Lauren Ho – författare

The International Bestseller! ‘I absolutely adored it. It is the funniest rom-com I've read in a very long time … Andrea stole my heart … I cannot wait to get my hands on whatever Lauren Ho writes next’ Beth O’Leary, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flatshare Like all good Chinese children, Andrea Tang is doing her best to fulfil all her mother’s plans for her life: she’s on track to become partner at a top law firm in Singapore, she has a beautiful apartment in the right postcode and a perfect boyfriend who is practically made of husband material.Except that those plans are unravelling fast: there’s an unfairly attractive new lawyer out to steal her promotion, she has credit-card debt up to her eyeballs, her perfect boyfriend is now her perfect ex-boyfriend and the last single cousin in her family just got engaged, leaving her exposed to romantic meddling on all sides…For fans of Crazy Rich Asians and Bridget Jones’s Diary comes a hilarious story of love, friendship and the most intrusive people in the world: family. ‘Andrea Tang is wise, witty, flawed and perfectly written. I adored her story, and felt so seen by it. If you loved Crazy Rich Asians you'll gobble this up!’ Laura Jane Williams, bestselling author of Our Stop ‘Both joyfully entertaining and socially perceptive, Lauren Ho’s debut is a vivid read on dating, work and family in Singapore through the lens of a brutally honest protagonist of gold. I loved it’ Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting TimesPerfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory, Katharine McGee and Kevin Kwan.

‘If Jane Austen and Kevin Kwan had a love child, it might well be Lucie Yi Is Not A Romantic’ JODI PICOULT ‘Funny as heck but also real and relatable, Lucie Yi Is Not A Romantic redefines the romcom’ RED Lucie Yi has tried love – it didn’t work. She’s decided that finding Mr Right is a myth, and that finding Mr Right-enough-to-have-children-with is the next best option. So when she meets easy-going Collin Read on a platonic co-parenting website, it finally feels like she has found her version of happily ever after.But things take a turn for the worse when they move back home to Singapore where her very traditional family and remorseful ex-fiancé await.With pressure mounting on all sides and her perfect plan unravelling, Lucie has to decide how much she’s willing to sacrifice for a chance at happiness – and maybe, just maybe, love. LOVE for Last Tang Standing: ‘I absolutely adored it. It is the funniest rom-com I've read in a very long time’Beth O’Leary‘A fun, funny, addictive adventure … A perfect summer page-turner … I loved it’ Lindsey Kelk‘Andrea Tang is wise, witty, flawed and perfectly written. you'll gobble this up!’ Laura Jane Williams‘Both joyfully entertaining and socially perceptive … I loved it’ Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times‘An absolute delight. Andrea Tang is the protagonist that we all need to remind us of the complications of navigating our thirties’ Balli Kaur Jaswal, author of Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

They're all sharpening their knives... But only one of them stabbed him.Robert West has had five wives, but they've never all been in a room together - until now. Summoned to the ageing movie star's house in the Highlands, they expect a weekend of grandstanding and perhaps some clue about who will inherit his vast fortune one day. They don't expect Robert to announce that he's penning a memoir that will dish the dirt on each of his notorious marriages.The wives each seize on his offer to preview their chapter of the story. But after they've read the ruthless exposé, one of them decides not to stand for it - and soon Robert has a knife in his back.It may not be the most tearful murder scene, but with old grudges resurfacing and a snowstorm raging outside, the stranded visitors set out to solve the murder themselves - so long as they don't kill each other first...

They're all sharpening their knives... But only one of them stabbed him.Robert West has had five wives, but they've never all been in a room together - until now. Summoned to the ageing movie star's house in the Highlands, they expect a weekend of grandstanding and perhaps some clue about who will inherit his vast fortune one day. They don't expect Robert to announce that he's penning a memoir that will dish the dirt on each of his notorious marriages.The wives each seize on his offer to preview their chapter of the story. But after they've read the ruthless exposé, one of them decides not to stand for it - and soon Robert has a knife in his back.It may not be the most tearful murder scene, but with old grudges resurfacing and a snowstorm raging outside, the stranded visitors set out to solve the murder themselves - so long as they don't kill each other first...

“Who knew flirting with your husband who doesn’t know he’s your husband could be this romantic?” —Mindy KalingWhat if they never married? For an overwhelmed husband and wife, that what-if wish comes true in an emotional and bittersweet novel about choices, sacrifice, and the love that they might lose forever.When Dana and Nigel got married, they had such promise. After sixteen years, the cracks are showing.Dana is a burned-out ER nurse, and Nigel is a recently unemployed stay-at-home dad whose professional identity is disappearing. Questioning the directions their lives have taken, Dana and Nigel are each granted a wish from a mysterious stranger. For one week they can escape the pressure of their lives in favor of ones in which they never married.Waking up in an alternate reality where their youthful, individual dreams have come true is, at first, a marvel. When they meet by chance in Bali, Dana recognizes Nigel instantly, but he feels only an inexplicable connection to this stranger. And they discover there’s a catch to their wishes.Returning to normal—and to the long-haul love they vowed would be forever—won’t be as easy as they thought. As the clock ticks down, Dana and Nigel face an impossible choice that will test the very foundation of their relationship and alter their lives forever.

“Who knew flirting with your husband who doesn’t know he’s your husband could be this romantic?” —Mindy KalingWhat if they never married? For an overwhelmed husband and wife, that what-if wish comes true in an emotional and bittersweet novel about choices, sacrifice, and the love that they might lose forever.When Dana and Nigel got married, they had such promise. After sixteen years, the cracks are showing.Dana is a burned-out ER nurse, and Nigel is a recently unemployed stay-at-home dad whose professional identity is disappearing. Questioning the directions their lives have taken, Dana and Nigel are each granted a wish from a mysterious stranger. For one week they can escape the pressure of their lives in favor of ones in which they never married.Waking up in an alternate reality where their youthful, individual dreams have come true is, at first, a marvel. When they meet by chance in Bali, Dana recognizes Nigel instantly, but he feels only an inexplicable connection to this stranger. And they discover there’s a catch to their wishes.Returning to normal—and to the long-haul love they vowed would be forever—won’t be as easy as they thought. As the clock ticks down, Dana and Nigel face an impossible choice that will test the very foundation of their relationship and alter their lives forever.