To Spring Mountain, Where I Cannot See You

The title gives away the ending, destined to leave readers heartbroken [Republican-era novel + for readers who love angst! scheming + Republican era + vying and fighting for love + gut-wrenching heartbreak + an unresolved ending]

Su Su has kept her feelings hidden for a full ten years, all of them about Gu Sinian, the clear-eyed young man.

She grew up following his retreating figure, watching him snap off a magnolia branch and bend over his desk to practice calligraphy. But she never got to see him look her way. Another bright-smiling girl had already taken up residence in his heart.

Just as her secret love was turning into yellowed letters, Gu Sinian’s half-brother, Pei Wumo, whom she had never met, suddenly returned through the snow. He seemed ready to fight and compete for everything… but in truth…

He arrived with the rough-and-tumble spirit of the martial world about him, his features sharp and fierce in a way utterly unlike Gu Sinian’s,