A joyful 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.
Sure to delight even the fussiest of readers with its sweet, cozy, and queer
Southeast Asian representation, this novel has all the romance and glamour
needed to feed directly into the appetite we're continuing to see for relatable
LGBTQ+ stories in this YA space - with some favourite TikTok tropes to garnish
#fakedating.

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?

Sher Lee lives in Singapore and has an abiding love for local street food (including an incredible weakness for xiao long bao). She loves corgis and has also made mooncakes with her favorite aunt. She's a Pitch Wars alum with screenwriting experience in TV and film. Fake Dates and Mooncakes is her debut novel.