The Five Stages Of Courting Dalisay Ramos By Melissa De La Cruz
Paperback published by Union Square and Co 25th July 2024
ISBN 978145495225
Pages 320
Evans Saatchi can’t keep his eyes off his new Co-worker, Dalisay Ramos. Newly arrived from Manila to lead their travel app’s Asia division, nothing matters more to Dalisay than tradition and family. When Evans asks her out, she soundly rejects him for his cheek. Evans learns from his Filipino friends that Dalisay expects more from potential suitors. If he wants a chance with her, he’s going to have to go through the Five Stages: the courtship ritual that lovers in the Philippines have performed for generations. At first Evans is skeptical what, exactly does servitude entail?And he has to sing? But when Dalisay bets Evans that he doesn’t have the nerve to make it through the stages, the game is on.As Evans attempts to prove to Dalisay that he can win her heart and the bet Dalisay is driven to distraction by Evans sexy labors, and soon their courtship turns into a sizzling secret. But when modern love and family expectations collide, Dalisay and Evans must find a way to carry a rich history into a shared future.
MY REVIEW
I fell in love with this book, to the point I just couldn’t put it down. I loved the idea how the author came up with the five stages of courting. I absolutely love reading romance stories, that have a flair of difference and I give top marks to the author who has written a page-turner. Everyone loves good characters to root for in romance novels. And I wanted so much for Evans and Dalisay Ramos, to be together forever. Evan Saatchi, is a writer, he is used to travelling for a living. In a meeting he will find out if he will get his dream job as a senior editor, at Overnight, where he and his friend make up half of the European editorial team. Overnight’s CEO, Naomi is a smartly dressed Japanese American woman. In Overnight’s conference room, Evans finds out he has lost the senior position, to an attractive, new editor Dalisay Ramo of the Urban Asia division. Beautiful Dalisay has moved from the Philippines. Evans tries his luck to charm Dalisay, by inviting her out for a drink, but she isn’t interested in him, with no drinks, no dinner, no coffee. Well you know what they say, you shouldn’t mix business with pleasure. My favourite line ! “You may know Milan, Evan Sacctchi, but you don’t know Manila.” After Dalisay having her heart broken once, obviously she is being cautious, but she does have to admit to herself that, being a hopeless romantic, Evan’s does make her heart race. And If Evans is really interested in dating Dalisay, he will have to go through, Dalisay’s five stages of courting rules, that are family tradition, with her and Nicole, her identical twin sister, and their parents. Romance readers, I can see this being a top seller in the UK, just like it is in New York. I can also see this being made into a film. The Five Stages Of Courting Dalisay Ramos, is your absolute, next, must buy, must read.
About author Melissa De La Cruz
Melissa de la Cruz is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for teens including The Au Pairs series, the Blue Bloods series, the Ashleys series, the Angels on Sunset Boulevard series and the semi-autobiographical novel Fresh off the Boat.
Her books for adults include the novel Cat’s Meow, the anthology Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys and the tongue-in-chic handbooks How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less and The Fashionista Files: Adventures in Four-inch heels and Faux-Pas.
She has worked as a fashion and beauty editor and has written for many publications including The New York Times, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Allure, The San Francisco Chronicle, McSweeney’s, Teen Vogue, CosmoGirl! and Seventeen. She has also appeared as an expert on fashion, trends and fame for CNN, E! and FoxNews.
Melissa grew up in Manila and moved to San Francisco with her family, where she graduated high school salutatorian from The Convent of the Sacred Heart. She majored in art history and English at Columbia University (and minored in nightclubs and shopping!).
She now divides her time between New York and Los Angeles, where she lives in the Hollywood Hills with her husband and daughter. https://www.Twitter.com/MelissadelaCruz https://www.instagram.com/authormelissadelacruz
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