When Two Worlds Merge
A warm, sensual multicultural second-chance romance about a fake engagement, family secrets, clashing cultures, ambition, and the home two stubborn people almost lose before they learn to build it togetherBy Clare J. Kentmere
Length8h 26m
About this audiobook
Kemi can fold jollof rice and Japanese dashi into one perfect bowl.
She just can't fold two hearts into one home.
For four years, Kemi has saved every pound, tested every recipe in her tiny Peckham kitchen, and run Mr. Bakare's Brixton market stall like it was already hers.
Suya beef and soft-boiled eggs. Jollof arancini. Plantain tempura with shichimi salt.
Food that makes grown men blink back tears.
She has watched two investors walk away already.
One wanted her to drop the Japanese influence entirely.
One wanted her to franchise before she'd opened a single door.
She said no to both.
All she needs now is one person brave enough to believe in a kitchen that refuses to choose between the cultures that built her.
Then the deal comes with a blueprint she never asked to draw.
He is a Japanese-American architect with cuffed sleeves, guarded eyes, and a quiet certainty that her dream needs his straight lines to survive.
She wants warmth and chaos and a room that smells like home.
He wants clean angles and a plan that holds.
They stand close enough to touch and far enough to lose everything.
Then, on a bridge between his world and hers, he says the thing she's been terrified to hear: "I don't want to build your restaurant. I want to build it with you."
But a promise on a bridge is not a foundation.
There is a sister Kemi lost without ever leaving home.
There is a family whose approval costs far more than money.
And there is a lie that wins at the exact moment the truth would have saved them both.
Now Kemi has to decide whether love is one more ingredient she can't afford, or the only one she's been missing all along.
When Two Worlds Merge is a warm, sensual multicultural second-chance romance about a fake engagement, family secrets, clashing cultures, ambition, and the home two stubborn people almost lose before they learn to build it together.
Perfect for readers who love multicultural romance, foodie love stories, opposites-attract tension, fake-relationship slow burn, and emotional second chances. A standalone romance with a hard-earned happy ending.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, General Fiction
Length8 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Dedication
3Chapter 1 - The Last Ingredient I Didn’t Know I Was Missing
4Chapter 2 - Blueprints I Never Asked to Draw
5Chapter 3 - The Debt I Can Never Repay
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6Chapter 4 - The Perfect Line I Can’t Hold
7Chapter 5 - The Wall I Wasn’t Ready to Break
8Chapter 6 - The Door That Opens Both Ways
9Chapter 7 - The Map We Draw Together
10Chapter 8 - The Ghost in the Blueprint
11Chapter 9 - The First Taste of Trust
12Chapter 10 - The Lies We Tell to Protect
13Chapter 11 - The Recipe I Never Wrote Down
14Chapter 12 - The Weight of Approval
15Chapter 13 - The Midpoint: A Promise on the Bridge
16Chapter 14 - The Taste of Coming Home
17Chapter 15 - The Sister I Lost Without Leaving
18Chapter 16 - The Cracks in the Foundation
19Chapter 17 - The Storm We Didn’t See Coming
20Chapter 18 - The Collateral Damage of Love
21Chapter 19 - The Sacrifice I Chose for You
22Chapter 20 - The Lie That Won
23Chapter 21 - The Bridge I Have to Build Alone
24Chapter 22 - The Art of Letting Go
25Chapter 23 - The Pop-Up of Second Chances
26Chapter 24 - The Grand Gesture That Costs Everything
27Chapter 25 - The First Service of Forever
28Chapter 26 - The Space Between Two Worlds
29Epilogue
30About the Author
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