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Sep 15, 2020ryner rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Cleaning hotel bathrooms isn't glamorous, but it's just a job for Mý, a single mother in Ho Chi Minh City. When an ex-pat hotel guest suddenly descends upon her and invites her to America to marry her son, Mý is naturally dubious and yet hopeful that this could be an opportunity to improve her life and those of her daughter, mother and grandmother. In San Francisco, Khai has no interest in marrying, despite his mother's intentions. He isn't lonely – just alone – and his orderly life is already just as he wants it. He agrees to tolerate the woman his mother has dragged back from Vietnam for the summer. I selected this book to fulfill the category "a romance starring a single parent," and it did not disappoint! I like this new trend of "smart" romances, which don't rely on many of the often unbelievable and maddening tropes found traditionally in romance novels. I'd also recommend 'The Kiss Quotient' by the same author.