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A first impression can often be misleading

Her Pretend Christmas Date by Jackie Lau

December 28, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Disclaimer! I was given an ARC of this book by the author. That has in no way influenced my review. Julie Tam’s sister Charlotte is an engineer and has an outgoing and charming boyfriend, the guy who lived next door when they were young. She is everything their parents could want. Meanwhile, Julie works as a waitress in a Cider Bar and designs her own jewelry. She goes on a blind date with Tom Yeung, which starts out badly and ends even worse. Tom is a […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ARC, Canada, cbr12, Cider Bar Sisters, Contemporary Romance, Her Pretend Christmas Date, Jackie Lau, Malin, novella, small town life

Malin's CBR12 Review No:89 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, Canada, cbr12, Cider Bar Sisters, Contemporary Romance, Her Pretend Christmas Date, Jackie Lau, Malin, novella, small town life ·
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Opposites Attract Fake Relationship Holiday Romance Novella – a book made for me

Her Pretend Christmas Date (Cider Bar Sisters #2.5) by Jackie Lau

December 1, 2020 by faintingviolet 5 Comments

I received an ARC of this novella from the author, in exchange for an honest review. Her Pretend Christmas Date releases on December 8th, 2020. I am a sucker for a holiday romance novella. I read and enjoyed Lau’s Holidays with the Wongs series (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chinese New Year, Valentines Day) and after reading The Ultimate Pi Day Party earlier this year I signed up for Lau’s reviewer list – and Her Pretend Christmas Date is the first work I’ve received as part of that. […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Cider Bar Sisters series, fake relationship, Her Pretend Christmas Date, holiday novella, Jackie Lau, opposites attract

faintingviolet's CBR12 Review No:52 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Cider Bar Sisters series, fake relationship, Her Pretend Christmas Date, holiday novella, Jackie Lau, opposites attract ·
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Practice dating quickly evolves into the real thing

His Grumpy Childhood Friend by Jackie Lau

October 27, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

I was given an ARC of this by the author. That has in no way influenced my review. Charlotte Tam doesn’t really leave the house unless it’s to meet her friends at the local cider bar and even then, she sort of resents having to change out of her pajama pants. She mainlines coffee and is clearly the grouchiest and most pessimistic of the friend group, but is starting to miss a more personal connection, having sworn off dating after her former boyfriend proposed to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Anxiety, ARC, Canada, cbr12, Contemporary Romance, emotional abuse, His Grumpy Childhood Friend, Jackie Lau, Malin, The Cider Bar Sisters

Malin's CBR12 Review No:77 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Anxiety, ARC, Canada, cbr12, Contemporary Romance, emotional abuse, His Grumpy Childhood Friend, Jackie Lau, Malin, The Cider Bar Sisters ·
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Quite possibly Jackie Lau’s food-porniest book yet

Her Big City Neighbor by Jackie Lau

October 27, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

I was given a free copy of this by the author. It has not in any way influenced my review. Amy Sharpe always wanted to go to graduate school, but when her grandmother got sick, she gave up on those plans and stayed in her small home town to take care of her. After both her grandmother and great aunt has passed away, she has now inherited her great aunt’s house in Toronto, and despite the fact that her entire family seems to disapprove of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #food, Canada, cbr12, Contemporary Romance, Her Big City Neighbor, Jackie Lau, Malin, STEM, The Cider Bar Sisters

Malin's CBR12 Review No:76 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #food, Canada, cbr12, Contemporary Romance, Her Big City Neighbor, Jackie Lau, Malin, STEM, The Cider Bar Sisters ·
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When they were kids, it had felt like she was always the one saving him.

His Grumpy Childhood Neighbor by Jackie Lau

October 8, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

While the first book in Jackie Lau’s Cider Bar Sisters series, Her Big City Neighbor grew on me as I read it, I fell immediately into the second book, His Grumpy Childhood Friend. Charlotte is at a baseball game with her boyfriend of 3 years when her actual nightmare happens, he proposes on the jumbotron. She runs away and goes on a five year dating moratorium. As one does. When we rejoin Charlotte in the present (an alternate universe present with no COVID-19), she would like […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Cider Bar Sisters series, His Grumpy Childhood Neighbor, Jackie Lau

Emmalita's CBR12 Review No:80 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Cider Bar Sisters series, His Grumpy Childhood Neighbor, Jackie Lau ·
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