Jackie Lau’s books continue to be a place of refuge for me. Lau’s characters always feel grounded in a reality, whole people more than devices to carry a plot. Lau uses food sometimes as a love language, and sometimes as a safe place where characters can come together. Bidding on the Bachelor is Lau’s first m/m romance, even so, it’s classic Jackie Lau. Cedric Fong is the last unpartnered Fong brother and has come out to his family as bi. His Po-Po (grandmother) bribes him […]