Spotlight and Giveaway: Hutong Heartthrobs

We're pleased to feature Hutong Heartthrobs today. If you enjoy 90 Day Fiance, you'll appreciate this book too. (Although this book is sure to charm you even if you've never watched that reality series.) Thanks to Tammy Treichel, the author, we have FIVE ebooks to give away!

Tammy is a headstrong American academic and editor and Jackie is a happy-go-lucky  Chinese migrant worker; a security guard-turned-movie actor who stands in for Jackie Chan.  They had both come to Beijing to chase their dreams, driven by a sense of adventure. It  turned out to be the same dream. Unfortunately, their path to true love doesn’t run smoothly.  

Hutong Heartthrobs is a love story that bridges social and cultural divides. These are two  people from completely different backgrounds facing cross-cultural misunderstandings and  embarrassments, but enjoying the tiny triumphs along the way. Their worlds collide and pasts  merge into a life both shared in a snug alleyway in the heart of China’s capital.

"This book has some beautiful themes that are close to my heart, about the thrill and stimulus of living in a foreign country far from home and of falling in love with someone of a different culture. " 

- Andrew Hicks, author of My Thai Girl and I

"A taste of Romeo & Juliet and Titanic as two people from opposite classes and cultures find each other. It's a story for those who are adventurous and romantically inclined, as well as those who are young in mind with a curiosity about new cultures and lifestyles. There are great insights here into life in China, and particularly into the lives of people in the movie industry and the sacrifices they make." 

- Eric Foster,  author of The Snows Friends of China

Tammy Treichel is an American with a passion for two things: China and  writing. After graduating with an award-winning PhD in English on Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, she worked as a freelancer for various China-related publications. Born in  Washington, D.C., she found a second lease on life and true love in China, where she has  lived for over a decade and is working as an English editor at a local news agency in Beijing.  

Tammy greatly enjoys exploring all things China with her partner, a former security  guard-turned-actor named Jackie. They live in an old hutong (alleyway) house in a historic  part of Beijing together with three rescue cats and numerous house lizards.  

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Giveaway ends November 19th at midnight EST.

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