BIPOC Romance
Here are some suggestions for your 2024 Book Bingo NW category: BIPOC Romance. Book Bingo is our annual adult summer reading program presented in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures. Annotations from NoveList, unless otherwise attributed. GN=Graphic novel
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Finding Joy
Desta, a Dominican-American emergency relief worker hopes he can find closure in the East African capital of Addis Ababa where he grew up when he meets Elias who is planning to pursue his doctorial studies in the United States. (Bibliocommons)
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A Dash of Salt and Pepper
This charming romance from Jackson takes readers to the quaint town of Harper's Cove, Maine, to which Black, gay business school grad Xavier Reynolds returns after losing both his job his boyfriend. Xavier initially mistakes chef Logan O'Hare, a white, bisexual single father, for a burglar breaking into his parents' house, leading to a comical but slightly over-the-top meet-ugly. (Publisher's Weekly)
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The Dos and Donuts of Love
YA. This pun-filled YA contemporary romance finds a teenage girl competing in a televised baking competition, with contestants including her ex-girlfriend and a potential new crush. Young Adult. (Bibliocommons)
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Rebel
After the Civil War, Captain Drake LeVeq, an architect from an old New Orleans family, is drawn into an irresistible intrigue when he encounters a rebellious young woman who is on a mission to help the newly emancipated community survive and flourish.
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A Holly Jolly Diwali
Niki Randhawa decides to attend a friend's wedding in India after she is laid off from her job unexpectedly. While there she meets Sam Mukherji, whose life isn't going according to plan either, and they form a connection. However, her life is back in Seattle, and his is in London, so they must decide what matters to them most. (Library Journal)
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Full Exposure
A vacation fling in New Orleans leads to an artistic partnership and the possibility of true love. Josie Parks was supposed to be traveling from her home in Washington, D.C., to New Orleans for a photo shoot, but when her client cancels, she decides to take the trip anyway for a much-needed vacation as she reevaluates her career goals. At the Mardi Gras parade, instant attraction sparks between her and Spencer Pham, a New Orleans native who's just returned home after losing the data analyst job he loathed. (Kirkus)
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All the Right Notes
Lim debuts with a delightful queer second-chance romance between Quito Cruz, the gay Filipino narrator, and Emmett Aoki, biracial heartthrob of Sunvalley High. Along the way there's tempting Filipino cuisine, show tunes, and deus ex machina interventions by a universe determined to bring these guys together. Light and charming, with a hint of snark. (Publisher's Weekly)
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Full Moon Over Freedom
Magical Gillian Armstead-Bancroft returns to her Mexican American family broken, unemployed, and ashamed. Returning to her large and boisterous clan in Freedom, KS, also means returning to her childhood flame Nicky Mendoza and the knowledge that her magic is gone and she is the curse ruining everything around her... Lopez interweaves history, Hispanic culture, magic, and passion in a modern-day love story. (Library Journal)
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Meet Me in Madrid
Charlotte Hilaire, museum courier, and Adrianna Coates, art historican, rekindle a college romance in Madrid, Spain. Can this long distance relationship be maintained when Charlotte returns to the United States? (Bibliocommons)
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The Mis-arrangement of Sana Saeed
Hijabi Sana Saeed, 33, wants to find ishq--a transcendent love that intertwines "mind, body, and soul"--but her mother won't grant her guardianship over her autistic younger brother, Zia, unless she gets married, so Sana agrees to allow her family to arrange a match for her. It's bad timing for Daniel Malik, Sana's childhood friend and first crush whom she hasn't seen since a rift between their two families tore them apart, to reenter her life. (Publisher's Weekly)
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