Café Con Lychee

Emery Lee

Save to Your Books
Bookshop
Amazon

100% of affiliate revenue supports Discotopia | Diverse Books

From the author of Meet Cute Diary comes a delectable rom-com that’s brimming with zest and a sprinkle of sweetness. A must-read for fans of Casey McQuiston and Julian Winters.

Theo Mori and Gabriel Moreno have always been at odds. Their parents own rival businesses—an Asian American café and a Puerto Rican bakery—and Gabi’s lack of coordination has cost their soccer team too many games to count.

Stuck in the closet and scared to pursue his own dreams, Gabi sees his family’s shop as his future. Stuck under the weight of his parents’ expectations, Theo’s best shot at leaving Vermont means first ensuring his parents’ livelihood is secure.

So when a new fusion café threatens both shops, Theo and Gabi realize an unfortunate truth—they can only achieve their goals by working together to cook up an underground snack operation and win back their customers.

But can they put aside their differences long enough to save their parents’ shops, or will the new feelings between them boil over?

Posts about this title from Discotopia | Diverse Books

Disco (he/they)
• May 4 2025

Queer East and South East Asian book recs

Read and loved all of these! Books listed: Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min Cafe con Lychee by Emery Lee Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee Portrait for a Thief by Grace D. Li In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo Silver Under Nighfall by Rin Chupeco Iron Widow by Xirin Jay Zhao Books for ESEA heritage month (UK), AAPI month (US) and Asian heritage month (CA). #booktok #aapiheritagemonth #asianbooks #mmromance #eseaheritagemonth

Posts about this book from across Bindery

Gabby
• Oct 7 2025

Banned Books Week: Special Book Haul & a Giveaway

I’ve got a special book haul! It’s Banned Books Week and Latine Heritage Month is coming to a close so I picked out some awesome reads from a few different booklists on Bookshop.org.

If you want to do the same, you can get 20% off select banned/challenged books from October 5th to October 19th by using code BBW25. #ad

To win the $50 Bookshop.org gift card, you can enter by following @bookshop_org and letting me know what banned book you like or want to read in the comments.

I will choose the winner on Sunday, Oct. 12th at 5PM EST.

Books shown:
• The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar by Sonora Reyes
• The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas
• Everything She Never Knew by Annette Chavez Macias
• Only Lovers in the Building by Nadine Gonzalez
• Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee

@bookshop_org #Bookshop #bookshoporg #shoplocal #Bookstagram #BannedBooksWeek #WeNeedDiverseBooks #LHM

Queer Latine Authors

Here are some queer latine authors to check out!