Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie

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