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'The Gilded Wolves' Is A Rich, High-Speed Heist Tale

Roshani Chokshi's new novel — set in an alternate Belle Époque Paris — features an unlikely team of thieves out to steal a magical artifact with connections to their colonized homelands.
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Roshani Chokshi's Star-Touched Queen duology made its mark on the bestseller lists by blending Indian mythology with Western fairy tales to create a dreamy, romantic story. Now, with The Gilded Wolves, the time for dreaming has passed as she catapults us into a glamorous, high-speed heist set in magical Belle Époque Paris.

To the public, Séverin Montagnet-Alarie is a wealthy hotelier who lords it over L'Eden, one of the most elegant hotels in the city. But Séverin has a second, secret life as the

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