She's hopelessly smitten with a man who's convinced he can never return her affection. Esme's lessons in love seem to be working. Seducing Khai, however, doesn't go quite as planned. So when the opportunity arises to go to America and meet a potential husband, she can't turn it down.

His family knows better - that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. Well, not big, important emotions - like grief. When he steadfastly refuses to consider a relationship, his mother takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect bride.Īs a mixed-race girl living in the slums of Ho Chi Minh City, Esme Tran has always felt out of place. Marie Claire for The Bride Test From the bestselling author of The Kiss Quotient.

And Khai must figure out the inner workings of his heart before Esme goes home and is an ocean away.Khai Diep has no feelings. Oh, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but he doesnt. Esme must convince Khai that there is more than one way to love. Here, her hero, Khai Diep, cousin to The Kiss Quotient ’s Michael, is autistic a young man who believes he has no. She's hopelessly smitten with a man who believes he can never return her affection. Now the author is back with an equally personal tale in The Bride Test. Download or stream The Bride Test by Helen Hoang, Emily Woo Zeller for free on hoopla. Esme's lessons in love seem to be working.but only on herself. Seducing Khai, however, doesn't go as planned. The Bride Test, by Helen Hoang Khai Diep (cousin of Kiss Quotient’s Michael Phan) takes center stage this time around, with beautiful results. When the opportunity to marry an American arises, she leaps at it, thinking that it could be the break her family needs. As a mixed-race girl living in the slums of Ho Chi Minh City, Esme Tran has always felt out of place. So his mother, driven to desperation, takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect mail-order bride.

Rather than believing he processes emotions differently due to being autistic, he concludes that he's defective and decides to avoid romantic relationships. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but he doesn't experience big, important emotions like love and grief.

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