Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hidden Blade | 2014 | Sherry Thomas | Buy |
| 2 | My Beautiful Enemy | 2014 | Sherry Thomas | Buy |
The Heart of Blade Duology draws on the Chinese martial arts epics that Sherry Thomas grew up reading. The Hidden Blade (2014) introduces a young half-English, half-Chinese boy growing up in Qing Dynasty China who is trained in the martial arts. My Beautiful Enemy (2014) picks up the story years later, as two people from different worlds find themselves drawn together in Victorian England.
Thomas brings her own cross-cultural background into these stories, creating a romance that moves between East and West. The duology stands apart from her other historical romances with its action sequences and its depiction of 19th-century China.