Looking for your next summer read? Check out one of these heartwarming love stories, including Sonya Lalli’s The Matchmaker’s List.

The news is out: my second book GROWN-UP POSE is coming your way with Berkley in March 2020!

Thank you so much to @novel.novice for helping reveal the cover and this gorgeous Instagram post. (Can you tell that yoga will be a big part of the book??) Also, a huge shoutout to @kath_reads and @everlasting_charm for sharing the love as well.

I can’t wait to share Anu’s journey with you. Stay tuned!

May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. To celebrate, CBC Books has curated a list of novels, nonfiction, comics and children’s literature by Canadian writers with Asian ancestry.

To see the complete list, which includes Sonya Lalli’s The Matchmaker’s List, click here.

Whether your mom loves history, music or food, CBC Books has a gift idea for you! Give your mother the gift of reading this year.

To see the full list, including Sonya Lalli’s The Matchmaker’s List, click here.

Sonya Lalli always had a soft spot in her heart for romantic comedies. But as a woman of Indian heritage she rarely saw her own experiences of dating pressures and talks of arranged marriages reflected in the books that she read. That’s why she wrote her own. It’s called ‘The Matchmaker’s List’ and it launches on April 18 in Saskatoon. Sonya spoke with Saskatoon Morning host Leisha Grebinski in studio.

To listen to interview on CBC Saskatoon, click here.

Nisha Sharma delighted readers with My So-Called Bollywood Life, a YA rom-com, and now she’s back with a sizzling romance for adults: The Takeover Effect. The first in a series about the Singh family, The Takeover Effect follows Hemdeep Singh as he returns home to save father’s business from a hostile takeover with the help of lawyer Mina Kohli. To celebrate the book’s release, Sharma shared her favorite contemporary South Asian romances!

To see Sharma’s list, which includes The Matchmaker’s List, click here.

While romantic comedy movies eventually run out, there are practically limitless romantic comedy books. Just as the rom-com is seeing a resurgence on screen, it’s also becoming more popular in print.

These books take a similarly jocular approach to unspooling a love story. The authors linger in characters’ banter, in building moments of fondness that culminate contribute to sexual tension. Essentially, they give equal attention to humor and love. We’ve rounded up some rom-com classics and the best of the latest boom in the genre.

To read the full article on Refinery 29, click here.

More than 200 years after her death, Jane Austen remains a much-beloved author for English-speaking readers. If you’re a Janeite in the market for a new novel to curl up with, I know just what new book you should read next, based on your favorite Jane Austen novel. These new reads will give you the same highs as a Regency-era romance, but contain brand new stories for you to fall head over heels in love with.

To read the full article on Bustle, click here.

The season of spring showers is upon us and with it bleary, dreary days. If you find the gray clouds putting a damper on your mood, these books to read when you’re sad will help bring the sunshine back into your life! From heartwarming family sagas to tender romance to feel-good fiction, this list of books to read when you’re sad will have you feeling better in no time. Publishers’ descriptions included. 

To read the full article on BookBub, click here.

Romance readers are no strangers to wedding bells; happily ever after is practically preordained. Lately, however, there’s a common twist on the marriage trope: depictions of arranged marriage within South Asian and Muslim cultures.

Written by women with intimate knowledge of this particular happy ending, these books offer a corrective to misconceptions about the tradition.

Read the full Washington Post article, click here.