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Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Tokyo Dreaming, by Emiko Jean - the sequel to the Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Tokyo Ever After.
When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Now, she's overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and an imperial scandal to finally find a place she belongs. She has a perfect bodyguard turned boyfriend. Her stinky dog, Tamagotchi, is living with her in Tokyo. Her parents have even rekindled their college romance and are engaged. A royal
wedding is on the horizon! Izumi's life is a Tokyo dream come true. Only... Her parent's engagement hits a brick wall.
The Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage citing concerns about Izumi and her mother's lack of pedigree. And on top of it all, her bodyguard turned boyfriend makes a shocking decision about their relationship. At the threat of everything falling apart, Izumi vows to do whatever it takes to help win over the council.
Which means upping her newly acquired princess game. But at what cost? Izumi will do anything to help her parents achieve their happily ever after, but what if playing the perfect princess means sacrificing her own? Will she find a way to forge her own path and follow her heart?
Who, me? Princess?
Izumi Tanaka has lived an uneventful seventeen years in her small, mostly white, northern California town, keenly aware of all the ways in which her family is different from most of her classmates’. But then Izumi discovers a clue to her previously unknown father’s identity . . . and he’s none other than the Crown Prince of Japan. Which means outspoken, irreverent, can-burp-the-alphabet Izzy is literally a princess.
Soon she’s traveling overseas to meet the father she never knew and discover the country she's only dreamed of. But being a princess isn’t all ball gowns and tiaras. There are conniving cousins, a hungry press, a scowling but handsome bodyguard who just might be her soulmate, and thousands of years of tradition and customs to learn practically overnight. Izzy soon finds herself caught between worlds, and between versions of herself―back home, she was never “American” enough, and in Japan, she must prove she’s "Japanese" enough. Will Izumi crumble under the weight of the crown, or will she live out her fairytale, happily ever after?
I guess you're probably wondering about the next girl. Because there's
always another girl, right? A girl waiting to be taken. To be swept
away. I'll tell you about her.
It's been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun lost her sister,
and she's been searching ever since: for signs, for closure, for other
missing girls. Happy endings are rare in Chelsey's line of work.
Until one day, local teenager Ellie Black is found in Washington State
woods. Two years after her disappearance, she's an echo of herself, but
alive.
But something's not right about this girl. Where has she been, and who
is she protecting?
Chelsey has to find out. For herself, for her sister, and before the
next girl is taken.
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK A #READ WITH MC BOOK CLUB
PICK "A wonderful, life-affirming story about second chances,
parenthood, and love..."--Lauren Ho, author of Lucie Yi is Not a
Romantic and Last Tang Standing From Emiko Jean, the author of the
New York Times bestselling young adult novels Tokyo Ever After and
Tokyo Dreaming, comes a whip-smart, laugh-out-loud funny, and
utterly heartwarming novel about motherhood, daughterhood, and
love--how we find it, keep it, and how it always returns. Mika
Suzuki's life is a mess. Fired from a dead-end job, she shares a
home with her best friend, who just might be a hoarder if all the
unopened deliveries are a sign. Her last relationship--to a burnout
named Leif--ended in flames. And she's a perpetual disappointment
to her traditional Japanese parents, especially to her mother, who
keeps presenting her with dating prospects found in church. Then
she receives the surprise of her life--a phone call from Penny, the
baby she placed for adoption sixteen years ago. Now a headstrong
teenager, Penny is eager to learn all about Mika, who she is and
what her dreams are. The harder-won heart belongs to Thomas Calvin,
Penny's adoptive widower father. What starts as a rocky
relationship with him slowly blossoms into friendship and, just
maybe, something more. Faced with her own insecurities, Mika at
first embellishes the facts about her life. But Penny's love
revives so many of the dreams she once had, especially those about
being an artist and making a difference in the world... ultimately
forcing her to answer the question, Just who is Mika in real life?
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK 'Definitely 'best books of
2022' material!' GLAMOUR 'A funny, touching celebration of second
chances' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Warm, funny and a brilliant read' SUN 'By
turns hilarious and heartbreaking, this is a total joy of a read'
Holly Miller, author of The Sight of You ________ AT 35, MIKA
SUZUKI IS STRUGGLING. She's been fired (again). Her last
relationship went up in flames. Her mother is perpetually
disappointed in her. And now, she's had a phone call from
sixteen-year-old Penny Calvin: the baby she reluctantly placed for
adoption when she was just a teenager herself. Penny has questions
- and Mika is desperate to meet her girl. But she barely feels like
she can take care of herself . . . Is she ready to show Penny who
Mika Suzuki really is? ________ 'An endearing, joyful tale about
finding (and accepting) yourself' Good Housekeeping 'Smart and
offbeat funny: think Maria Semple' i 'A sheer delight' Rochelle
Weinstein 'Had me laughing, crying and cheering' Lauren Kate
'Hilarious, tender and very real . . . for every human trying to
figure it out' Nancy Jooyoun Kim 'With the offbeat humour and
poignancy of Maria Semple and Kirsty Capes, this has the potential
to be a big hit' Bookseller, Editor's Choice
*Available to pre-order now!* 'Definitely 'best books of 2022'
material!' Glamour 'By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, this is a
total joy of a read' Holly Miller, author of The Sight of You 'With
the offbeat humour and poignancy of Maria Semple and Kirsty Capes,
this has the potential to be a big hit' Bookseller, Editor's Choice
AT 35, MIKA SUZUKI IS STRUGGLING. She's been fired (again). Her
last relationship went up in flames. Her mother is perpetually
disappointed in her. And now, she's had a phone call from
sixteen-year-old Penny Calvin: the baby she reluctantly placed for
adoption when she was just a teenager herself. Penny has questions
- and Mika is desperate to meet her girl. But she barely feels like
she can take care of herself. Is she ready to show Penny who Mika
Suzuki really is? *** 'A sheer delight' Rochelle Weinstein 'Had me
laughing, crying and cheering' Lauren Kate 'Hilarious, tender and
very real . . . for every humnan trying to figure it out' Nancy
Jooyoun Kim
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In a deadly tournament to become empress, any may enter but only
one will survive, and one competitor doesn't just plan to win,
she's going to steal the Emperor's fortune. . . In each generation,
a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules
are simple. Survive the palace's enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer
Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall, and you can marry the prince. All
are eligible to compete - all except yokai, supernatural monsters
and spirits whom the human emperor is determined to enslave and
destroy. Mari has spent a lifetime training to become empress.
Winning should be easy. And it would be, if she weren't hiding a
dangerous secret. Mari is a yokai with the ability to transform
into a terrifying monster. If discovered, her life will be forfeit.
As she struggles to keep her true identity hidden, Mari's fate
collides with that of Taro, the prince who has no desire to inherit
the imperial throne, and Akira, a half-human, half-yokai outcast.
Torn between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, vengeance and
forgiveness, the choices of Mari, Taro and Akira will decide the
fate of Honoku.
*Available to pre-order now!* A Good Morning America Book Club
Pick! 'Definitely 'best books of 2022' material!' Glamour 'By turns
hilarious and heartbreaking, this is a total joy of a read' Holly
Miller, author of The Sight of You AT 35, MIKA SUZUKI IS
STRUGGLING. She's been fired (again). Her last relationship went up
in flames. Her mother is perpetually disappointed in her. And now,
she's had a phone call from sixteen-year-old Penny Calvin: the baby
she reluctantly placed for adoption when she was just a teenager
herself. Penny has questions - and Mika is desperate to meet her
girl. But she barely feels like she can take care of herself. Is
she ready to show Penny who Mika Suzuki really is? *** 'A sheer
delight' Rochelle Weinstein 'Had me laughing, crying and cheering'
Lauren Kate 'Hilarious, tender and very real . . . for every humnan
trying to figure it out' Nancy Jooyoun Kim
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