The Friend Zone Experiment

From the renowned, award-winning author Zen Cho comes a delightfully funny romance about family, class, and love in modern London. From the outside, Renee Goh''s life looks perfect. She''s thirty and beautiful, runs a glamorous-and profitable-women''s clothing company in London, and is dating a hot Taiwanese pop star. But Renee is lonely. Estranged from her family in Singapore, she practically lives at the office, and now she''s just been dumped by her supposed boyfriend. Who she never saw anyway, so why is she ruining her Instagram-ready makeup by crying? Before she can curl up on the couch with a pint of Ben & Jerry''s, Renee''s father calls. He''s retiring, and, thanks to the screw-ups of her wastrel brothers, he is considering her as the next CEO of the family business: Chahaya Group, one of the largest conglomerates in Southeast Asia. That stamp of her father''s approval would mean everything to Renee, but can she cooperate with the brothers who drove her out of Singapore? But fate isn''t done with her. That same night, Renee bumps into her first love, Yap Ket Siong, who broke her heart during university. They spend a wonderful night together, but Ket Siong is pursuing a dangerous vengeance for his family. In the light of day is there any hope for the two of them?

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Zen Cho was born and raised in Malaysia and now lives in Birmingham. She was a finalist for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer for her short fiction and won the Crawford Award. Her debut novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, won the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Newcomer. She is also the author of The True Queen, Black Water Sister and Spirits Abroad.

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The Friend Zone Experiment is the delightful funny second chance romance from award-winning author Zen Cho. For fans of Crazy Rich Asians and Succession.

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'A beautifully soapy second-chance romance set in modern-day London' - The New York Times

From the renowned, award-winning author Zen Cho comes a delightfully funny romance about family, class and love in modern London.

From the outside, Renee Goh's life looks perfect. She's thirty and beautiful, running a glamorousand successfulfashion company in London, and dating a hot pop star.

Until she's dumped. Estranged from her family in Singapore, too, happiness soon feels a world away. A chance encounter with her first love, Yap Ket Siong, makes her question what she really wants. Then Renee's father calls from Singapore and offers her the chance to become the successor of the family business, one of the largest conglomerates in Southeast Asia. Her father's approval would mean everything - if she can fight off the competition of her unpredictable older brothers.

Just as she's focusing on her future and a possible move back to Singapore, sparks seriously start to fly with Ket Siong, shaking her resolve to keep him in the friend zone. But he left her heartbroken at university - will either of them dare to share their feelings the second time around? Or will family business mean they can't bank on each other . . .

Praise for The Friend Zone Experiment:

'A story so intensely real that you'll wonder later if it happened to someone you knew' - Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun

'A witty and heartwarming exploration of friendship and romance. This is a succession style K-drama that is perfect for a beach read' - Glamour

'A lovely, tender romance, beautifully threaded through real world concerns that had me engrossed. I savoured every delicately written moment' - Charlotte Stein, author of When Grumpy Met Sunshine

'Reminiscent of classic K-dramas with a touch more reality . . . Easily one of my top reads of the year!' - Simone Soltani, author of Cross the Line