Iron Widow (Iron Widow #1)

by Xiran Jay Zhao

you can absolutely solve your problems by throwing money at them. If you can’t, you probably don’t have enough money for that particular problem.

“Where does jealousy come from, if not an insecurity that I’ll lose you because of him? But that’s not how it works, no matter how many people believe it so.

Shame. That was their favorite tool. A tool to corrode me from the inside until I believed I could only accept whatever lot they threw at my bound feet. It didn’t work. Despite their best efforts, I find myself worthy of happiness.

“You know, there’s a kind of predator that disguises itself as prey. That’s the most dangerous kind to people like us.”