🌺 Early Access (Before Amazon)! Clean Christian Asian American Romantic Comedy

🌺 Early Access (Before Amazon)! Clean Christian Asian American Romantic Comedy – Sushi Series

Sushi series now on sale

The entire Sushi Series is now available directly from me — early! 🎉

Four cousins—Lex the Jock, Trish the Flirt, Venus the Cactus, and Jennifer the Doormat—commiserate their single status. As the only Christians in their large extended family, they vow to fight the stigma of the infamous family title, Oldest Single Female Cousin. But they have very different ideas about not acting as desperate as they feel about their bleak love lives. Who knew God would have His own plans of true love for each of them?

For a limited time, I’m offering early access to all five books of the Sushi series exclusively through my website.

📖 Why purchase direct?
• Get the book weeks before it appears on Amazon.
• Receive a special gift for buying from my website (details below).
• Support me directly — this helps me keep writing more stories.
🛍 Claim your early access copies here!

What about Amazon?

For those who prefer Amazon, the books will be available for preorder starting next week at a special preorder sale price of $5.99, with their official releases happening monthly from July to November.

Either way, you’ll get the full books — but if you’d like early access + bonus, I’d love to have you buy from me directly.

✅ All 5 books
✅ Early access (before they’re available on Amazon)
✅ Exclusive bonuses for direct buyers

✨ Bonuses

I love giving readers little extras, so everyone who purchases a book directly from me will receive a special bonus for that book — just my way of saying thank you.

✅ Each book has its own unique bonus (annotated chapters, recipes, character Q&A, and more).
✅ Bundle buyers will also receive a Bonus Epilogue: “Grandma’s Tea Table”

Whether you grab just one book or the full series, I hope these small gifts make the story even more special.

Sushi for One bonus:
Lex's Prayer Journal: A heartfelt collection of Lex's private prayers and reflections as she navigates family pressure, faith struggles, and unexpected romance.

Only Uni bonus:
Finding Worth: A short 3-day devotional featuring scriptures and reflections inspired by Trish’s faith journey.

Single Sashimi bonus:
“Organized Chaos: Venus and Drake Talk Tech”: A bonus fictional podcast interview from the world of the Sushi Series

Weddings and Wasabi bonus:
Jenn's Kitchen Notes: A small cookbook PDF with Jenn’s comfort food favorites, plus a short devotional inspired by her story.

The Lone Rice Ball bonus:
Behind the Pages of The Lone Rice Ball: Annotated chapters 1-3 with Easter Eggs, behind-the-scenes tidbits, research facts, and author commentary

Sushi Series Box Set bonus:
“Grandma’s Tea Table”: A fun extra epilogue about Grandma and the aunties' ongoing meddling.

And yes — you’ll also get all 5 books right now without waiting for the books to release on Amazon.

🌸 Get early access + bonuses here

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