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 motherâŠonly 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 allâŠ