Love, lies, and cherry pie : a novel / Jackie Lau.
"A charming rom-com about a young woman's desperate attempts to fend off her meddling mother ... only to find that maybe mother does know best ... Writer and barista Emily Hung is tired of hearing about the great Mark Chan, the son of her parents' friends. You'd think he single-handedly stopped climate change and ended child poverty from the way her mother raves about him. But in reality, he's just a boring, sweater-vest-wearing engineer, and when they're forced together at Emily's sister's wedding, it's obvious he thinks he's too good for her. But now that Emily is her family's last single daughter, her mother is fixated on getting her married and she has her sights on Mark. There's only one solution, clearly: convince Mark to be in a fake relationship with her long enough to put an end to her mom's meddling. He reluctantly agrees. Unfortunately, lying isn't enough. Family friends keep popping up at their supposed dates-including a bubble tea shop and cake-decorating class-so they'll have to spend more time together to make their relationship look real. With each fake date, though, Emily realizes that Mark's not quite what she assumed and maybe that argyle sweater isn't so ugly after all."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781668030769 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 342 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2024.
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Genre: | Romance fiction. Humorous fiction. Novels. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Forced to work together for her sisterâs wedding, writer Emily Hung and sweater-vest-wearing engineer Mark Chan fake a relationship to put an end to her marriage-minded momâs meddling, but soon their fake dates become all too real, making her realize an argyle sweater isnât so ugly after all. Original. - Baker & Taylor
"Mark Chan this. Mark Chan that. Writer and barista Emily Hung is tired of hearing about the great Mark Chan, the son of her parents' friends. You'd think he single-handedly stopped climate change and ended child poverty from the way her mother raves about him. But he's just a boring, sweater-vest-wearing engineer, and when they're forced together at a wedding, it's obvious he thinks he's too good for her. But Emily's mother is fixated on getting her married and has her sights set on Mark. There's only one solution, clearly: convince Mark to be in a fake relationship with her long enough to end her mom's meddling. He reluctantly agrees. With each fake date, though, Emily realizes that Mark's not quite what she assumed and maybe that argyle sweater isn't so ugly after all ... " -- - Simon and Schuster
Jackie Lau, author of the âfull of heartâ (Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author) The Stand-Up Groomsman, returns with a charming rom-com about a young womanâs desperate attempts to fend off her meddling motherâ¦only to find that maybe mother does know best.
Mark Chan this. Mark Chan that.
Writer and barista Emily Hung is tired of hearing about the great Mark Chan, the son of her parentsâ friends. Youâd think he single-handedly stopped climate change and ended child poverty from the way her mother raves about him. But in reality, heâs just a boring, sweater-vest-wearing engineer, and when theyâre forced together at Emilyâs sisterâs wedding, itâs obvious he thinks heâs too good for her.
But now that Emily is her familyâs last single daughter, her mother is fixated on getting her married and she has her sights on Mark. Thereâs only one solution, clearly: convince Mark to be in a fake relationship with her long enough to put an end to her momâs meddling. He reluctantly agrees.
Unfortunately, lying isnât enough. Family friends keep popping up at their supposed datesâincluding a bubble tea shop and cake-decorating classâso theyâll have to spend more time together to make their relationship look real. With each fake date, though, Emily realizes that Markâs not quite what she assumed and maybe that argyle sweater isnât so ugly after allâ¦