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The Friend Zone Experiment

by Zen Cho
ebook
3 of 3 copies available
3 of 3 copies available

'Reminiscent of classic K-dramas with a touch more reality . . . Easily one of my top reads of the year!' - Simone Soltani, author of Cross the Line
From the renowned, award-winning author Zen Cho comes a delightfully funny romance about family, class, and love in modern London.

From the outside, Renee Goh's life looks perfect. She's thirty and beautiful, running a glamorous–and successful–fashion company in London, and dating a hot pop star.
Until she's dumped. Estranged from her family in Singapore, too, happiness soon feels a world away. A chance encounter with her first love, Yap Ket Siong, makes her question what she really wants. Then Renee's father calls from Singapore and offers her the chance to become the successor of the family business, one of the largest conglomerates in Southeast Asia. Her father's approval would mean everything - if she can fight off the competition of her unpredictable older brothers.
Just as she's focusing on her future and a possible move back to Singapore, sparks seriously start to fly with Ket Siong, shaking her resolve to keep him in the friend zone. But he left her heartbroken at university - will either of them dare to share their feelings the second time around? Or will family business mean they can't bank on each other . . .
Praise for The Friend Zone Experiment:
'The Friend Zone Experiment is a story so intensely real that you'll wonder later if it happened to someone you knew.' - Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun
'A lovely, tender romance, beautifully threaded through real world concerns that had me engrossed. I savoured every delicately written moment.' - Charlotte Stein, author of When Grumpy Met Sunshine
'I haven't seen an author weave romantic comedy and corporate complexity together quite this flawlessly. It was giving 'Succession with swooning' vibes, which I LOVED! . . . Hilarious, insightful and hard to put down.' - J. F. Murray, author of Hitched and Fling

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 24, 2024
      Hugo Award winner Cho (Black Water Sister) detours from fantasy and sci-fi with this soapy contemporary romance. Renee Goh is the black sheep of her über-successful family whose business, Chahaya Group, “own half of Singapore.” She’s made her own way as a successful London fashion designer without their support—so she’s shocked when her father calls to say he’s stepping down from heading the conglomerate and offers Renee the job. Accepting would change her life and enable her to take her own brand to new heights, but it also means subjecting herself to her judgmental, patriarchal family once more. Making matters more complicated, a chance encounter with Ket Siong, the talented musician who broke her heart 10 years before, reopens old wounds. Back then, Ket Siong and his family lost everything due to the machinations of the Chahaya Group, and he’s spent years bent on revenge—but of course he doesn’t tell Renee that. As they rekindle their old flame, corporate intrigue and family drama threaten their budding romance. Cho loads the story with melodramatic subplots, flashbacks, and heavy emotional beats, making it sometimes feel like a slog. Once the angst lifts, however, Renee and Ket Siong prove a supportive and loving couple. Readers who don’t mind a bit of brooding will find plenty to enjoy.

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