Jackie Lau

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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books (8 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2018
  • Latest Book:
    May 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Baldwin Village

0.5 - One Bed for Christmas (Dec-2018)
1 - The Ultimate Pi Day Party (Mar-2019)
2 - Ice Cream Lover (May-2019)
3 - Man vs. Durian (Sep-2019)

Chin-Williams

1 - Not Another Family Wedding (Sep-2018)
2 - He's Not My Boyfriend (Nov-2018)

Chu's Restaurant

1 - The Sitcom Star (Feb-2024)
2 - The Reluctant Heartthrob (Mar-2024)

Cider Bar Sisters

1 - Her Big City Neighbor (Sep-2020)
2 - His Grumpy Childhood Friend (Nov-2020)
2.5 - Her Pretend Christmas Date (Dec-2020)
3 - The Professor Next Door (Jun-2021)
4 - Her Favorite Rebound (Apr-2022)
5 - Her Unexpected Roommate (Aug-2022)

Fong Brothers

1 - Pregnant by the Playboy (Jun-2020)
2 - Bidding for the Bachelor (Aug-2021)

Holidays with the Wongs

1 - A Match Made for Thanksgiving (Oct-2019)
2 - A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas (Nov-2019)
3 - A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year (Jan-2020)
4 - A Big Surprise for Valentine's Day (Feb-2020)

Kwan Sisters

1 - Grumpy Fake Boyfriend (May-2018)
2 - Mr. Hotshot CEO (Jul-2018)

Weddings with the Moks

1 - Four Weddings to Fall in Love (Jul-2023)
2 - Three Reasons to Run (Sep-2024)

Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • Grumpy Fake Boyfriend

    Kwan Sisters - 1

    I'm a pretty simple guy. When I'm not writing a science fiction novel, I'm watching a good movie or reading a book. Alone. I like my reclusive life. That is, until my only friend asks for a favor -- pretend to be his baby sister's boyfriend on a coup...

  • Mr. Hotshot CEO

    Kwan Sisters - 2

    As CEO of Fong Investments, I’m a busy man. In fact, my family claims I’m an obsessive workaholic, and when they force me to take two weeks off, I have no idea what to do with myself. While brooding over an espresso, I meet Courtney Kwan, a ...

  • Not Another Family Wedding

    Chin-Williams - 1

    Natalie Chin-Williams might be a cranky professor of climatology who thinks the world is doomed, but she believes in lasting love…just not for herself. She has a long history of failed relationships, plus the men she dates inevitably want children ...

  • He's Not My Boyfriend

    Chin-Williams - 2

    Now that her cousin has tied the knot, Iris Chin--structural engineer, party girl, and queen of kitchen disasters--is the last single grandchild. Her mother and grandmother are desperate to play matchmaker, though Iris doesn’t understand why. They ...

  • One Bed for Christmas

    Baldwin Village - 0.5

    Let me be clear: I’ve been friends with Caitlin Ng for more than a decade, and I’ve had a crush on her for just as long. And I’ve known, all that time, that I wasn’t her type.When we met, we were both studying computer engineering at universi...

  • The Ultimate Pi Day Party

    Baldwin Village - 1

    If there’s one thing that might get my dad, a retired math teacher, to visit Toronto and have a real conversation with me for the first time in seventeen years, it’s a big nerdy Pi Day party. And hopefully this party -- and seeing the tech compan...

  • Ice Cream Lover

    Baldwin Village - 2

    I hate ice cream. Ever since my fiancée left me at the altar and skewered me in her bestseller “Embrace Your Inner Ice Cream Sandwich: Finding the Positive You in a World of Negativity,” I haven’t been able to stomach the stuff.Unfortunately, ...

  • Man vs. Durian

    Baldwin Village - 3

    Durian is my nemesis. We have a long, painful history. In my opinion, the spiky fruit smells like natural gas and rotten onions with eau de vomit. Bleh.So when Valerie Chow spills her durian ice cream all over me, I shouldn’t fall in love.But despi...

  • A Match Made for Thanksgiving

    Holidays with the Wongs - 1

    Advertising executive Nick Wong enjoys living in Toronto. He loves late nights partying and taking women back to his penthouse. And so it is with great reluctance that he returns to his boring hometown of Mosquito Bay for Thanksgiving. This year, ...



  • A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas

    Holidays with the Wongs - 2

    Greg Wong hates when things don’t go according to plan, so he definitely doesn’t appreciate it when his mother insists he drive Tasha Edwards back to Mosquito Bay for the Christmas holidays. He likes peace and quiet when he’s in the car, and th...

  • A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year

    Holidays with the Wongs - 3

    After his family’s matchmaking extravaganza at Thanksgiving, high school teacher Zach Wong is terrified of what his parents might do for Chinese New Year. Surely they’ll try to set him up yet again, especially now that his older brothers are in r...

  • A Big Surprise for Valentine's Day

    Holidays with the Wongs - 4

    Amber Wong has landed her dream job at the Stratford Festival, and life is looking good. Sure, she hasn't had sex in so long that her condoms have expired, but she'll just pick up some new ones, along with discounted Christmas chocolate, at the groce...

  • Pregnant by the Playboy

    Fong Brothers - 1

    I've got a pretty great life, if I do say so myself. I made a fortune when I sold my tech start-up, and I've spent the years since partying, drinking, and inviting a parade of women into my bed.I should be happy, but I feel an annoying lack of fulfil...

  • Her Big City Neighbor

    Cider Bar Sisters - 1

    A grumpy/sunshine rom-com! When small-town engineer Amy Sharpe inherits a house in Toronto, she decides it's the perfect opportunity to start over and go back to school. Away from the family that takes her for granted, away from the ex who expec...

  • His Grumpy Childhood Friend

    Cider Bar Sisters - 2

    It's been five years since Charlotte Tam had to endure a public proposal at a baseball game-literally the stuff of her nightmares-and realized her ex never really knew her. She hasn't dated since, afraid that no man will understand her cranky, introv...

  • Her Pretend Christmas Date

    Cider Bar Sisters - 2.5

    She's home for the holidays with her starchy fake boyfriend... Although she's the fun and outgoing one, Julie Tam has always lived in the shadow of her older sister, Charlotte. Now Charlotte has a good career and a great boyfriend whom the...

  • The Professor Next Door

    Cider Bar Sisters - 3

    Friendly neighbors can have their benefits… Nicole Louie-Edwards enjoys the nightlife and bringing men back to her apartment, although lately, she's gotten tired of the chase. Her quiet new neighbor, David Cho, isn't her type, but after t...

  • Bidding for the Bachelor

    Fong Brothers - 2

    Meet Cedric Fong in this m/m romance... I don't need a date. I need to focus on finding a new apartment and finally writing another novel. But as the last single Fong brother, I'm expected to participate in a bachelor auction to benefit my ...

  • Donut Fall in Love

    A baker provides the sweetest escape for an actor in this charming romantic comedy. Actor Ryan Kwok is back in Toronto after the promotional tour for his latest film, a rom-com that is getting less-than-stellar reviews. After the sudden death of h...



  • There's Only One Bed at Christmas

    Three Christmas novellas to heat up the holidays! Her Pretend Christmas DateJulie Tam is home for Christmas with her starchy fake boyfriend. Though Tom Yeung might be irritating, he's the perfect guy to impress her parents. But as they spend mor...

  • Her Favorite Rebound

    Cider Bar Sisters - 4

    She's got a billionaire boyfriend, but life is far from perfect… Thirty-four and divorced, Sierra Wu is a constant disappointment to her family. They approved of her former career as an engineer but were horrified when she quit to run a s...

  • The Unmatchmakers

  • Her Unexpected Roommate

    Cider Bar Sisters - 5

    Her former one-night stand is now her roommate. Oops. When electrical engineer and depressed plushie enthusiast Rose Pang decides to go out alone one evening, she certainly doesn't expect to meet easygoing landscaper Cal. They spend an enjoyable...

  • The Stand-Up Groomsman

    "A low-angst charmer." -- New York Times Book ReviewA bridesmaid and groomsman put their differences aside to get their best friends down the aisle in this opposites-attract steamy romantic comedy from the author of Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie. They s...

  • Not Your Valentine: A Novella

    Helen Tsang is tired of the pitying looks. From her parents, her friends, and even the bubble tea shop guy, who recognized her from the video. Almost one year ago, some loser couldn’t mind their own damn business and filmed an unsuspecting Helen...

  • Four Weddings to Fall in Love

    Weddings with the Moks - 1

    Max Mok has four weddings to attend this year… When I meet Kim Sung at a friend's wedding, I don't make the first move. God, no. But she's delightful and gorgeous, and she asks me to dance. Later, we head to her hotel room and… ...

  • The Sitcom Star

    Chu's Restaurant - 1

    Adrian Ma hasn't seen his childhood crush in years—until she appears on his TV screen.  Maddie Ng, the co-creator and star of Chu's Restaurant, clearly has a different life from Adrian, an easygoing web developer who spends his f...

  • The Reluctant Heartthrob

    Chu's Restaurant - 2

    Data scientist Robyn Au keeps seeing a cute guy at her neighborhood coffee shop. When she encounters him at a bar, she talks to him on a dare, and they enjoy a hot night together. The next morning, she's shocked to find his picture in a listicle...

  • Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie

    Jackie Lau, author of the “full of heart” (Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author) The Stand-Up Groomsman, returns with a charming rom-com about a young woman’s desperate attempts to fend off her meddling mother…only to find that ma...



  • Three Reasons to Run

    Weddings with the Moks - 2

    Leo Mok isn't expecting a runaway bride… When I arrive late to my cousin's wedding—thanks to my first speeding ticket—I'm surprised to see his fiancée, Yvonne Siu, fleeing the scene. She's in distress, having realized that...

  • Time Loops & Meet Cutes

    The “masterful, inspiring, and full of heart” (Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author) Jackie Lau returns with a thoroughly unique love story about a woman reliving the same Friday over and over again -- and the intriguing man who can...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jackie Lau has published 31 books.

The next book by Jackie Lau, Time Loops & Meet Cutes, will be published in May 2025.

The first book by Jackie Lau, Grumpy Fake Boyfriend, was published in May 2018.

Yes. Jackie Lau has 8 series.
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