“Ruby Lang continues to shine, her prose the best kind of snappy contemporary writing.” —The Seattle Review of Books

Love can take root where you least expect it.

Tyson Yang never imagined that one day he’d be the de facto spokesperson for an illegal community garden. But when the once-rat-infested-but-now-thriving Harlem lot goes up for sale, Ty can’t just let all their hard work get plowed under.

Even if he is irresistibly drawn to the lovely but infuriatingly stubborn real estate associate.

Magda Ferrer’s family is already convinced this new job will be yet another flop in her small but growing list of career path failures. But her student debt isn’t going anywhere, and selling her uncle’s historic town house and the lot nearby means a chance to get some breathing room.

Ty is her charming rival, her incorrigible nemesis, the handsome roadblock to her success.

Until one hot Harlem night blurs the hard line drawn between them, and the seeds of possibility in this rocky garden blossom into love…

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Uptown series

Book 1: Playing House

Book 2: Open House

Book 3: House Rules

This book is approximately 48,000 words

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Ruby Lang is the pen name of non-fiction writer, Mindy Hung. Her essays and articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Toast, Salon, and many other fine venues. She enjoys running (slowly), reading (quickly), and ice cream (at any speed). Originally from Canada, she now lives in New York with a small child and a medium-sized husband.

Find her at www.rubylangwrites.com, on Twitter @RubeLang, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RubyLangWrites/ and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ruby.lang/

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"Open House is everything that's great about contemporary romance. Cute but sexy, fluffy but weighty, it features fully-realized characters with relatable issues stumbling angrily into love against the hot, atmospheric backdrop of summer in NYC." –Talia Hibbert for Bustle

"Ruby Lang continues to shine, her prose the best kind of snappy contemporary writing." –The Seattle Review of Books

"It’s impossible to ignore the joy and love sprinkled everywhere in Open House." –Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

"Ruby Lang is one of my favorite author finds this year. I like the way she writes and the worlds and characters she creates. Her writing has a wry wit and a spare, natural style." –Cannonball Reads