
The Cuffing Game
HarperCollins · Hardcover · November 18, 2025
Bestselling author Lyla Lee delivers a deliciously fun YA K-drama remix of Pride and Prejudice—if Mr.
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- Who it’s for
- Light, breezy romantic comedy energy with a college-age spark.
- Genres
- Contemporary YA Romance, YA Romance - LGBTQ+, Romantic Comedy for Teens
- Published
- HarperCollins, November 18, 2025
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Bestselling author Lyla Lee delivers a deliciously fun YA K-drama remix of Pride and Prejudice—if Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett were a college-run reality TV dating show. It is a truth universally acknowledged that when there is a hot person, there is also someone with a crush on them. Mia Yoon has a plan for everything. Get a full ride to her dream film school in Los Angeles, behind her mom’s back, and escape her middle-of-nowhere hometown—check.
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Produce her own dating show starring other people and their crushes—check. But everything goes off the rails when she has to enlist the help of her own secret crush, Noah Jang, a boy she’d rather hate. Despite being a campus celebrity voted “most eligible student bachelor,” Noah can’t remember the last time he was in a relationship. And he’s perfectly content with that, thank you very much, especially since just the word feelings makes him uncomfortable. But he can’t stop staring at Mia, who keeps glaring at him in class. And when she asks him to be on her dating show—as one of the contestants—he can’t say no. As Noah goes on more and more romantic dates on The Cuffing Game and Mia watches from behind the camera, something feels off. With the showrunner and contestant slowly falling for one another, can the show still go on?
Rom-Com Spark
Light, breezy romantic comedy energy with a college-age spark.
Come here for
- rom-com momentum
- teen-to-college flirtation
Expect
- quick banter
- relationship hijinks
Where it sits
| Romantic Comedy for Teens | 54% |
|---|---|
| YA Romance - LGBTQ+ | 43% |
| Contemporary YA Romance | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Holiday YA
- TV & Radio for Teens
- Contemporary YA Romance
- Romantic Comedy for Teens
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- Dating & Sex for Teens
- Emotions & Feelings for Teens
- Authors
- Lyla Lee
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 18, 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Holiday YA