mythology with a romantic, glamorous 1930s setting. It is the first book of a series, followed by Paris Celestial.