{"product_id":"angels-of-thursdays-by-lucina-luo","title":"Angel of Thursdays by Lucina Luo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRelease date: September 24th, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e---\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCassiel has never brought a man home to his parents. Then he hires one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a child, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCassiel Lim \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enamed himself after the angel of temperance and time. Now he repairs watches, and his life runs like clockwork. He's autistic, keeps his world quiet and manageable, and his mother is afraid he'll die alone. When a family dinner for a major Korean holiday looms, he books a date through an app.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMay Huang \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a dishwasher in Chinatown, managing a brain injury and ADHD with color-coded notebooks and phone alarms. He's chatty, good with parents, and needs the money, so he takes the gig. They meet on a Thursday to build their cover story, then again the next Thursday.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was meant to end after one dinner. Instead the days stretch into Christmas, then into a new year. The fake life is starting to look real, built on money neither mentions and a story that was never true. Neither of them is ready for what happens when the arrangement stops being one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFake Dating · Slow-Burn · Hurt\/Comfort · M\/M · Dual POV · Neurodivergence Representation · Open Door, Low Heat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-cardui-deck\" name=\"a-cardui-deck-autoname-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-cardui _about-the-author-card_carouselItemStyles_expander__3Fm-M\" name=\"a-cardui-deck-autoname-0-card0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-cardui-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-reactive-container a-reactive-container-transition\" style=\"height: 40px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-cardui-content a-cardui-uninitialized _about-the-author-card_carouselItemStyles_peekableContent__hWM3i\" style=\"max-height: 80px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLucina\u003c\/strong\u003e is a small flightless bird or a writer, depending on who's asking. She is based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Hobbies include consuming bread, media of dubious quality, and writing quiet, warm stories that hurt just a little bit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-reactive-container-gradient\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46137436799036,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/91O5c3P-9IL._SL1500.jpg?v=1788906824","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/angels-of-thursdays-by-lucina-luo","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}