Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians in this heartfelt, joyful paperback original rom-com that follows an aspiring chef who discovers the recipe for love is more complicated than it seems when he starts fake-dating a handsome new customer.
Dylan Tang wants to win a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake-making competition for teen chefs—in memory of his mom, and to bring much-needed publicity to his aunt’s struggling Chinese takeout in Brooklyn.
Enter Theo Somers: charming, wealthy, with a smile that makes Dylan’s stomach do backflips. AKA a distraction. Their worlds are sun-and-moon apart, but Theo keeps showing up. He even convinces Dylan to be his fake date at a family wedding in the Hamptons.
In Theo’s glittering world of pomp, privilege, and crazy rich drama, their romance is supposed to be just pretend . . . but Dylan finds himself falling for Theo. For real. Then Theo’s relatives reveal their true colors—but with the mooncake contest looming, Dylan can’t risk being sidetracked by rich-people problems.
Can Dylan save his family’s business and follow his heart—or will he fail to do both?
Genres Romance LGBT Young Adult Contemporary Queer Fiction Young Adult Contemporary
Amazon
Expected publication May 16, 2023
Sher Lee
Sher Lee lives in Singapore and has an abiding love for local street food (including an incredible weakness for xiao long bao). Follow her on Instagram and Twitter.
Her debut YA rom-com, FAKE DATES AND MOONCAKES, pitched as Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians, is coming May 16 from Penguin Random House (US) and May 25 from Macmillan (UK).
Her YA fantasy, LEGEND OF THE WHITE SNAKE, a gender-flipped reimagining of one of China’s four famous folktales, with the xianxia vibes of A Magic Steeped in Poison and the queer romance of Dark Rise, will be published in 2024 by HarperCollins (US) and Macmillan (UK).
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