Just Say Yes

About this book

A YALSA Best YA Fiction of 2025 An NPR Best Book of 2024 From the New York Timesbestselling author Goldy Moldavsky comes a charming rom-com about your average high school senior in search of . . . a husband? Seventeen-year-old Jimena Ramos is your typical teenage New Yorkerdazzling fearless and determined. When she discovers shes been living her life undocumented she decides theres only one way to keep it on track: marry an American. Maybe Jimena can find a husband on a dating app? Maybe she should try approaching this marriage thing like a business deal? Or maybe her new starry-eyed activist friend can help . . . Meanwhile the only person she can trust with her secret is Vitaly her overachieving and adorkable next-door neighbor and friend. Vitaly makes it clear hes not a candidate for a green card marriage though. He has his own plans for the future and wont let anything derail them. But as Jimena and Vitaly confide in each other sparks fly and their feelings for each other become undeniable. Jimena faces an impossible choicecontinue to pursue a secure future in the only home shes ever known or risk it all for real love? Filled with humor electric chemistry and high stakes this is perfect for fans of The Proposal and The Sun is Also a Star.