Seoulmates


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Her ex-boyfriend wants her back. Her former best friend is in town. When did Hannah’s life become a K-drama? Hannah Cho had the next year all planned out—the perfect summer with her boyfriend, Nate, and then a fun senior year with their friends. But then Nate does what everyone else in Hannah’s life seems to do—he leaves her, claiming they have nothing in common. He and all her friends are newly obsessed with K-pop and K-dramas, and Hannah is not. After years of trying to embrace the American part and shunning the Korean side of her Korean American identity to fit in, Hannah finds that’s exactly what now has her on the outs. But someone who does know K-dramas—so well that he’s actually starring in one—is Jacob Kim, Hannah’s former best friend, whom she hasn’t seen in years. He’s desperate for a break from the fame, so a family trip back to San Diego might be just what he needs…that is, if he and Hannah can figure out what went wrong when they last parted and navigate the new feelings developing between them.




Seoulmates


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A Korean-American adoptee fights to be with the one she loves while coming to terms with her new identity in this enthralling romantic drama and sequel to Heart and Seoul by USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick. When Hara Wilson lands in Seoul to find her birth mother, she doesn’t plan on falling in love with the first man she lays eyes on, but Choi Yujun is irresistible. If his broad shoulders and dimples weren’t enough, Choi Yujun is the most genuine, decent, gorgeous guy to exist. Too bad he’s also her stepbrother. Fate brought her to the Choi doorstep but the gift of family comes with burdens. A job in her mother’s company has perks of endless company dinners and super resentful coworkers. A new country means learning a new language which twenty-five year old Hara is finding to be a Herculean task. A forbidden love means having to choose between her birth family or Choi Yujun. All Hara wanted was to find a place to belong in this world—but in order to have it all, she’ll have to risk it all.




Heart and Seoul


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One woman learns that the price of belonging is often steeper than expected in this heart-wrenching yet hopeful romantic novel and first in the Seoul duology by USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick. As a Korean adoptee, Hara Wilson doesn’t need anyone telling her she looks different from her white parents. She knows. Every time Hara looks in the mirror, she’s reminded that she doesn’t look like anyone else in her family—not her loving mother, Ellen; not her jerk of a father, Pat; and certainly not like Pat’s new wife and new “real” son. At the age of twenty-five, she thought she had come to terms with it all, but when her father suddenly dies, an offhand comment at his funeral triggers an identity crisis that has her running off to Seoul in search of her roots. What Hara finds there has all the makings of a classic K-drama: a tall, mysterious stranger who greets her at the airport, spontaneous adventures across the city, and a mess of familial ties, along with a red string of destiny that winds its way around her, heart and soul. Hara goes to Korea looking for answers, but what she gets instead is love—a forbidden love that will either welcome Hara home…or destroy her chance of finding one.




Shine


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Seventeen-year-old Rachel Kim confronts the dark underbelly of the K-pop world as she strives to become a K-pop star.




The Donut Trap


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Julie Tieu sparkles in this debut romantic comedy, which is charmingly reminiscent of the TV show Kim’s Convenience and Frankly in Love by David Yoon, about a young woman who feels caught in the life her parents have made for her until she falls in love and finds a way out of the donut trap. Jasmine Tran has landed herself behind bars—maple bars that is. With no boyfriend or job prospects, Jasmine returns home to work at her parents’ donut shop. Jasmine quickly loses herself in a cyclical routine of donuts, Netflix, and sleep. She wants to break free from her daily grind, but when a hike in rent threatens the survival of their shop, her parents rely on her more than ever. Help comes in the form of an old college crush, Alex Lai. Not only is he successful and easy on the eyes, to her parents’ delight, he’s also Chinese. He’s everything she should wish for, until a disastrous dinner reveals Alex isn’t as perfect as she thinks. Worse, he doesn’t think she’s perfect either. With both sets of parents against their relationship, a family legacy about to shut down, and the reappearance of an old high school flame, Jasmine must scheme to find a solution that satisfies her family’s expectations and can get her out of the donut trap once and for all.




Seoul Mates


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A real-life style romance set in South Korea. Brooke Langford leaves Canada after a relationship goes bad, heading into the unknown world of ESL teaching. On the plane, in less-than-ideal circumstances,she meets Charles, who is likewise beginning a Korean adventure. Can these two overcome a disastrous first meeting, a jealous ex and the challenges associated with living in a foreign country?




Seoul Mates: Tears and Tragedy


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Following on from Seoul Mates, Tears and Tragedy tells the tale of Teresa 'Terri' Outwell. There was a reason she gave Brooke the advice she did, and this book lets readers in on that reason.From the cover:"The course of true love doesn't always run smoothly. Just ask Teresa 'Terri' Outwell. Footloose and carefree, she is surprised to find love when she wasn't expecting or looking for it. And while it may not be a perfect love everlasting, there is always the chance that lightning can strike twice."




Seoul Mates


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Kevin Jung is Korean, but he's not that Korean. He's third generation Korean-American. Meaning, he grew up in an English speaking household in the whitest suburb of New Jersey playing basketball and eating almost exclusively Jewish and Italian food. He doesn't know anything about the strange and foreign land his grandmother comes from. However, he's in for a rude awakening. Kevin is given the opportunity of a lifetime. He signs on with one of South Korea's biggest entertainment companies as a K-pop trainee. He packs up his bags, says goodbye to his family and gets on a plane headed for Seoul. There, he learns very quickly that this musical venture is not going to be as easy as he thought it would be. Sad and isolated in a country he knows nothing about, Kevin feels like giving up. Then a handsome trainee named Li Minseok waltzes into the picture. Minseok just so happens to speak near-perfect English. Out of Kevin's desperation for companionship, blooms a sweet and genuine friendship that slowly morphs into more. However, when the band debuts and skyrockets to superstardom, Kevin and Minseok are forced to hide their relationship, while also navigating the impossibly demanding world of K-pop stardom. Will their forbidden romance hold up against immense societal pressure? Please Note: This book contains adult language and steamy adult activities, it is intended for 18+ Adults Only. Novel, approximately 72,000 words in length. HEA (happy ever after ending). Does not end with a "cliffhanger. Themes include: K-pop, Korean, Seoul, music, band, boyband, friends to lovers, fish out of water, age difference, Asian




Scandalized


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A one-night stand between two old childhood friends turns into something more, but when a scandal threatens to tear them apart, they must decide how hard to fight for love—a steamy romance written under the pseudonym Ivy Owens by Christina Lauren coauthor Lauren Billings. Exhausted and on deadline with a story that could make or break her career, investigative journalist Georgia Ross is on the verge of a meltdown when a cancelled flight leaves her stuck in the airport overnight. But when a familiar face appears—the older brother of her childhood friend—and offers help, Gigi seems to have caught a break. Alec Kim is handsome, humble, and kind—exactly the sort of man that Gigi has forgotten existed after her own painful heartbreaks. An evening of reconnection followed by a night of no-strings-attached passion with Alec feels like a gift—that is, until Gigi finally realizes that their childhood connection isn’t the only reason he seems so familiar to her. Alec is determined to prove to Gigi that he is truly the man she thinks he is, even if it means coming clean about his fame—and his family’s connection to the story Gigi’s been working so hard to break. But as their feelings for each other grow deeper, Gigi and Alec must navigate a new reality…one where both of their hard-won careers are put directly in the path of an international scandal.




The Singles Table


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One broken heart. One grumpy bachelor. One very sexy deal. The laugh-out-loud romance from the author of the TikTok sensation The Dating Plan. Celebrity-obsessed lawyer Zara Patel is the best at helping her friends find romance through the wedding season. She's never faced a guest at the singles table she couldn't match, until she crosses paths with Jay Donovan. Jay has no time for love, and definitely no time for a match-maker. When charismatic Zara crashes into his life, he's thrown into close contact with exactly the kind of chaos he wants to avoid. Worse, they're stuck together for the entire wedding season. So they make a deal. She'll find his special someone if he introduces her to his celebrity clients. But when their arrangement brings them together in ways they never expected, they realise that the perfect match might just be their own.