This memoir reads like fiction--a prince, a palace, a fairytale romance, and a few wicked relations. Gee's cross-cultural romance starts in colonial Hong Kong and takes her to post-colonial India, where her soon-to-be-husband happens to be heir to a once grand palace. As an independent American trying to adapt to an unfamiliar and much more traditional cultural environment, Gee learns about herself and the value of family. In Hong Kong, Gee (who is Chinese American) circulates in the glitzy ex-pat world of designer clothes, taxis, and high-class restaurants and clubs while working as an entertainment editor for the foremost newspaper in the colony. Her insulated privilege is annoying at first, but keep reading. Her self-deprecating humor and candidly honest reflections on her family of origin turn her into a relatable character, and when she falls in love with her Indian co-worker, she begins to make very different choices about her lifestyle and values. Gee's descriptions of her time in India are full of rich sensory description and woven through with insights about her fiance's family history set against a changing India.