A long while ago I was told that no one would publish romance novels set in China. Fortunately, I hadn't heard that until AFTER I sold WHITE TIGRESS, the first of my six book series set in Shanghai, China 1900.
Then, many years later, I was invited to give a First Sale bouquet of roses to a bright young woman who had just sold, you guessed it, a book set in China. BUTTERFLY SWORDS by Jeannie Lin is set in the TANG Dynasty China, and will be published by Harlequin Historicals in October. Well, I not only gave her a bouquet of roses, I also gave her a cover quote. She just sent me the cover, and I had to share. Isn't it beautiful? I'll try to make it big enough for you to read the back cover copy too!
Congratulations, Jeannie!