Lily Chu is leading the way in a new approach to publishing, launching her bestselling books in audio format first, and then following up with print a few months later, and it's certainly working for her. Her whip smart, funny romcoms have been top of both Audible and Apple best sellers lists in 2021 and 2022.

Hi there. I'm Jenny Wheeler, your host, and today Toronto based romcom author, Lily talks about her latest book, The Comeback. It introduces readers to the global phenomenon of K-Pop music. And I can tell you the book is certainly a delight. The introduction to K-Pop fascinating

When Ari comes home from a long day at her law firm to find an unfamiliar, gorgeous man camped out in her living room, life as she knows it begins to change, especially when she discovers the man in question is South Korea's hottest K-Pop star.

Links for Items discussed in the show

Lily's K-Pop bands list:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3IMuxkuRKGKJtzSlosJ6XG?si=07081c9daca34678

BTS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTS

Ateez: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateez

Nalini Singh's Guild Hunter series: https://www.amazon.com/Guild-Hunter-15-book-series/dp/B07W4K2C9N

Amy Lea Exes and Oh's: https://www.amyleabooks.com/exes-and-o-s

Roselle Lim: Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/54019924

Where to find Lily Chu online

Website: www.lilychuauthor.com

Instagram: @lilychuauthor

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But now here's Lily. Hello there, Lily, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.

Lily Chu: Hi. Thanks for having me.

Introducing Romcom author Lily Chu

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Jenny Wheeler: The Comeback, which is the book we're particularly talking about today, is your second romcom and it follows closely on the first, which was called The Stand-in, and that was really a tremendous success for a debut novel.

Did you suffer that nerve thing of having a major success for your first book and feeling inadequate about getting grips with the second? How did that go for you?

Lily Chu: I generally feel inadequate, so that wouldn't be a new feeling. Thank you for calling it success. I'm so happy people are enjoying The

Stand-In. I hope they enjoy The Comeback just as much. But you know, it's interesting you should say that because I was actually writing a lot of The Comeback as I was editing The Stand-In, so it hadn't really hit because the way publishing's a weird world in the way that it does its timing.

By the time The Stand-In came out,