To coincide with the January Reading Challenge, the FOLD is hosting a read-along of Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau.
Read along with us using the below suggested reading schedule, then hop over to Storygraph to chat about the book with other readers.
Join the Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie read-along on Storygraph.
Suggested Reading Schedule
- Chapters 1-5 – January 12
- Chapters 6-12 – January 19
- Chapters 13-19 – January 26
- Chapters 20-26 – February 2
- Chapters 34-Epilogue – February 12
The Read-Along will culminate in the FOLD’s Galentine’s Day Read-Along Wrap Party on Thursday, February 13, 2025. More info on the wrap party to come.
About Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie
Mark Chan this. Mark Chan that.
Writer and barista Emily Hung is tired of hearing about the great Mark Chan, the son of her parents’ friends. You’d think he single-handedly stopped climate change and ended child poverty from the way her mother raves about him. But in reality, he’s just a boring, sweater-vest-wearing engineer, and when they’re forced together at Emily’s sister’s wedding, it’s obvious he thinks he’s too good for her.
But now that Emily is her family’s last single daughter, her mother is fixated on getting her married and she has her sights on Mark. There’s only one solution, clearly: convince Mark to be in a fake relationship with her long enough to put an end to her mom’s meddling. He reluctantly agrees.
Unfortunately, lying isn’t enough. Family friends keep popping up at their supposed dates—including a bubble tea shop and cake-decorating class—so they’ll have to spend more time together to make their relationship look real. With each fake date, though, Emily realizes that Mark’s not quite what she assumed and maybe that argyle sweater isn’t so ugly after all…
About Jackie Lau
Jackie Lau decided she wanted to be a writer when she was in grade two, sometime between penning “The Heart That Got Lost” and “The Land of Shapes.” She later studied engineering and worked as a geophysicist before turning to writing romance novels. She is now the author of over twenty books.
Jackie lives in Toronto with her husband, and despite living in Canada her whole life, she hates winter. When she’s not writing, she enjoys gelato, gourmet donuts, cooking, hiking, and reading on the balcony when it’s raining.
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