Hello Asian Fiction Authors!

This month, we have picked Shattered Memories for our seasonal Reading List Spotlight! If you'd like to read any of the stories in this reading list, we encourage you to check it out in our reading list here.

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The Lonely Hearts Club by lets-defeat-the-huns
Blurb: Verona Wang doesn't believe in wishing on stars. She also doesn't believe in third chances. So why is she so inclined to give Roman Cavaliere all the stars and chances she can?

Take What I Can Get by yellowlanterns
Blurb: Wherein, Kaylee Oh knew she and Jonah Geller were doomed from the start, so she grabs every opportunity she gets to be with him before everything comes crashing down.

Carry It Home by violadavis
Logline: Everyone has baggage, but it's certainly not Selina's job to carry it for them.

Blurb: Radio talk show host Selina Locke was just looking for a peaceful summer in sunny Barcelona, but things can never go according to plan. Striking up a conversation with pop superstar Remus Rossi, the lead singer of the award-winning band Summersteen, at her bar was definitely not on the cards, but their lives twine faster and harder than any of them ever saw coming. Summersteen is having issues, Selina needs a good interview, and they quickly find they can help each other.

There's just one problem: both of them carry plenty of emotional baggage, and Selina doesn't think she can handle her own, let alone someone else's.

Before It's Too Late by EastCoastPinay
Logline: Avery gave her heart to someone who promised her forever. Can she walk away from the only man she loves when he betrays her trust?

About the Author: Born and raised in the Philippines, EastCoastPinay is a romance fiction author who discovered her love for writing during the pandemic. It was the same time she started her writing journey in Wattpad. She loves incorporating everything Pinoy or Asian in her stories. You can find different Asian sites, traditions, cultures, beliefs and most esp food mentioned in almost all of her stories. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading stories and watching K-dramas.

A Little Love for Pennies by -dreamsinwords
Blurb: In the midst of repeating his second year in a chaotic Computer Science degree, missing his older brother's funeral, and somehow winding up in a brothel one night with no desire to be touched, Vignesh Vadivazhagan -- aka Vicky -- decides the last thing he'd rather do is sell hugs for some shits and giggles on Tinder.

After all, who'd give a second look at someone who'd never even been glanced at, right?

Last Flight Home by chromatix
Blurb: How far would you go to chase back the one you love? For Alex Yang, the answer to that question is - anywhere in the whole wide world.

After his long-time girlfriend breaks up with him, devil-may-care musician Alex feels like his life is over. However, when he wakes up one morning to find himself in a different body with a different face and a whole new identity, he begins to wonder if this is destiny's idea of giving him a second chance at getting her back.

Adopting his new identity as a high-flying consultant by the name of Lee Daehyun, Alex embarks on a mission to hunt down his (ex)girlfriend, who has packed her bags on a trip around the world.

His mission? To make her fall in love with him all over again.

The Sister Zone by ChristinaAnnRiley
Blurb: Some say getting out of The Friend Zone is hard. Well, try getting out of The Sister Zone.

Vanessa Hayes-Wong has been best friends with Oliver Morrison for five years, one month, and fourteen days. Just as she starts to realize her feelings for him, he gives her the worst Christmas gift she could've ever received.

A mug that says World's Greatest Little Sister.

Desperate to get out of The Sister Zone, Vanessa enlists the help of her fashion-stylist cousin, Sophia Wilde, personal development influencer, Mackenzie Goode, and the legendary Love Guru, Ryan Lovejoy.

Of course, nothing goes as planned and the mismatched trio seems to do more harm than good.

But who knows? With their help, she might stand a chance to get out of The Sister Zone.

The Woman My Grandmother Loved. by shortgirlbigbook
Blurb: Veritas is one of the oldest most popular newspapers in India, having been established prior to Independence. Born into a family of hard hitting columnists, Anita is a woman who has been raised on facts and logistics. And she knows the manner in which they must be presented to the world.

And thus, as far was the world was concerned, Anita Sinha had had two accidents .

One landed her in a wheelchair for a year when she was twenty-two. The other, several decades apart was a plane crash that killed her. But in between those two, another one lay, unheard of.

In the year of her first accident, Anita was sent to England for rest and recovery. Amidst the process what ensued was a dangerous and passionate affair with the art teacher at the nearby St. Anne's school. Women who fall in love are frowned upon, Anita knew.

But what happened to women who fell in love with women?

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Thank you for checking out this RL spotlight with us!

We'll see you all in the next update.