{"id":12800,"date":"2021-01-11T16:24:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T21:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=12800"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:40:03","slug":"farah-heron","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/farah-heron\/","title":{"rendered":"Farah Heron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Farah Heron is a Toronto native. She writes romantic comedies and women’s fiction that reflect the diversity in her own life. Specifically, she features large South Asian families, food, and “most importantly, brown people falling stupidly in love.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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

Accidentally Engaged<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Forever\/Grand Central Station, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

When it comes to bread, Reena Manji knows exactly what she’s doing. She treats her sourdough starters like (somewhat unruly) children. But when it comes to Reena’s actual<\/em> family\u2014and their constant meddling in her life\u2014well, that recipe always<\/em> ends in disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Reena’s parents have found her yet another potential Good Muslim Husband. This one has the body of Captain America, a delicious British accent, and lives right across the hall. He’s the perfect, mouthwatering temptation . . . and completely ruined by the unwelcome side dish of parental interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reena refuses to marry anyone who works for her father. She won’t<\/em> be attracted to Nadim’s sweet charm or gorgeous lopsided smile. That is, until the baking opportunity of a lifetime presents itself: a couples’ cooking competition with the prize of her dreams. Reena will do anything to win\u2014even asking Nadim to pretend they’re engaged. But when it comes to love, baking your bread doesn’t always mean you get to eat it too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction (Young adult)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Bad Boyfriend Curse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2026.
forthcoming July 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Meera Noorani has spent her whole life playing it safe.

Raised by her single mom, she\u2019s had to\u2014especially in love. After all, it has been proven, generation after generation, that all Noorani women are cursed to have partners who ruin their lives.

And though she tried her best to avoid it, Meera\u2019s fate comes a-calling, and within the span of a week, she\u2019s broken up with, arrested, and then shipped to small-town Canada, where she\u2019ll be completing her community service under the watchful eye of her mom and her new stepdad.

Meera\u2019s spent her whole life being good, and this is the thanks she gets?

If she can pose a threat to Mom\u2019s perfect new life, though, maybe she can get back to the city. And there\u2019s no better way to do that than date one of her fellow teen delinquents. Noah has got the piercings, tattoos, and rumors to prove that he\u2019s the town\u2019s most infamous bad boy\u2026but when the bad boy isn’t actually bad, what\u2019s a girl meant to do?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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

The Chai Factor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Thirty-year-old engineer Amira Khan has set one rule for herself: no dating until her grad-school thesis is done. Nothing can distract her from completing a paper that is so good her boss will give her the promotion she deserves when she returns to work in the city. Amira leaves campus early, planning to work in the quiet basement apartment of her family\u2019s house. But she arrives home to find that her grandmother has rented the basement to . . . a barbershop quartet. Seriously? The living situation is awkward: Amira needs silence; the quartet needs to rehearse for a competition; and Duncan, the small-town baritone with the flannel shirts, is driving her up the wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Amira and Duncan clash, she is surprised to feel a simmering attraction for him. How can she be interested in someone who doesn\u2019t get her, or her family\u2019s culture? This is not a complication she needs when her future is at stake. But when intolerance rears its ugly head and people who are close to Amira get hurt, she learns that there is more to Duncan than meets the eye. Now she must decide what she is willing to fight for. In the end, it may be that this small-town singer is the only person who sees her at all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction (Young adult)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How to Win a Breakup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Skyscape, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

First, math genius and gamer-nerd Samaya gets dumped by her boyfriend. Then he sabotages her job and hooks up with her frenemy. What could be worse? Clearly, her golden-boy ex is winning the breakup. The only way Samaya can get some rebound cred is to find someone new. Even if she has to fake it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a volunteer bake sale, Samaya meets a sweet opportunity. Daniel is a handsome hockey jock and a whiz when it comes to lemon squares and brownies. And he agrees to play along. Quid pro quo. He\u2019ll pretend to be the boyfriend of her dreams if Samaya helps him pass calculus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This may well be the recipe for the best revenge, but Samaya has no idea how complicated it will get. As they whip up an imitation romance, and a bumbleberry pie, resisting each other\u2019s very real charms proves impossible. Samaya finds herself on an unexpected journey of secrets, self-discovery, and the true meaning of moving on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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

Jana Goes Wild<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Forever, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Jana Suleiman has never really fit in\u2014everyone always sees her as too aloof, too cool, too perfect. The one time she stepped out of her comfort zone she ended up with a broken heart and a baby on the way. Aaaand lesson learned<\/em>. Now she\u2019s a bridesmaid for a destination wedding in Serengeti National Park, and almost everyone she knows will be there. Her five-year-old daughter. Her mom. Her friends. Even her potential new boss. And of course (because who doesn\u2019t love surprises!) her gorgeous-but-not-to-be-trusted ex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, Anil Malek is a great dad, even if Jana hasn\u2019t quite<\/em> forgiven him for lying to her all those years ago. Determined to show he has no effect on her whatsoever, she and the bridesmaids concoct a go-wild list to get Jana through the week. Sing karaoke? Sure. Perform their high school dance routine in front of strangers? Okay. But the more she lets down her guard, the less protection she has against her attraction to Anil. And Jana soon realizes it\u2019s one thing to walk on the wild side . . . and quite another to fall for her ex all over again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Just Playing House<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Forever, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

This has to be a joke<\/em>. Stylist Marley Kamal has waited years<\/em> for the chance to be a private shopper for a major celebrity. But finding out that her first big client is the guy she went to prom with\u2014and slept with and was promptly ghosted by\u2014seems like the universe is mocking her. Because Nikhil Shamdasani is back, about to star in a major movie, and is more drop-dead hot than ever . . . at the worst possible time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marley\u2019s only weeks away from an elective double mastectomy and breast reconstruction that\u2019s supposed to save her life. But this surgery is going to change things in more ways than she can possibly imagine. For one, Nik is so eager to have her as his stylist, he\u2019s offered to stay in her home and take care of her while she recovers. Now Marley is about to learn that as the door to her old life closes, something\u2014or rather someone<\/em>\u2014else will enter . . . if <\/em>she\u2019s ready to let him in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kamila Knows Best<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Forever, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Kamila Hussain\u2019s life might not be perfect, but, whew<\/em>, it\u2019s close. She lives a life of comfort, filled with her elaborate Bollywood movie parties, a dog with more Instagram followers than most reality stars, a job she loves, and an endless array of friends who clearly need her help finding love. In fact, Kamila is so busy with her friends\u2019 love lives, she\u2019s hardly given any thought to her own <\/em>. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, Kamila has Rohan Nasser. A longtime friend of the family, he\u2019s hugely successful, with the deliciously lean, firm body of a rock climber. Only lately, Kamila\u2019s \u201charmless flirting\u201d with Rohan is making her insides do a little bhangra dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But between planning the local shelter\u2019s puppy prom, throwing a huge work event, and proving to everyone that she\u2019s got it all figured out, Kamila isn\u2019t letting herself get distracted\u2014until her secret nemesis returns to town with an eye for Rohan. Suddenly, it seems like the more Kamila tries to plan, the more things are starting to unravel\u2014and her perfectly ordered life is about to be turned upside down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Little Holiday Fling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Forever, 2025.
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There are two things that Ruby Dhanji loves with her whole entire heart: Christmas and anything to do with the UK. For Ruby the holiday season means joy, generosity, and warm memories with her late mother. And now she\u2019s on the verge of realizing the dream she and her mom always had: moving to England and opening a cozy inn. The only problem, Ruby needs some hotel experience first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rashid just doesn\u2019t get all the holiday hype. But when he meets a woman dragging home a Christmas tree alone from the Winter Market, he has to offer to help\u2014even if he soon finds Ruby adores all the things he dislikes. When Ruby discovers that Rashid\u2019s family owns a luxury boutique hotel chain in Britain, she offers him a proposition: she\u2019ll help him give his young nieces an amazing Christmas if he\u2019ll facilitate an introduction to his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Ruby and Rashid get closer, she realizes that the great big grump loves his large, eccentric family fiercely. And when their friendship turns to something more, she\u2019s afraid she\u2019s falling for someone weeks before she moves across the Atlantic and she\u2019ll soon have to decide which dream she wants to chase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction (Young adult)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Meet Me on Love Street<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2025.
PZ7.1.H4765 M448 2025<\/a>
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Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sana Merali is a certified hopeless romantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s inevitable when she literally lives on Love Street, a cute side-street full of mom-and-pop shops and cozy apartments. With her florist mother, her part-time job at a vintage shop, and her adorably curated wardrobe, Sana knows she\u2019s what meet-cutes are made of\u2014and it\u2019s only a matter of time until her own HEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the neighborhood is threatened by new developments, however, her plans for love get pushed to the backburner as she and her neighbors rally to host a festival that will finally put the neighborhood on everyone\u2019s radar. Because what better way to get people to fall in love with Love Street?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, Miles Desai is also on the planning committee. Miles is contrary, judgmental, and\u2026anti-romance. His hard stance on love inspires Sana with another goal for the summer: to matchmake Miles and knock the cynicism right out of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as her set-up for Miles starts to actually work, Sana realizes that happily-ever-afters, for herself and for her street, aren\u2019t that easy to come by.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Remember Me Tomorrow: A Novel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Skyscape\/Amazon Publishing, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

East House is the oldest and least desirable dorm on campus, but it has a draw for lonely university freshman Aleeza Kassam: Jay Hoque, the hot and broody student who vanished from East House five months ago without a trace. It\u2019s irresistible to an aspiring investigative journalist like Aleeza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when she starts receiving texts from Jay, the mystery takes an unexpected turn. To put it mildly. His messages are coming not only from Aleeza\u2019s own dorm room but from the past\u2015only weeks before he disappeared. Sharing space, if not time, Aleeza and Jay are living the impossible, and they start working together to prevent his inevitable disappearance. Causing a temporal paradox that could blow up the universe is a risk they\u2019re going to have to take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aleeza digs through Jay\u2019s suspicious friends, enemies, and exes, determined to find out what happened to him. Or what will happen to him. But it\u2019s becoming more than a mystery. Aleeza is catching feelings for her charming new roommate. Wherever, and whenever, he may be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tahira in Bloom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Skyscape\/Amazon Publishing, 2021.
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When seventeen-year-old aspiring designer Tahira Janmohammad\u2019s coveted fashion internship falls through, her parents have a Plan B. Tahira will work in her aunt\u2019s boutique in the small town of Bakewell, the flower capital of Ontario. It\u2019s only for the summer, and she\u2019ll get the experience she needs for her college application. Plus her best friend is coming along. It won\u2019t be that<\/em> bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But she just can\u2019t deal with Rowan Johnston, the rude, totally obsessive garden-nerd next door with frayed cutoffs and terrible shoes. Not to mention his sharp jawline, smoldering eyes, and soft lips. So<\/em> irritating. Rowan is also just the plant-boy Tahira needs to help win the Bakewell flower-arranging contest\u2015an event that carries clout in New York City, of all places. And with designers, of all people. Connections that she needs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one is more surprised than Tahira to learn that floral design is almost as great as fashion design. And Rowan? Turns out he\u2019s more than ironic shirts and soil under the fingernails. Tahira\u2019s about to find out what she\u2019s really made of\u2015and made for. Because here in the middle of nowhere, Tahira is just beginning to bloom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Farah Heron personal website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher Grand Central Publishing<\/a> owner of the Forever imprint<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher HarperCollins Canada<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher Simon & Schuster<\/a>, owner of the Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers imprint<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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