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August 21, 2020

REVIEW: House Rules: A Second Chance Romance (Uptown Book 3 by Ruby Lang

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAsian heroine / cats / Chef / diversity / forced proximity / New York City / POC / POC author / professor / second chance romance / self discovery / Uptown Book series2 Comments

ROOMMATE WANTED to share a gorgeous sun-filled apartment in Central Harlem. Must love cats. No ex-husbands or wives need apply. Seventeen years ago, different dreams pulled Simon Mizrahi and Lana Kuo apart. But when Lana takes a position as a chef back in Manhattan, her apartment search puts her right ... more >

July 24, 2020

REVIEW: Open House: A Rivalry Romance (Uptown Book 2) by Ruby Lang

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAfro-Latina / Asian Americans / Boricua / Contemporary / family relationships / multicultural / multicultural romance / New York City / POC / POC author / Uptown Book seriesComments Off on REVIEW: Open House: A Rivalry Romance (Uptown Book 2) by Ruby Lang

Love can take root where you least expect it. Tyson Yang never imagined that one day he’d be the de facto spokesperson for an illegal community garden. But when the once-rat-infested-but-now-thriving Harlem lot goes up for sale, Ty can’t just let all their hard work get plowed under. Even if ... more >

cartoon style cover with a dark-haired woman in the top right wearing yellow and an Asian man in glasses sitting in an arm chair in the lower right. On the lower left are not-to-scale apartment buildings and trees
August 12, 2019

REVIEW: Playing House by Ruby Lang

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsChinese-American MCs / Contemporary / Manhattan / novella / POC / POC author / Uptown Book series3 Comments

Dear Ruby Lang, Oliver Huang and Fay Liu, are both Chinese-American urban planners in Manhattan. When Oliver is first introduced to the reader he presents himself as unemployed and taking some short term contract work to keep himself afloat. But it became apparent to me that what he really is ... more >

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