Contemporary Asian American

Robert, a college senior, is introduced to Catherine, an international student. Afraid that he’ll be crestfallen after graduation when she returns home, he decides to back off. But fate decides for him, with a series of chance encounters with her on campus. The stars align in his favor. Robert falls in love and declares his feelings for her. Soon after, Catherine's love for Robert blossoms. They quickly become an item, blissfully experiencing their last semester of school together. Then, out of the blue, their ex-lovers show up, both wanting to reconcile.

From Amazon best-selling American author Tom Anthony, Sabine is the story of a sex slave, who through perseverance overcomes adversity. But can she ever really love a man?

Henry Tsien hätte niemals erwartet, dass der Aktenkoffer, den er erworben hatte, sein Leben für immer verändern würde. Der passionierte Gamer erhält die einmalige Chance, seine Träume durch einen gefangenen Dschinn wahr werden zu lassen. Und das mit nur einem einzigen Wunsch. Mit der Fähigkeit beschenkt, Magie zu wirken, und dem angeborenen Wissen, das wahre Magier zum Erlernen erst studieren müssen, kann Henry es mit dieser neuen Möglichkeit in seinem Leben weit bringen.

Kelly Hopkins is ready to break away, from her small apartment, loneliness, and most important, her past. Struggling to cope with her parents’ double murder five years prior, she’s finally ready to leave her reality-TV-show-addicted grandmother and the tense reality of being half-white in Koreatown. Receiving a scholarship from Columbia University, it is time to achieve her dreams of becoming a successful lawyer. Nothing can break her steadfast focus - that is, until she meets Ian.

Baltimora, 15 agosto 1997. Brad e Bitsy Donaldson, una coppia molto americana, e Sami e Ziba Yazdan, marito e moglie iraniano-americani, si trovano all'aeroporto. Il momento è carico di emozioni e di aspettative, perché le due coppie, con i parenti al seguito, stanno aspettando il volo dalla Corea per prendere in consegna le loro bambine appena adottate. Contro ogni previsione, tra due famiglie piuttosto diverse nasce una lunga amicizia.

Daring yet aimless, smart but slightly strange, Cake Time's young female protagonist keeps making slippery choices, sliding into the dangerous space where curiosity melds with fear and desires turn into dirty messes. In "How Not to Have an Abortion" the teenage narrator looks for a ride from the clinic between her AP exams. In "Easy Target", the now-college-grad agrees to go to a swingers party with a handsome stranger. A decade later, in "Glow" she is suddenly confronted by the disturbing and thrilling fact of her lover's secret daughter.

"Where are you from . . . ? No—where are you from from?" It's a question every Asian American gets asked as part of an incessant chorus saying you'll never belong here, you're a perpetual foreigner, you'll always be seen as an alien, an object, or a threat. Monica Youn's From From brilliantly evokes the conflicted consciousness of deracination. If you have no core of "authenticity," no experience of your so-called homeland, how do you piece together an Asian American identity out of Westerners' ideas about Asians? Your sense of yourself is part stereotype, part aspiration, part guilt.

Winnie Louie and Helen Kwong have always shared secrets, but now Helen wants to reveal them. Helen is convinced she is dying and decides to celebrate what might be her last Chinese New Year by telling all the secrets of her life, as well as Winnie Louie's and those of Winnie's daughter Pearl. There are some things, however, that Pearl would rather her mother didn't know. The result of Helen's tell-all mood is a series of comic misunderstandings and heartbreaking realizations about luck, loss, and trust.

At 26, Hope has only ever slept with one man, and at her boss's unsolicited advice, Hope plans to forget the abuse and degradation she suffered at her ex's hand by seducing and bedding the next man she meets. Only after Hope finds a promise of death at her doorstep, her plans are derailed, and her only chance at staying alive rests on the dedication of her new bodyguard and her own sheer will to live the life she deserves.

Rani, a traditional girl of Indian origin meets a Panamanian hunk named Carlos Morales on a Caribbean cruise line. Carlos finds Rani's innocence very attractive and manages to woo Rani in spite of her initial reluctance. The story takes a different turn when Rani learns that Carlos is already married and has a seven-year-old son. Rani comes from a traditional Indian background and it remains to be seen if her love for Carlos will stand the test of time and tradition. Senorita Rani is a novelette that will capture your heart.

I have a secret. I kind of faked my perfect SAT score to get a full scholarship at Middleson University. It worked, but now I have one major problem - Rick, a wealthy jerk who looks like Zac Efron, and who's blackmailing me with my lie. What does the jerk want in exchange for his silence?