Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /www/libraryLand/subs/romantic-suspense/engine/classes/templates.class.php on line 232 Call Stack: 0.0011 407600 1. {main}() /www/libraryLand/subs/romantic-suspense/engine/rss.php:0 Gloria Chao - Free Library Land Online - Romantic Suspense https://romantic-suspense.library.land/ ru Gloria Chao - Free Library Land Online - Romantic Suspense DataLife Engine Our Wayward Fate https://romantic-suspense.library.land/gloria-chao/511285-our_wayward_fate.html https://romantic-suspense.library.land/gloria-chao/511285-our_wayward_fate.html Our Wayward Fate
A teen outcast is simultaneously swept up in a whirlwind romance and down a rabbit hole of dark family secrets when another Taiwanese family moves to her small, predominantly white midwestern town in this remarkable new novel from the critically acclaimed author of American Panda, which The Wall Street Journal called "weepingly funny."
Seventeen-year-old Ali Chu knows that as the only Asian person at her school in middle-of-nowhere Indiana, she must be bland as white toast to survive. This means swapping her congee lunch for PB&Js, ignoring the clueless racism from her classmates and teachers, and keeping her mouth shut when people wrongly call her Allie instead of her actual name, Ah-lee, after the mountain in Taiwan.

Her autopilot existence is disrupted when she finds out that Chase Yu, the new kid in school, is also Taiwanese. Despite some initial resistance due to the they belong together whispers, Ali and Chase soon spark a...]]> Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:03:32 +0200 Game On https://romantic-suspense.library.land/gloria-chao/625541-game_on.html https://romantic-suspense.library.land/gloria-chao/625541-game_on.html Game On
A charming and inclusive YA anthology all about games—from athletic sports to board games to virtual reality—from editor Laura Silverman and an all-star cast of contributors.
 

From the slightly fantastical to the utterly real, light and sweet romance to tales tinged with horror and thrills, Game On is an anthology that spans genre and style. But beneath each story is a loving ode to competition and games perfect for anyone who has ever played a sport or a board game, picked up a video game controller, or rolled a twenty-sided die.

A manhunt game is interrupted by a town disappearing beneath the players' eyes. A puzzle-filled scavenger hunt emboldens one college freshman to be brave with the boy she's crushing on. A series of summer nights full of card games leads a boy to fall for a boy who he knows is taken. And a spin the bottle game could end a life-long friendship.

Fifteen stories, and fifteen unforgettable...]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 22:35:38 +0200 Rent a Boyfriend https://romantic-suspense.library.land/gloria-chao/571391-rent_a_boyfriend.html https://romantic-suspense.library.land/gloria-chao/571391-rent_a_boyfriend.html Rent a Boyfriend
To All the Boys I've Loved Before meets The Farewell in this incisive romantic comedy about a college student who hires a fake boyfriend to appease her traditional Taiwanese parents, to disastrous results, from the acclaimed author of American Panda.
Chloe Wang is nervous to introduce her parents to her boyfriend, because the truth is, she hasn't met him yet either. She hired him from Rent for Your 'Rents, a company specializing in providing fake boyfriends trained to impress even the most traditional Asian parents.

Drew Chan's passion is art, but after his parents cut him off for dropping out of college to pursue his dreams, he became a Rent for Your 'Rents employee to keep a roof over his head. Luckily, learning protocols like "Type C parents prefer quiet, kind, zero-PDA gestures" comes naturally to him.

When Chloe rents Drew, the mission is simple: convince her parents fake Drew is worthy of their approval so they'll stop...]]> Wed, 01 Jan 2020 10:25:55 +0200 American Panda https://romantic-suspense.library.land/gloria-chao/94004-american_panda.html https://romantic-suspense.library.land/gloria-chao/94004-american_panda.html American Panda
“Charmed my socks off.” —David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Kids of Appetite and Mosquitoland
“A soulful and hilarious debut.” —Booklist (starred review)
“Effervescent.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“An earnest, funny, and emotional story.” —Book Riot

An incisive, laugh-out-loud contemporary debut about a Taiwanese-American teen whose parents want her to be a doctor and marry a Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer despite her squeamishness with germs and crush on a Japanese classmate.
At seventeen, Mei should be in high school, but skipping fourth grade was part of her parents’ master plan. Now a freshman at MIT, she is on track to fulfill the rest of this predetermined future: become a doctor, marry a preapproved Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer, produce a litter of babies.

With everything her parents have...]]> Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:22:05 +0200