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'In WHITE TIGER, RED PHOENIX and BLUE DRAGON, Kylie Chan creates an addictive story balanced between the Celestial and mortal worlds.
'Emma Donahoe has just started her job as nanny to Simone, the daughter of rich businessman John Chen. She knows that Simone may be a target for kidnappers but she has no idea of just how dangerous her new job could be. Soon she is drawn into a world of martial arts, magic and extreme danger ... And the mysterious John Chen seems to be more than just a businessman.
'Get set to be drawn into a fast-paced world of action as Emma learns about martial arts, discovers her own secret abilities, fights demons, and falls in love with a 3000-year-old Chinese god. ' (Publication summary)
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White Tiger,
single work
novel
fantasy
mystery
Kylie Chan creates a fast and furious story balanced between the celestial and the mortal, the powerful and the innocent ... Emma Donahoe has just started her new job as nanny to Simone, the daughter of John Chen, a very rich Hong Kong businessman. She understands that Simone may be a target for kidnappers but she does not expect to be drawn into a world of martial arts, magic and extreme danger, where both gods and demons can exist in the mortal domain. When John and his American bodyguard, Leo, teach Emma their particular style of martial arts, they begin to realise that Emma herself is more than she seems ...(Backcover)
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Red Phoenix,
single work
novel
fantasy
'Continuing a fabulous debut fantasy adventure ... a trilogy based on Chinese mythology, set in modern-day Hong Kong, where an ancient god falls in love with a young Australian woman ...Emma's mysterious powers are becoming more apparent as her training with John and Leo enters a new phase. She makes a dangerous pact with the King of the Demons to keep John's beloved daughter Simone safe for the rest of her life. But not even Emma's own family is safe and her parents become hostages to be swapped for John's head by an ambitious and ruthless demon prince. ' (Publication summary)
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Blue Dragon,
single work
novel
fantasy
When Emma's relatives come to visit her, they are totally freaked out by what they learn ... Emma's beloved, John Chen, is a 3000 year old Chinese god. Not only that, John is becoming weaker by the day. Demons pursue him relentlessly, hoping to use Emma, and his child, Simone, as bargaining tools against him. Emma battles to defend Simone as John's energy is drained by the effort of both living in the mortal world and protecting them. (Back cover, Pymble 2007)
