Park Avenue

April 1, 2025
YA and children's author Ahdieh makes her adult debut in a stunning fashion. Jia Song has just made junior partner at a high-flying New York City law firm. She has eyes on both a senior partnership and a specific Birkin bag that would represent her success. When she's tapped for a case involving the famous Park family, she knows it's because of the Korean heritage she shares with them. Still, the case draws her in. The Park siblings--Sora, Suzy, and Minsoo--stand to inherit a fortune from their makeup-mogul father, but Seven Park intends to divorce their dying mother before the siblings can collect. There's a fair amount of drama involved, from Seven's pregnant mistress to Suzy and Sora's ongoing vendetta against each other, but Jia is determined to help her clients get what they want. An unexpected love interest and a mystery secondary narrator add to the twisty, juicy plot. As Jia jets around the world surrounded by the lavishness of extreme wealth, Ahdieh describes every location with a distinct, spellbinding style. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: A best-selling YA author makes her adult debut with this juicy family tale bolstered by a large print run, meaning it should catch the eye of many readers.

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Starred review from May 15, 2025
When a young lawyer takes on a case involving a wealthy Korean American family, she enters a world of deception, seduction, and betrayal. All Jia Song ever wanted was an Herm�s bag. For years after a customer strode into her family's bodega with that exclusive purse, Jia knew what to work for: "a future kissed by the Midas touch." The daughter of Korean immigrants, Jia dreamed of a life beyond the bodega where she could provide for her family with ease and buy a mega-expensive purse as an afterthought. At 34, Jia has never been closer to her goal. She's a junior partner at a prestigious New York City law firm with a senior role already waiting in the wings--barring any mishaps with her newest clients. All that comes between Jia and complete financial security are the Parks, billionaires with a vendetta against their family patriarch. Sora, Suzy, and Minsoo Park are convinced that their father, Chilsoo "Seven" Park, is concealing his wealth and cheating their dying mother, Jeeyun "Jenny" Park, in their divorce settlement. The three siblings, amid incessant bickering, can agree on only one thing: Their father is a scam artist, and they want their mother to live her final days in peace--with justice served. Jenny gives Jia 30 days to uncover Seven's con, a feat made almost impossible by the Park children's raging animosity and the way Seven's spies thwart Jia at every turn. With the help of the Parks' handsome house manager, Darius Rohani, Jia jets from New York to Seoul, the Cayman Islands to Paris, hoping to find clues about Seven's funds. In search of her own success by proving the Parks' suspicions, Jia might be in way over her head. Ahdieh's debut adult novel is a striking tale of deceit set behind the glamorous facade of Park Avenue's riches. Jia is a strong heroine with everything to lose but even more to gain, and fans ofCrazy Rich Asians, Schitt's Creek, andWhite Lotus will get more than their fix of backstabbing and danger. A delectable and drama-filled thriller.

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April 25, 2025

Bestselling YA author Ahdieh (The Ruined) makes her adult debut with a story about young lawyer Jia Song, who is pulled into managing her firm's biggest client, the Park family, owners of a billion-dollar Korean beauty brand. With a 250K-copy first printing. Prepub Alert. Prepub Alert.

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