The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2)
Helen Hoang
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· 375 ratings · 315 pages · Published: 07 May 2019
Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions — like grief. And love. He thinks he's defective. His family knows better— that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly avoids relationships, his mother takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect bride.
As a mixed-race girl living in the slums of Ho Chi Minh City, Esme Tran has always felt out of place. When the opportunity arises to come to America and meet a potential husband, she can't turn it down, thinking this could be the break her family needs. Seducing Khai, however, doesn't go as planned. Esme's lessons in love seem to be working... but only on herself. She's hopelessly smitten with a man who's convinced he can never return her affection.
With Esme's time in the United States dwindling, Khai is forced to understand he's been wrong all along. And there's more than one way to love.
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Tagged as:
- contemporary 24
- multicultural 20
- arranged/forced marriage 17
- neurodivergent mc 15
- virgin hero 14
- class difference 12
- marriage of convenience 11
- poor heroine 11
- single mother 11
- disabilities & scars 9
- forced proximity 9
- grumpy & sunshine 9
- cheerful/happy heroine 9
- slow burn 8
- shy hero 8
- east asian mc 8
- independent heroine 7
- sweet/gentle heroine 6
- working class heroine 6
- nerdy hero 6
- m-f romance 6
- friends to lovers 5
- grumpy/cold hero 5
- competent heroine 5
- new adult 4
- southeast asian mc 3
- funny 2
- secret child 2
- good grovel 2
- hurt/comfort 2
- caretaking 1
- early 20s fmc 1
- late 20s mmc 1
- rich hero 1
- angst 1
- tortured hero 1
- buddhist 1
- height difference 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 5
- dubious consent 1
- ableism 1
- misogyny 1
- racism 1
- slut shaming 1
- geography
- north america 4
- usa 4
- california 4
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 10
- male pov 4
- third person pov 3
- standalone 2
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The 'The Kiss Quotient' series
4.00 · 1427 ratings
contemporary · standalone-first · audiobook · m-f · competent heroine · humor · southeast-asian-mc · misogyny · male-pov · east-asian-mc · usa · sweet heroine · angst · class difference · disabilities and marks · north-america · multicultural · ableism · california · neurodivergent
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