Pride & Preston Lin launches March 19!

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Pride and Preston Lin Chosen as a Top Ten Romance of 2024

The final tally of Top Ten Romance of 2024 lists is in, and what a year for my first traditionally published contemporary romance! While I will always love the freedom, speed, control, and higher royalty share of self-publishing, exploring this route was a thrill. And hands-down the most exciting part was having trade publications review my writing (they don’t do this for self-published books unless you pay them), because who ever objects to a little external validation?

Thank you to Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Library Journal, and the Chicago Public Library System for choosing Pride and Preston Lin as one of their Top Romances of 2024! Now I might be too worried about a sophomore jinx to try again, but maybe having written twenty self-published books negates that…?

Pride & Preston Lin
When perspiration meets privilege, love might just school them both.

She’s working two jobs to get through college. He’s the golden boy who doesn’t know the meaning of struggle.

One fateful night at the family’s restaurant, Lissie Cheng accidentally serves a dish containing shellfish paste to an allergic customer, running afoul of the wealthy Lin family and wonder boy Preston in particular. Preston Lin, star swimmer and Stanford Ph.D. student, who is as handsome as he is self-righteous. When his response to the incident threatens the family livelihood, Lissie must scramble to outwit him. If only he didn’t keep popping up in her life, so she could despise him in peace!

Preston’s life hasn’t always been picture-perfect. Before Lissie came on the scene, he worked hard not only at school and at swimming, but also at burying a few things he’d rather forget. But that girl–! The past isn’t the only thing she’s stirring up.

In this sparkling contemporary riff on Austen’s classic, the beloved story gets a fresh spin. Who will prevail over Lissie’s heart? Her pride or Preston Lin?