{"id":11268,"date":"2019-12-09T18:53:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T23:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=11268"},"modified":"2024-09-11T21:35:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T01:35:00","slug":"jackie-lau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/jackie-lau\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackie Lau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jackie Lau is a Toronto-based romance novelist. Her Toronto settings are recognizable, and her characters are diverse. Some of her publications are only available in e-formats. Prior to focusing on writing, Lau studied engineering and worked as a geophysicist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Donut Fall in Love<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Actor Ryan Kwok is back in Toronto after the promotional tour for his latest film, a rom-com that is getting less-than-stellar reviews. After years of constant work and the sudden death of his mother, Ryan is taking some much-needed time off. But as he tries to be supportive to his family, he struggles with his loss and doesn\u2019t know how to talk to his dad\u2014who now trolls him on Twitter instead of meeting him for dim sum.
 
Innovative baker Lindsay McLeod meets Ryan when he knocks over two dozen specialty donuts at her bakery. Their relationship is off to a messy start, but there\u2019s no denying their immediate attraction. When Ryan signs up for a celebrity episode of Baking Fail, he asks Lindsay to teach him how to bake and she agrees.

As Lindsay and Ryan spend time together, bonding over grief and bubble tea, it starts to feel like they\u2019re cooking up something sweeter than cupcakes in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Four Weddings to Fall in Love (Weddings With the Moks ; bk. 1)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Toronto]: Jackie Lau Books, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis (From the author’s website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Grumpy Fake Boyfriend (Kwan Sisters ; bk. 1)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Toronto]: Jackie Lau Books, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis (From the author’s website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Meet Will Stafford\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m a pretty simple guy. When I\u2019m not writing a science fiction novel, I\u2019m watching a good movie or reading a book. Alone. I like my reclusive life. That is, until my only friend asks for a favor\u2014pretend to be his baby sister\u2019s boyfriend on a couples\u2019 getaway. Her ex is going to be there and she needs me as a buffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I should have said no, but Naomi is bubbly, energetic, and beautiful. She also means everything to her brother. But now, our fake romance is starting to feel all too real, and I find myself stuck between the promise I made to my friend and risking my heart to the one woman who might actually get me…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

He’s not my Boyfriend (Chin-Williams ; bk. 2)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Toronto]: Jackie Lau Books, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis (From author’s website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Now that her cousin has tied the knot, Iris Chin\u2014structural engineer, party girl, and queen of kitchen disasters\u2014is the last single grandchild. Her mother and grandmother are desperate to play matchmaker, though Iris doesn\u2019t understand why. They had miserable marriages, and she doesn\u2019t want to be like them. She enjoys her independence, thank you very much. One-night stands are more her style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, she soon discovers that she\u2019s working on a project with her latest one-night stand, Alex Kwong, a construction supervisor. She\u2019s determined to stay professional on the construction site, but things get off to a bad start when Alex lets slip to a co-worker that they slept together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make matters worse, Iris is now living with her grandmother, who keeps stealthily setting her up on dates and sticking her nose where it doesn\u2019t belong, and her mother is just as bad. But more than anything, it\u2019s her unwanted feelings for Alex that are derailing her plans to have an exciting single life\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ice Cream Lover (Baldwin Village ; bk. 2)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Toronto]: Jackie Lau Books, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis (From author’s website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Meet Drew Lum\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hate ice cream. Ever since my fianc\u00e9e left me at the altar and skewered me in her bestseller \u201cEmbrace Your Inner Ice Cream Sandwich: Finding the Positive You in a World of Negativity,\u201d I haven\u2019t been able to stomach the stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, my five-year-old niece is a budding foodie and her favorite place in the world is Ginger Scoops, a cutesy Asian ice cream shop. Since I\u2019ve been looking after my niece a lot lately, I\u2019ve spent too much time there, sipping black coffee, refusing to eat ice cream, and trying not to look at the owner, Chloe Jenkins. Chloe is obnoxiously cheerful, and I can\u2019t stand her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturally, I end up kissing her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I\u2019ve sworn off women after the fiasco with my ex-fianc\u00e9e, and I\u2019m convinced I\u2019m no good at relationships. Still, with Chloe I\u2019m tempted to do the impossible: give love and ice cream another chance\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie: A Novel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Emily Bestler Books, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Writer and barista Emily Hung is tired of hearing about the great Mark Chan, the son of her parents\u2019 friends. You\u2019d think he single-handedly stopped climate change and ended child poverty from the way her mother raves about him. But in reality, he\u2019s just a boring, sweater-vest-wearing engineer, and when they\u2019re forced together at Emily\u2019s sister\u2019s wedding, it\u2019s obvious he thinks he\u2019s too good for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now that Emily is her family\u2019s last single daughter, her mother is fixated on getting her married and she has her sights on Mark. There\u2019s only one solution, clearly<\/em>: convince Mark to be in a fake relationship with her long enough to put an end to her mom\u2019s meddling. He reluctantly agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, lying isn\u2019t enough. Family friends keep popping up at their supposed dates\u2014including a bubble tea shop and cake-decorating class\u2014so they\u2019ll have to spend more time together to make their relationship look real. With each fake date, though, Emily realizes that Mark\u2019s not quite what she assumed and maybe that argyle sweater isn\u2019t so ugly after all\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Man vs. Durian (Baldwin Village ; bk. 3)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Toronto]: Jackie Lau Books, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis (From author’s website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Meet Peter So\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Durian is my nemesis. We have a long, painful history. In my opinion, the spiky fruit smells like natural gas and rotten onions with eau de vomit. Bleh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So when Valerie Chow spills her durian ice cream all over me, I shouldn\u2019t fall in love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But despite her fondness for durian, Valerie is beautiful and delightfully prickly and stares at me when I take off my soiled shirt. And somehow, this chance encounter leads to me agreeing to be her fake boyfriend to get her mom off her back about her dating life. Her supposed boyfriend is a pediatric resident, but no big deal, right? My job\u2019s in landscaping, but I can pretend to be a doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll charm Valerie and her family, and I\u2019ll figure out why she\u2019s scared of relationships and gave up her career in software development. I\u2019ll even take her to a durian dessert shop. And if I do a great job at being her fake boyfriend, maybe she\u2019ll want me to be her real one\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Hotshot CEO (Kwan Sisters ; bk. 2)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Toronto]: Jackie Lau Books, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis (From author’s website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Meet Julian Fong\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As CEO of Fong Investments, I\u2019m a busy man. In fact, my family claims I\u2019m an obsessive workaholic, and when they force me to take two weeks off, I have no idea what to do with myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While brooding over an espresso, I meet Courtney Kwan, a biomedical researcher who savors the little things in life. And, suddenly, an idea strikes me\u2014I will pay this woman to teach me how to enjoy my vacation from work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon, I find myself doing crazy things like baking cookies, reading for pleasure, buying a phallic cactus, and falling in love. But Courtney is dealing with some serious issues of her own, and I fear that when I return to work, I won\u2019t be able to give her what she needs, and I\u2019ll lose her forever\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Not Another Family Wedding (Chin-Williams ; bk. 1)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Toronto]: Jackie Lau Books, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis (From the author’s website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Natalie Chin-Williams might be a cranky professor of climatology who thinks the world is doomed, but she believes in lasting love\u2026just not for herself. She has a long history of failed relationships, plus the men she dates inevitably want children and she doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now thirty-six and single, Natalie expects endless comments about her love life when she attends her baby sister\u2019s wedding. Worse, weddings are always drama-filled disasters in her family. She needs emotional support to get through the weekend, so she enlists the help of her friend Connor Douglas, the dependable family doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wedding reception goes south when a drunk aunt announces a family secret that sends Natalie reeling and shakes her faith in love. Luckily, she has her long-time friend to lean on\u2014a man she somehow ends up kissing. But there\u2019s no way this could turn into anything lasting, is there? That\u2019s impossible for her, especially now\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Stand-up Groomsman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Berkley Romance, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A bridesmaid and groomsman put their differences aside to get their best friends down the aisle in this opposites-attract steamy romantic comedy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Three Reasons to Run (Weddings With the Moks ; bk. 2)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Toronto]: Jackie Lau Books, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis (From the author’s website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When I arrive late to my cousin\u2019s wedding\u2014thanks to my first speeding ticket\u2014I\u2019m surprised to see his fianc\u00e9e, Yvonne Siu, fleeing the scene. She\u2019s in distress, having realized that my cousin isn\u2019t good enough for her and she agreed to the wedding mainly to make her family happy. I have to come to her rescue, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve always had a thing for Yvonne, and when this beautiful pushover gets angry, it\u2019s irresistible. I move her stuff out of the apartment she shared with her ex, and I help her discover who she really is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But Yvonne doesn\u2019t seem interested in another relationship, and then there\u2019s the fact that she nearly married my cousin\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Ultimate Pi Party (Baldwin Village ; bk. 1)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Toronto]: Jackie Lau Books, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis (From author’s website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Meet Josh Yu\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there\u2019s one thing that might get my dad, a retired math teacher, to visit Toronto and have a real conversation with me for the first time in seventeen years, it\u2019s a big nerdy Pi Day party. And hopefully this party\u2014and seeing the tech company I built from nothing\u2014will finally be enough to impress him and make him forgive me for everything I did when I was a teenager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s got to be a really great party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s where Sarah Winters comes in. She owns Happy As Pie, a sweet and savory pie shop, and wants to get into catering. She makes an amazing lamb-rosemary pie, cherry pie, lemon-lime torte\u2026you get the idea. She\u2019ll provide the food and help me plan the party, nothing more. No matter how much time we spend together, I\u2019m not going to fall in love with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jackie Lau personal website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher Berkley<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher Emily Bestler Books\/Atria <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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