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"A low-angst charmer."—New York Times Book Review A bridesmaid and groomsman put their differences aside to get their best friends down the aisle in this opposites-attract steamy romantic comedy from the author of Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie. They say to never meet your heroes, but when Vivian Liao's roommate gets engaged to her favorite actor’s costar, she has no choice but to come face-to-face with Melvin Lee again. He's just as funny and handsome as he is on-screen...but he thinks she’s an ice queen and a corporate sellout. It's none of his business how she chooses to live her life, no matter how charismatic he is.
Mel is used to charming audiences as an actor and stand-up comedian, but he can't seem to thaw Vivian’s defenses. If she can ignore the simmering attraction below the surface, so can he. The only thing uniting them is their goal for their friends’ wedding to go off without a hitch.
As they collaborate on wedding cake and karaoke parties, Mel realizes he might have seriously misjudged this bridesmaid, while Vivian discovers the best man might just be as dazzling off-screen as he is on. With the wedding underway, maybe more than one happily ever after is in the future.
"A low-angst charmer."—New York Times Book Review A bridesmaid and groomsman put their differences aside to get their best friends down the aisle in this opposites-attract steamy romantic comedy from the author of Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie. They say to never meet your heroes, but when Vivian Liao's roommate gets engaged to her favorite actor’s costar, she has no choice but to come face-to-face with Melvin Lee again. He's just as funny and handsome as he is on-screen...but he thinks she’s an ice queen and a corporate sellout. It's none of his business how she chooses to live her life, no matter how charismatic he is.
Mel is used to charming audiences as an actor and stand-up comedian, but he can't seem to thaw Vivian’s defenses. If she can ignore the simmering attraction below the surface, so can he. The only thing uniting them is their goal for their friends’ wedding to go off without a hitch.
As they collaborate on wedding cake and karaoke parties, Mel realizes he might have seriously misjudged this bridesmaid, while Vivian discovers the best man might just be as dazzling off-screen as he is on. With the wedding underway, maybe more than one happily ever after is in the future.
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Excerpts-
From the cover
Chapter 1
One year later . . .
"I have a great plan for the rest of the afternoon." Mel adjusted his position on the barstool and reached for a piece of marinated tofu with his chopsticks.
Chu's was his favorite bar in Manhattan. Located on a small street in Chinatown, it lacked a proper sign and was never very busy, but somehow, it managed to stay in business. Mr. Chu made great lychee cocktails, which were infinitely better than the nonalcoholic sour plum shit that Ryan was drinking, and the food was good, too. Though Mel came here all the time, he hadn't been here with Ryan in almost a year.
"A great plan?" Ryan said. "Okay, let's hear it."
Mel couldn't help laughing at the skepticism in his friend's voice.
He was right to be skeptical, of course.
"I'm telling you," Mel said, "you're really going to like it."
"Is that so?" Ryan's voice continued to drip with skepticism.
"You know those threads on Twitter that match pictures of you in various outfits to pictures of other things? Like 'Ryan Kwok as Bubble Tea' or 'Ryan Kwok as Cupcakes.' Or 'Ryan Kwok as Vases from the Qing Dynasty.' Maybe 'Ryan Kwok as Poisonous Frogs.'"
"I recall you making one of those threads before. 'Ryan Kwok as Baby Pandas.'"
"There was also one I did of you as raccoons stealing from trash bins."
"How could I forget?" Ryan said dryly. "Okay, what's your brilliant plan?"
"I didn't actually call it brilliant."
"But you think all your plans are brilliant."
Mel shrugged casually. "What can I say? I'm a genius."
Behind the bar, Mr. Chu's lips twitched.
"I told your father about this plan," Mel said.
Ryan shook his head. "Of course you did."
"He approved."
"Unlikely. Or if he did, it was just so you'd stop bothering him. You're really talking this up, Mel. Expectations are high."
"Well, it's a 'Ryan Kwok as Donuts' thread. Lindsay will appreciate it."
"That sounds relatively benign for you. I'm disappointed. And relieved, to be honest."
"Ah." Mel held up a finger. "But I'm going to take these pictures myself. I've brought a bunch of different outfits for you"-he held up his knapsack-"and I'm going to make you eat all the donuts. Eight donuts in three hours before you go to the airport."
"You want me to spend the entire flight in the tiny airplane toilet?" But Ryan was chuckling.
"I've planned our route carefully. First up, there's a place in Brooklyn that makes herb-and-bone-marrow donuts."
"Did you say bone marrow? In donuts?"
"Then, I hear you like matcha donuts, and these ones are a scary green color. Oh, and they have a wasabi filling. I've brought a lovely shirt for you to wear, and it complements the donuts: a green Hawaiian shirt with palm fronds."
"Are all your donuts savory?" Ryan asked.
"Glad you asked." Mel picked up his phone and flipped through a few pictures. "Behold, the quintuple chocolate donut."
"That doesn't look too bad. I'll eat that one and skip everything else."
"You sure you can manage?" Mel flipped to the next picture, which showed someone's hand next to the donut for comparison-it was about ten times the size of a normal donut. "I've also found a bakery that sells donut sundaes. Pretty excited about those."
"Look, Mel." Ryan scratched the back of his neck. "Much as I'd love to run around New York stuffing my face with donuts, I have something serious to tell you." He pulled a small box out of his pocket and opened it up, revealing an engagement ring.
Mel's instinct was to make a joke and pretend Ryan was proposing to him, but this didn't seem the time for...
About the Author-
Jackie Lau decided she wanted to be a writer when she was in grade two, sometime between penning “The Heart That Got Lost” and “The Land of Shapes.” She later studied engineering and worked as a geophysicist before turning to writing romance novels. She is now the author of over a dozen romantic comedies.
Jackie lives in Toronto with her husband, and despite living in Canada her whole life, she hates winter. When she’s not writing, she enjoys gelato, gourmet donuts, cooking, hiking, and reading on the balcony when it’s raining.
Reviews-
August 1, 2022 Lau (Donut Fall in Love) shines in this witty rom-com that pairs a Chinese American comedian and a Chinese Canadian finance whiz. Uptight accountant Vivian Liao is eager to meet stand-up comedian Melvin Lee, star of Just Another New York Sitcom, whose friend Ryan is dating Vivian’s roommate Lindsay—but their first meeting does not go as planned. One wrong comment from Mel, and Vivian is ready to write him off—that is, until Ryan and Lindsay get engaged, and Mel is tapped as best man and Vivian as a bridesmaid. As they’re forced to work together to plan celebrations for their dear friends, something between them shifts and they agree to try long-distance dating. But Vivian’s complicated family history has made her fiercely independent, and she’s hesitant to commit to anything that may lead to dependency on another person. With miles between them and both their guards up, will they be able to make it work? Refreshingly, both hero and heroine are bisexual, a fact Lau handles confidently and casually. Mel’s outrageous, matchmaking grandmother, meanwhile, steals every scene she’s in—including one where she shows up at a comedy club right when Mel is trying out some new oral sex–related material. This fun, feel-good outing hits the spot.
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Eunice Wong and James Sie narrate this opposites-attract romance. Vivian Liao was a huge fan of comedian Melvin Lee--until she met him. Regardless of her antipathy for him, they'll have to see a lot more of each other now that Vivian's roommate and Melvin's famous friend are engaged. But somewhere between cake tastings and party planning they start to like what they see after all. At first, Sie's vocal choices seem unusual for a romantic lead, but a lisp and a nasal timbre fit the insecure funnyman Melvin. The deeper, more polished voice is best reserved for another character, the hunky movie star. Wong nails the "ice queen" Vivian with her clipped sentences. Wong and Sie use completely different voices when narrating each other's characters, but the listener eventually will look past that. S.S. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
