Audiobooks by Zen Cho

Behind Frenemy Lines: The must-read workplace fake dating romance from Zen Cho

"Sparks fly when an ambitious rules-bound lawyer clashes with a maverick new hire who threatens his chances of partnership-and the walls he's built around his heart. When Kriya follows her boss and joins a new law firm, she's looking for a fresh start after a messy break-up. Sharing an office with her work nemesis was not what she had in mind. Charles has always played by the rules, and had clear boundaries until Kriya crashed into his space. A few too many unfortunate professional encounters has him convinced this attractive girl can't stand him, and things only get more awkward as they are forced to work so closely together . . . But just as they're figuring out how to navigate this frenemy relationship, Kriya needs Charles' help: pretend they're dating so her boss will stop hitting on her. As they have to keep up the facade in front of those closest to them, it soon becomes less clear whether they're enemies, friends - or something else. Award-winning author Zen Cho delivers a sparkling and witty rivals-to-lovers romance reminiscent of Sally Thorn's The Hating Game and Sajni Patel's The Trouble with Hating You."

Zen Cho (Author), Daniel York Loh, Vera Chok (Narrator)

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The Friend Zone Experiment: A sweet, second-chance friends-to-lovers romance from the author of Spirits Abroad

"'A witty and heartwarming exploration of friendship and romance. This is a succession style K-drama that is perfect for a beach read.' - Glamour 'The romance buzzes like a live wire' - The New York Times From the renowned, award-winning author Zen Cho comes a delightfully funny romance about family, class and love in modern London. For fans of the TV show Succession and Crazy Rich Asians. From the outside, Renee Goh's life looks perfect. She's thirty and beautiful, running a glamorous-and successful-fashion company in London, and dating a hot pop star. Until she's dumped. Estranged from her family in Singapore, too, happiness soon feels a world away. A chance encounter with her first love, Yap Ket Siong, makes her question what she really wants. Then Renee's father calls from Singapore and offers her the chance to become the successor of the family business, one of the largest conglomerates in Southeast Asia. Her father's approval would mean everything - if she can fight off the competition of her unpredictable older brothers. Just as she's focusing on her future and a possible move back to Singapore, sparks seriously start to fly with Ket Siong, shaking her resolve to keep him in the friend zone. But he left her heartbroken at university - will either of them dare to share their feelings the second time around? Or will family business mean they can't bank on each other . . . Praise for The Friend Zone Experiment: 'Mixes light and dark topics. There's generational pain and the difficulty of being a woman in a male-dominated industry and culture, but there's also diasporic joy, the power of female friendships, and above all, hope for Renee and Ket Siong' - My Weekly 'A story so intensely real that you'll wonder later if it happened to someone you knew.' - Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun 'A lovely, tender romance, beautifully threaded through real world concerns that had me engrossed. I savoured every delicately written moment.' - Charlotte Stein, author of When Grumpy Met Sunshine 'Reminiscent of classic K-dramas with a touch more reality . . . Easily one of my top reads of the year!' - Simone Soltani, author of Cross the Line"

Zen Cho (Author), Rebecca Yeo (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - La mujer de terracota

"En la décima corte del infierno, los espíritus que son lo bastante ricos pueden sobornar a los funcionarios del inframundo y así librarse de terribles tormentos y de la temida reencarnación. ¿Quién quiere reencarnarse pudiendo disfrutar eternamente de comodidad y riquezas? Es una no-muerte cómoda incluso para Siew Tsin, casada a su pesar con el hombre más rico del infierno y sin ninguna expectativa ni intereses futuros. Hasta que su marido trae a casa a una nueva esposa... Yonghua es una mujer artificial hecha de terracota, y su mera existencia pondrá el inframundo patas arriba. Audiolibro narrado en castellano. - Zen Cho es autora de las novelas de la saga 'Sorcerer to the Crown' y la novela corta 'The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water', así como de la antología de relatos 'Spirits Abroad'. Ha ganado los premios Hugo, Crawford y British Fantasy, y ha sido finalista de los premios Locus y Astounding."

Zen Cho (Author), Marina Viñals (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - El hechicero de la Corona

"El Londres de la Regencia, políticos y taumaturgos tratan de ocultar un secreto a voces: la magia inglesa está desapareciendo. El recién nombrado hechicero real, Zacharias Wythe, intentará recuperarla por todos los medios a pesar del desprecio de sus colegas por su condición de esclavo liberado. Tan solo Prunella intentará ayudarlo. Aunque, sinceramente, el destino de Inglaterra trae a Prunella sin cuidado. Sus objetivos son más cercanos y acuciantes: asegurarse una posición sin fortuna ni familia, y con un exceso de magia inaceptable en una mujer. Juntos deberán evitar un conflicto internacional inminente, el fin de la magia en Inglaterra y que sus propios secretos salgan a la luz."

Zen Cho (Author), Martin Untrojb (Narrator)

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Spirits Abroad

"A new expanded edition of Zen Cho’s award-winning debut collection. Nineteen sparkling stories that weave between the lands of the living and the lands of the dead. Spirits Abroad is an expanded edition of Zen Cho’s Crawford Award–winning debut collection with nine added stories including Hugo Award winner “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again.” A Datin recalls her romance with an orang bunian. A teenage pontianak struggles to balance homework, bossy aunties, first love, and eating people. An earth spirit gets entangled in protracted negotiations with an annoying landlord, and Chang E spins off into outer space, the ultimate metaphor for the Chinese diaspora."

Zen Cho (Author), Emily Woo Zeller (Narrator)

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Black Water Sister

"A finalist for the 2022 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel One of BookPage’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2021 One of Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice Best Books of 2021 One of Book Riot’s Best SFF Standalones of 2021 A reluctant medium discovers the ties that bind can unleash a dangerous power in this compelling Malaysian-set contemporary fantasy. When Jessamyn Teoh starts hearing a voice in her head, she chalks it up to stress. Closeted, broke and jobless, she’s moving back to Malaysia with her parents—a country she last saw when she was a toddler. She soon learns the new voice isn’t even hers, it’s the ghost of her estranged grandmother. In life, Ah Ma was a spirit medium, avatar of a mysterious deity called the Black Water Sister. Now she’s determined to settle a score against a business magnate who has offended the god—and she’s decided Jess is going to help her do it, whether Jess wants to or not. Drawn into a world of gods, ghosts, and family secrets, Jess finds that making deals with capricious spirits is a dangerous business, but dealing with her grandmother is just as complicated. Especially when Ah Ma tries to spy on her personal life, threatens to spill her secrets to her family and uses her body to commit felonies. As Jess fights for retribution for Ah Ma, she’ll also need to regain control of her body and destiny—or the Black Water Sister may finish her off forgood. “Ghosts. Gods. Gangsters. Black Water Sister has it all … a wildly entertaining coming-of-age story for the twentysomething set, with a protagonist who is almost painfully relatable at times.”—Vulture"

Zen Cho (Author), Catherine Ho (Narrator)

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The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

"Zen Cho returns with a found family wuxia fantasy that combines the vibrancy of old school martial arts movies with characters drawn from the margins of history. A bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there. Guet Imm, a young votary of the Order of the Pure Moon, joins up with an eclectic group of thieves (whether they like it or not) in order to protect a sacred object, and finds herself in a far more complicated situation than she could have ever imagined."

Zen Cho (Author), Nancy Wu (Narrator)

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The True Queen

"One of NPR’s 50 Favorite Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the Past Decade In the follow-up to the “delightful” Regency fantasy novel (NPR.org) Sorcerer to the Crown, a young woman with no memories of her past finds herself embroiled in dangerous politics in England and the land of the fae. When sisters Muna and Sakti wake up on the peaceful beach of the island of Janda Baik, they can’t remember anything, except that they are bound as only sisters can be. They have been cursed by an unknown enchanter, and slowly Sakti starts to fade away. The only hope of saving her is to go to distant Britain, where the Sorceress Royal has established an academy to train women in magic. If Muna is to save her sister, she must learn to navigate high society, and trick the English magicians into believing she is a magical prodigy. As she’s drawn into their intrigues, she must uncover the secrets of her past, and journey into a world with more magic than she had ever dreamed. “Cho continues to confront class and gender roles in an alternate Regency England while showcasing entertaining prose and characters. A delightful historical-fantasy novel that will capture readers in its layered story line.”—Booklist"

Zen Cho (Author), Jenny Sterlin (Narrator)

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Sorcerer to the Crown

"The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers, has long been tasked with maintaining magic within His Majesty’s lands. But lately, the once proper institute has fallen into disgrace. Zacharias Wythe ventures to the border of Fairyland to discover why England’s magical stocks are drying up. When his adventure brings him in contact with a woman with immense power, he sets on a path which will alter the nature of sorcery."

Zen Cho (Author), Jenny Sterlin (Narrator)

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Sorcerer to the Crown

"One of NPR’s 50 Favorite Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the Past DecadeMagic and mayhem clash with the British elite in this whimsical and sparkling debut. The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers maintains the magic within His Majesty’s lands. But lately, the once proper institute has fallen into disgrace, naming an altogether unsuitable gentleman as their Sorcerer Royal and allowing England’s stores of magic to bleed dry. At least they haven’t stooped so low as to allow women to practice what is obviously a man’s profession … At his wit’s end, Zacharias Wythe, Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers, ventures to the border of Fairyland to discover why England’s magical stocks are drying up, an adventure that brings him in contact with Prunella Gentlewoman, a woman with immense power and an unfathomable gift, and sets him on a path which will alter the nature of sorcery in all of Britain—and the world at large … “A captivating debut that, aside from examining both gender and racial prejudice, tells an entertaining story with wit and consummate skill.”—The Guardian (UK)"

Zen Cho (Author), Jenny Sterlin (Narrator)

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Audiobooks by Zen Cho

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