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Nashville Scene

The Love Issue: Between the Sheets

BookBub

We Think These Are the Best New Romances Out This Winter

Forbes

30 Cozy Winter Books to Read This Season

People Magazine

Jodi Picoult, Kennedy Ryan and More Bestselling Authors Share Their Most-Anticipated 2025 Books

New York Post

The 15 best books we read in February 2024, ranked and reviewed

BookBub

The Biggest, Buzziest Romance Books of 2024

NPR 2023 Books We Love

NPR’s 2023 Books We Love list

Book of the Month

LUNAR LOVE was a January 2023 Book of the Month Main Selection

The Nerd Daily

The Most Anticipated 2024 Book Releases

Publishers Weekly

The Ties That Bind: PW Talks with Lauren Kung Jessen

WPLN News

Romance novels are booming — and diversifying — and this Nashville book club is loving it (WLPN)

Library Journal

Wishing for Love | Romance Preview

Goodreads

The Most Popular Romances of the Year (So Far) (Goodreads)

Men’s Health

33 Best Romance Novels That Could Improve Your Love Life (Men’s Health)

Audible

Hottest Debuts of 2023 So Far (Audible Blog)

AudioFile

In the Mood for Love: 7 Romance Listen-Alikes (AudioFile)

Cosmopolitan

All the Best Romance Books in 2023 That You’ll Totally Fall in Love With (Cosmopolitan)

Goodreads

Find Your Next Romance Read with the Genre's Hottest New Trends (Goodreads)

Virtual Book Tour podcast | Book of the Month

Lauren Kung Jessen is an online dating success story

Friends & Fiction podcast

Lunar Love with Lauren Kung Jessen (Friends & Fiction podcast)

The Incoherent Fangirl podcast

This Episode is Fan-Stack-It! (The Incoherent Fangirl podcast)

The Seattle Times

5 romantic audiobooks perfect for your Valentine’s Day playlist (The Seattle Times)

Hachette Open Book

Open Book: Get to Know Lauren Kung Jessen

POPSUGAR

25 Romance Books Coming Out Just in Time For Valentine's Day (POPSUGAR)

The List

30 New Romance Books to Fall In Love With This Valentine’s Day (The List)

Audible

The Best Lunar New Year Audiobooks (Audible blog)

E! News

15 Books to Add to Your Reading List in January (E! News)

Book Riot

8 of the Best Romance Novels Out in January 2023 (Book Riot)

Goodreads

2023 Heats Up with These Highly Anticipated Romance Novels (Goodreads)

Spawned podcast

Being mixed race in America: A conversation with author Lauren Kung Jessen

Skip to the Good Part podcast

Lauren Kung Jessen: Talks about romance and the Chinese Zodiac, publishing her first book, and culinary school

POPSUGAR

The 14 Best New Romance Books to Add to Your Reading List in January 2023 (POPSUGAR)

Goodreads

Readers’ Most Anticipated January Romances (Goodreads)

Buzzfeed

33 Romance Books to Look Out For In 2023 (Buzzfeed)

Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble’s Most Buzzed About 2023 Debuts

BookBub

Highly Anticipated Romance Novels Releasing This Winter (BookBub)

The Nerd Daily

January 2023 Book Releases (The Nerd Daily)

The Nerd Daily

Swoonworthy 2023 Romance Book Releases You Need (The Nerd Daily)

The Nerd Daily

The Most Anticipated 2023 Book Releases (The Nerd Daily)

Apple Books

Apple Books’s Winter’s Most Anticipated Books list

Apple Books

Apple Books’s Winter’s Most Anticipated Audiobooks list

Winter Steam Box

Lunar Love chosen for Steamy Lit’s Winter Steam Box

Publishers Weekly

Lunar Love named one of Publishers Weekly’s Fall 2022 Top 10 romances

Library Journal

Starred review (Library Journal)

Library Journal

Best Books of the Month | October 2022 (Library Journal)

Library Journal

Booked for Love | Romance Novels to Note (Library Journal)

Library Journal

Library Journal Talks with Lauren Kung Jessen, Author of Lunar Love

The Debutante Ball

The Debutante Ball (est. 2007) Class of 2023