Bestselling author Lyla Lee delivers a deliciously fun YA K-drama remix of Pride and Prejudiceâif Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett were a college-run reality TV dating show.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that when there is a hot person, there is also someone with a crush on them.
Mia Yoon has a plan for everything. Get a full ride to her dream film school in Los Angeles, behind her momâs back, and escape her middle-of-nowhere hometownâcheck. Produce her own dating show starring other people and their crushesâcheck. But everything goes off the rails when she has to enlist the help of her own secret crush, Noah Jang, a boy sheâd rather hate.
Despite being a campus celebrity voted âmost eligible student bachelor,â Noah canât remember the last time he was in a relationship. And heâs perfectly content with that, thank you very much, especially since just the word feelings makes him uncomfortable. But he canât stop staring at Mia, who keeps glaring at him in class. And when she asks him to be on her dating showâas one of the contestantsâhe canât say no.
As Noah goes on more and more romantic dates on The Cuffing Game and Mia watches from behind the camera, something feels off. With the showrunner and contestant slowly falling for one another, can the show still go on?
Lyla Lee is the author of Iâll Be the One and the Mindy Kim series for younger readers. Born in South Korea, sheâs since lived in various cities throughout the United States. Inspired by her English teacher, she started writing her own stories in fourth grade and finished her first novel at the age of fourteen. After studying psychology and cinematic arts at the University of Southern California and working in Hollywood, Lyla now lives in Dallas, Texas. When sheâs not writing, she is petting cute dogs and searching for the perfect bowl of shaved ice. You can visit her at lylaleebooks.com.