Brand New YA Books [Released May 13th to 19th 2023]

Brand New YA Books is a Saturday feature showcasing all the Young Adult books released in the last week.

If you are an author and want to see your book featured on this list, send me an email to pagesplots@gmail.com will all the details.

PUBLISHED MAY 13th TO 19th 2023

Fake Dates and Mooncakes
by Sher Lee
Genre: Contemporary | Romance | LGBT
Publisher: Underlined

Release date: May 16th 2023

Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians in this heartfelt, joyful paperback original rom-com that follows an aspiring chef who discovers the recipe for love is more complicated than it seems when he starts fake-dating a handsome new customer.

Dylan Tang wants to win a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake-making competition for teen chefs — in memory of his mom, and to bring much-needed publicity to his aunt’s struggling Chinese takeout in Brooklyn.

Enter Theo Somers: charming, wealthy, with a smile that makes Dylan’s stomach do backflips. AKA a distraction. Their worlds are sun-and-moon apart, but Theo keeps showing up. He even convinces Dylan to be his fake date at a family wedding in the Hamptons.

In Theo’s glittering world of pomp, privilege, and crazy rich drama, their romance is supposed to be just pretend… but Dylan finds himself falling for Theo. For real. Then Theo’s relatives reveal their true colors — but with the mooncake contest looming, Dylan can’t risk being sidetracked by rich-people problems.

Can Dylan save his family’s business and follow his heart — or will he fail to do both?