Selection of AAPI Month books from Forever Publishing
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Forever Publishing has a list of must-read books from some of the top authors around. If you’re looking for a fun read to celebrate AAPI Month, check out the selection of books below.
The Fortune Flip by Lauren Kung Jessen
For fans of Black Cat x Golden Retriever energy, fortune telling, and meet disasters with chemistry.
“This charming rom-com is filled with Chinese traditions, second chances, and a luck-changing love story that will appeal to readers of Helen Hoang, Jasmine Guillory, and Sarah Adams.”
Not Safe for Work by Nisha J. Tuli
For fans of workplace romances, only one hotel room, and slow burns to extreme spice.
“Two workplace enemies find themselves in close proximity on a tropical company retreat that challenges their assumptions—and just might make them to fall for each other—in this romcom by a beloved TikTok author.”
A Curse of Shadows and Ice by Catharina Maura
For fans of Shadow Daddies, marriages of convenience, and Beauty and the Beast vibes.
“From BookTok sensation and USA Today bestselling author Catharina Maura comes a spicy and enchanting Beauty and the Beast retelling featuring a cursed emperor, a princess who possesses forbidden magic, and a marriage that could save them all.”
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Love in Focus by Lyla Lee
A relationship advice columnist gets a second chance at love with her ex in this sapphic rom-com, perfect for fans of Ashley Herring Blake and Alexandria Bellefleur.
“When her boyfriend of seven years suddenly breaks up with her, relationship advice columnist Gemma Cho is convinced that real love doesn’t exist. As a bisexual woman who’s had zero luck with both men and women, she’s ready to give up on her own romantic prospects. That is, until she’s paired up with world-renowned photographer Celeste Min on a potentially career-saving piece on modern love.
“Celeste is extremely talented and sexy, and would be the perfect collaborator and rebound for Gemma—if it weren’t for the fact that she’s Gemma’s ex, the one that broke her heart in college and moved to a whole other country before Gemma could even make sense of what went wrong between them. Heightened by the unmistakable sparks that still fly between them, Gemma and Celeste struggle to keep their relationship strictly professional. For the sake of her career, Gemma needs this piece to do well. And for the sake of what’s left of her beaten up hopeless romantic heart, she wants to fall head over heels for Celeste again.
“But can she trust Celeste to feel the same this time around?”
Karaoke Queen by Dominic Lim
Don’t miss this “pure delight” (Christina Lauren) “full of love, music, community, food, and fashion” (Abby Jimenez), perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and Alison Cochrun.
“For Rex Araneta, his college sweetheart Aaron Berry was always the one who got away. So when he finds out that Aaron is now living in the same town and needs help saving his karaoke bar, it’s Rex to the rescue. Or more like Regina Moon Dee, Rex’s internet-famous drag queen alter ego. Even if no one can know the identity of the man behind the makeup.
“As Regina’s popularity grows, Rex’s ruse becomes more difficult to keep under wraps. It even becomes a family affair with his mom and sister helping to keep his secret. It’s dawning on Rex that he’s hidden this side of himself away for far too long . . . and perhaps his real shot at love is to reveal his true self. And be loved for all that he is.”
Kiss, Marry, Kill by Cara Tanamachi
Will she catch feelings … or catch a killer?
“True crime podcaster Ella Takeda is a sucker for a good mystery. She has an uncanny knack for pinpointing killers … until she gets it wrong. Turns out that identifying an innocent man as the Canceled Killer—a serial murderer who targets high-profile fraudsters—is cause for immediate backlash.
“Now she’s returned to her small Midwest town, but the Canceled Killer may not be done with her yet. Ella has a terrible suspicion she’s his next target … and worse, she might be dating him. Could it be Jude, the sexy, cheese-loving nerd her mom is convinced she’s going to marry? Or Aaron, the hot Chicago detective who’s the walking embodiment of every Swipe Right fantasy? And finally, there’s Mateo—a Hollywood stunt double who’s got allll the right moves.
“Trusting guys is hard enough, especially when one wants her dead. Will she be able to unmask the killer before she becomes the next victim?”
Be sure to visit the Forever website for more wonderful books to celebrate AAPI Month!
