Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie
Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie: A Novel | Jackie Lau
3 posts | 4 read | 3 to read
Jackie Lau, author of the full of heart (Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author) The Stand-Up Groomsman, returns with a charming rom-com about a young womans desperate attempts to fend off her meddling motheronly 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 parents friends. Youd think he single-handedly stopped climate change and ended child poverty from the way her mother raves about him. But in reality, hes just a boring, sweater-vest-wearing engineer, and when theyre forced together at Emilys sisters wedding, its obvious he thinks hes too good for her. But now that Emily is her familys last single daughter, her mother is fixated on getting her married and she has her sights on Mark. Theres only one solution, clearly: convince Mark to be in a fake relationship with her long enough to put an end to her moms meddling. He reluctantly agrees. Unfortunately, lying isnt enough. Family friends keep popping up at their supposed datesincluding a bubble tea shop and cake-decorating classso theyll have to spend more time together to make their relationship look real. With each fake date, though, Emily realizes that Marks not quite what she assumed and maybe that argyle sweater isnt so ugly after all
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
quote
humouress

When your family think they know better than you 'for your own good':

But it‘s not just the fact that yesterday was a particularly long day that has me in bed at a time when I‘d usually be serving coffee or writing. It‘s also the emotional toll of spending so many hours around my family.

humouress “Can you please stop trying to throw him at me?” I‘m not sure why I bother. “My dating life is none of your business.”
I swear she cackles at that.
“What are you talking about?” she says. “You‘re an unmarried thirty-three-year-old.”

Unfortunately, when we‘re alone in the kitchen together, she suggests I was woozy because I‘m pregnant.
“Pregnant?” I yelp. “I was drinking.”
“You should stop doing that immediately.”
1mo
3 likes1 comment
blurb
xicanti
post image

I don‘t have any cherry pie to pair with this book, but it‘s far less of a theme than the title implies so I think Jackie Lau‘ll forgive me for eating marble loaf instead.

The book‘s excellent; punchy and highly readable, with a lot of publishing realism in the mix. I can‘t claim I‘m super invested in the romance, but I do love Emily and I want great things for her. If she decides a future with Mark is a great thing, I‘m cool with it.

KadaGul You can add Cherry 🍒 toppings and call it a day. #FakeItTillYouMakeIt 2mo
xicanti @KadaGul the only cherries I‘ve got on hand are cherry tomatoes, so I‘ll eat them separately from the cake! 2mo
KadaGul @xicanti Still counts 😁😁 2mo
38 likes3 comments
review
kimmypete1
post image
Pickpick

Such a cute and fun romance!