Jen Frederick Libri

"From USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick comes a heart-wrenching yet hopeful romance that shows that the price of belonging is often steeper than expected. As a Korean adoptee, Hara Wilson doesn't need anyone telling her she looks different from her white parents. She knows. Every time Hara looks in the mirror, she's reminded that she doesn't look like anyone else in her family-not her loving mother, Ellen; not her jerk of a father, Pat; and certainly not Pat's new wife and new "real" son. At the age of twenty-five, she thought she had come to terms with it all, but when her father suddenly dies, an offhand comment at his funeral triggers an identity crisis that has her running off to Seoul in search of her roots. What Hara finds there has all the makings of a classic K-drama: a tall, mysterious stranger who greets her at the airport, spontaneous adventures across the city, and a mess of familial ties, along with a red string of destiny that winds its way around her heart and soul. Hara goes to Korea looking for answers, but what she gets instead is love-a forbidden love that will either welcome Hara home...or destroy her chance of finding one"-- Provided by publisher

A Korean-American adoptee fights to be with the one she loves while coming to terms with her new identity in this enthralling romantic drama and sequel to Heart and Seoul by USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick. When Hara Wilson lands in Seoul to find her birth mother, she doesn't plan on falling in love with the first man she lays eyes on, but Choi Yujun is irresistible. If his broad shoulders and dimples weren't enough, Choi Yujun is the most genuine, decent, gorgeous guy to exist. Too bad he's also her stepbrother. Fate brought her to the Choi doorstep but the gift of family comes with burdens. A job in her mother's company has perks of endless company dinners and super resentful coworkers. A new country means learning a new language which twenty-five year old Hara is finding to be a Herculean task. A forbidden love means having to choose between her birth family or Choi Yujun. All Hara wanted was to find a place to belong in this world--but in order to have it all, she'll have to risk it all.

Bitsy: Je mi sice teprve devatenáct, ale moc dobře vím, co chci. Chci Leku Moorea. Je mi jedno, že se o mě staral od doby, kdy byl sám teprve malý kluk. Je mi jedno, že mě vychoval. Je mi jedno, že být s ním je prý špatný nápad. Vím, že k sobě patříme. Jen o tom musím přesvědčit i jeho. Leka: Našel jsem ji v temné uličce. Kdybych si ji nevzal pod křídla, tu noc by zemřela – nebo by ji potkal ještě horší osud. Než jsem se nadál, stala se světlem v mém životě plném temnoty, přístavem ve světě plném nebezpečí a krve. Viděl jsem ji vyrůstat. Snažil se ji naučit, co je správné a co není. Teď je dospělá a já cítím něco, co by slušný muž cítit neměl. Na druhou stranu… nikdy jsem o sobě netvrdil, že jsem slušný člověk. Možná moji duši ale spasí, když tu dívku uchráním před tím největším zlem – před sebou.