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SALTY, SPICED, AND A LITTLE BIT NICE
By: Cynthia Timoti
Bramble
May 2025
On Sale: May 6, 2025
Featuring: Ellie Pang; Alec Mackenzie
336 pages
ISBN: 125034347X
EAN: 9781250343475
Kindle: B0DDJD9YJW
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Romance Comedy
Crazy Rich Asians meets Always Be My Maybe in this deliciously sugar-free rom-com from debut author Cynthia Timoti.
She's salty, he's spice--there's no room for sugar in this fake relationship, but it may be sweeter than they think...
Ellie Pang has had enough of her controlling family who has been micromanaging her life since her type 1 diabetes diagnosis. When her parents orchestrate a public proposal from their business partner’s son, a proposal that goes humiliatingly viral, Ellie escapes to the other side of the country to put her dream of opening a sugar-free bakery into action. After all, she’d done her research. How hard can it be?
She hits a snag when her storefront turns out to be a dump and in need of major renovations. Worse, the only person who can help her turn things around is Alec Mackenzie, her brother’s best friend and the man responsible for crushing her teenage heart ten years ago. But Alec has a proposal of his own: he needs a pretend girlfriend in order to cement a business deal. All they need to do is feign love and affection, while trying not to maim each other. As the thin line between hate and fake-madly-in-love starts to blur, buried secrets resurface, and Ellie must learn to trust her heart.
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