Aubrey Choi loves living in her small town nestled in the foothills of California, running her highly successful bakery away from the watch of her strict Korean parents. When a cake mix-up and a harsh review threaten all of her hard work and her livelihood, she never thought the jaded food critic would turn out to be her one-night stand. And she sure as hell never thought she’d see her gorgeous Korean unicorn again. But when Landon Kim waltzes into her bakery trying to clean up the mess he had a huge hand in making, Aubrey is torn between throwing and hearing him out. When she hears his plan to help save her business, Aubrey knows that spending three weeks in California wine country working with Landon is a sure recipe for disaster. Her head is telling her to take the chance to save her bakery while her heart—and her hormones—are at war on whether to give him a second chance. And it just so happens that Landon’s meddling friends want them to spend those three weeks as close as possible...by sharing a villa. When things start heating up, both in and out of the kitchen, Aubrey will have to make a choice—to stick it out or risk her heart.

Lumi Santana is a chef with a gift: she can perceive a person’s emotions by tasting their cooking. Despite being raised by a mother who taught her that dreams and true love were silly fairy tales, she puts her heart and savings into opening her own fusion restaurant in Upper Manhattan. The restaurant offers a mix of the Dominican cuisine she grew up with and other world cuisines she is inspired by. When her eclectic venture fails, she is forced to take a position as sous chef at a staid, traditional French restaurant owned by Julien Dax, a celebrated chef known for his acid tongue as well as his brilliant smile. After he goes out of his way to bake a tart to prove her wrong in a dispute, she is so irritated by his smug attitude that she vows to herself never to taste his cooking. But after she succumbs to the temptation and takes a bite one day and is overcome with shocking emotion, she finds herself beginning to crave his cooking and struggling to stay on task with her plan to save up and move on as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Julien’s obsessed secretary watches with gnashed teeth as they grow closer and becomes determined to get Lumi out of her way permanently.

No one can call Vansh Raje’s life anything but charmed. Handsome— has declared him California’s hottest single—and rich enough to spend all his time on missions to make the world a better place. Add to that a doting family and a contagiously sunny disposition and Vansh has made it halfway through his twenties without ever facing anything to throw him off his admittedly spectacular game. A couple years from turning forty, Knightlina (Naina) Kohli has just gotten out of a ten-year-long fake relationship with Vansh’s brother and wants only one thing from her life…fine, two things. One, to have nothing to do with the unfairly blessed Raje family ever again. Two, to bring economic independence to millions of women in South Asia through her microfinance foundation and prove her father wrong about, well, everything. Just when Naina’s dream is about to come to fruition, Vansh Raje shows up with his misguided Emma Project... And suddenly she’s fighting him for funding and wondering if a friends-with-benefits arrangement that’s as toe-curlingly hot as it is fun is worth risking her life’s work for.

Chef Ashna Raje desperately needs a new strategy. How else can she save her beloved restaurant and prove to her estranged, overachieving mother that she isn’t a complete screw up? When she’s asked to join the cast of Cooking with the Stars, the latest hit reality show teaming chefs with celebrities, it seems like just the leap of faith she needs to put her restaurant back on the map. She’s a chef, what’s the worst that could happen? Rico Silva, that’s what. Being paired with a celebrity who was her first love, the man who ghosted her at the worst possible time in her life, only proves what Ashna has always believed: leaps of faith are a recipe for disaster. FIFA winning soccer star Rico Silva isn't too happy to be paired up with Ashna either. Losing Ashna years ago almost destroyed him. The only silver lining to this bizarre situation is that he can finally prove to Ashna that he's definitely over her. But when their catastrophic first meeting goes viral, social media becomes obsessed with their chemistry. The competition on the show is fierce…and so is the simmering desire between Ashna and Rico.  Every minute they spend together rekindles feelings that pull them toward their disastrous past. Will letting go again be another recipe for heartbreak—or a recipe for persuasion…? In , Sonali Dev once again takes readers on an unforgettable adventure in this fresh, fun, and enchanting romantic comedy.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that only in an overachieving Indian American family can a genius daughter be considered a black sheep. Dr. Trisha Raje is San Francisco’s most acclaimed neurosurgeon. But that’s not enough for the Rajes, her influential immigrant family who’s achieved power by making its own non-negotiable rules: ·       Never trust an outsider ·       Never do anything to jeopardize your brother’s political aspirations ·       And never, ever, defy your family Trisha is guilty of breaking all three rules. But now she has a chance to redeem herself. So long as she doesn’t repeat old mistakes. Up-and-coming chef DJ Caine has known people like Trisha before, people who judge him by his rough beginnings and place pedigree above character. He needs the lucrative job the Rajes offer, but he values his pride too much to indulge Trisha’s arrogance. And then he discovers that she’s the only surgeon who can save his sister’s life. As the two clash, their assumptions crumble like the spun sugar on one of DJ’s stunning desserts. But before a future can be savored there’s a past to be reckoned with... A family trying to build home in a new land. A man who has never felt at home anywhere. And a choice to be made between the two.

我们的怀念，起始于一个家族的即将兴盛，也结束于这个家族的花到荼蘼。花开花落，周而复始。我们的国家，我们的血脉，我们的文明，都是如此。 我想描写一个繁华的盛世，有英明的君主，果敢的将军，狡黠的投机者，算有遗策的谋略家。有鲜血，有惨烈，更有辉煌的未来。 我想描写一个正在走上坡路的家族，有深思熟虑的家长，有光明磊落的男儿，有刚烈妩媚的女儿。有泪水，有伤害，更有苦尽甘来的团圆。 在《海棠依旧》正文中出现过的所有主要人物，无论他们哭过，笑过，欢乐过，悲伤过，无论是强大的，卑微的，善良的，恶毒的，成功的，失败的，他们的故事都已经结束了。此后，我不会再写关于他们的故事了。——作者 关心则乱

新婚燕尔，两颗孤独的灵魂彼此相契，感情飞速进展，夫贵妻荣，盛明兰从一介庶女一跃成一品诰命夫人。 不过，受得下富贵尊荣，就得熬得住麻烦。明兰面临当家主母的考验！ 十月怀胎，最是危险的时候，奸诈小人一个个冒出头，太夫人和康姨妈连手，塞小妾，甚至放火烧屋，一步步，直把盛明兰往死里逼。 没关系，她自有双脚，一步步踏血向前，自己走出一条路来！

历经艰险，在好几次死里逃生之后，姚依依终于在顾府站稳脚跟，顾侯夫人的名声响彻内帷。 眼见着夫妻和睦，小日子蒸蒸日上，眼红的自然也多了。不仅家里的几个姨娘丫鬟不安分，就连朝堂上也风云诡谲，动荡不安。 内忧外患之际，怀孕艰险之时，偏偏顾廷烨又要出公差，还一走就是好几天，妖依依很是头疼，这次可别再出什么事了。 但是很显然，她的担心不是多余的，一双双看不见的手，正在暗处布满阴毒的陷阱，等着她跳下……

明兰好不容易在盛家站稳脚跟，结果遭遇一个晴天霹雳——她要嫁人了。 婚礼当天，明兰立刻感受到，顾家亲戚们各怀心思，而内宅女眷们间更是暗流汹涌，原以为婆婆是顾廷烨的继母，且高贵温婉，应该会是个体贴温和的长辈，结果她也不若表面上好相处…… 新婚的明兰只是个四品文官的小庶女，如今嫁到水深又浊的宁远侯府中，她要如何与这些豺狼虎豹一般的亲戚过招，与不怀好意的小妾们斗法？不过，在此之前，明兰似乎更该先想办法解决家中的那只“狼”——她的相公，顾廷烨

十年古代闺阁，庶女的角色扮得太久，演得太入戏，她已经忘了怎么真正哭一场，忘了怎么任情肆意地破口大骂，忘了她不是盛明兰，她原来是，姚依依。这该死的古代！ 明兰三姐妹都将及笄，家中长辈们开始处心积虑地为自己女儿筹划婚事,盛老太太也早早为明兰挑好了对象。 明兰心中觉得贺弘文是个不错的对象，他家没有经济压力又没有厉害的婆母，他们能在婚后关起门过着甜蜜的两人生活，不料半途却忽然出现一位姨表妹搅局，难不成她还没嫁入贺家就已经出现小三？此时墨兰和如兰的婚事也接连出现意外…… 三姐妹的婚事一波三折，古代女子议婚竟比《X档案》还扑朔迷离！明兰的红线究竟会被牵往何处？

民事法庭书记官姚依依，因一场泥石流成为盛府庶出的六小姐盛明兰，娘亲卫姨娘刚因难产去世，明兰顿时成了爹不疼又没有娘亲为她谋划的五岁女孩。 姚依依觉得，她原来的美满人生被偷走了，古代庶女的命运太危险，不想成为《红楼梦》中的贾迎春，还是躺在床上睡死算了。直到明兰被祖母相中，带到身边亲自抚养，成人灵魂模仿童言童语的结果，反而凸显出明兰的成熟早慧，因而深得祖母欢心，虽然跟兄姐们偶有不快，但在祖母荫庇下逐渐融入这个世界，并深刻体认到古代的“庶女法则”。盛明兰，这个比上不足比下有余的辍学少女该如何在勾心斗角的大宅院中自学古代生存法则？