OPEN HOUSE by RUBY LANG - CARINA PRESS

TITLE: OPEN HOUSE
SERIES: UPTOWN #2
PUBLISHER: CARINA PRESS
PUB DATE: 11th NOVEMBER 2019
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SYNOPSIS:


Love can take root where you least expect it. Tyson Yang never imagined that one day he’d be the de facto spokesperson for an illegal community garden. But when the once-rat-infested-but-now-thriving Harlem lot goes up for sale, Ty can’t just let all their hard work get plowed under.

Even if he is irresistibly drawn to the lovely but infuriatingly stubborn real estate associate.

Magda Ferrer’s family is already convinced this new job will be yet another flop in her small but growing list of career path failures. But her student debt isn’t going anywhere, and selling her uncle’s historic town house and the lot nearby means a chance to get some breathing room.

Ty is her charming rival, her incorrigible nemesis, the handsome roadblock to her success.

Until one hot Harlem night blurs the hard line drawn between them, and the seeds of possibility in this rocky garden blossom into love…


THOUGHTS/REVIEW:


This is such a wonderful contemporary romance with a great HEA that you will crave for.
Magda Ferrer’s career path has been one failure after another with a surmounting school loans. Now, Magda is focused on becoming a realtor and determined to succeed. Her goal is to sell the properties her broker trusted her with, and an uncle giving her a chance. Magda learns quickly that selling a property involves much more than just getting an offer from a buyer - it involves some complications like attachments to the property, memories made in the home, and sometimes an illegal community garden.


Tyson Yang an accountant helps with the community garden in Harlem. Along with the ladies in the neighborhood, they fix up a dirty trash ridden lot and transformed it into a beautiful garden the neighborhood is proud of. Ty represents the group into making an arrangement to buy and save the community garden.


Ty and Magda clearly on opposite sides develop a strong attraction for each other that is absolutely undeniable.


Ruby Lang creates wonderful depth in these cast of characters. I enjoyed their back stories, the funny scenarios, and dialogue. Ty and Magda are charming and their attraction heartwarming. It is a wonderful contemporary romance that is flirty, sexy and heart fluttering. I was absorbed into their lives and happy to be a part of their summer romance in Harlem!


AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT:

Ruby Lang is pint-sized, prim, and bespectacled. Her alter ego, essayist Mindy Hung, has written for The New York Times, The Toast, and Salon, among others. She enjoys running (slowly), reading (quickly), and ice cream (at any speed). She lives in New York with a small child and a medium-sized husband.