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008			191022b 2019 ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9781786499639
082			_aFiction HOA-H
100			_aHoang, Helen
245			_aBride test / _cHelen Hoang
260			_aLondon _bAtlantic Books _c2019
300			_a303 p.
365			_aINR _b399.00
500			_aGoodread's big books of Spring 2019 - romance 'such a fun read... Original and sexy and sensitive.' Roxane gay, on the kiss Quotient 'refreshingly real.' Marie Claire for the bride test __________________ from the bestselling author of the kiss Quotient. Khai diep has no feelings. Well, not big, important emotions - like grief. And love. He thinks he's defective. His family knows better - that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly refuses to consider a relationship, his mother takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect bride. As a mixed-race girl living in the slums of ho chi Minh city, Esme tran has always felt out of place. So when the opportunity arises to go to America and meet a potential husband, she can't turn it down. This could be the break her family needs. Seducing khai, however, doesn't go quite as planned. Esme's lessons in love seem to be working... But only on herself. She's hopelessly smitten with a man who's convinced he can never return her affection. As esme's time in the United States dwindles, will khai let his head catch up with his heart? Will he find the strength to let go, and let love in?.
650			_aFiction