The Bride Test Author:Helen Hoang Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny?Çöbut not important emotions, like love. His family knows better?Çöthat his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly avoids relationships, his mother takes matters into her own han... more »ds and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect bride. As a mixed-race girl living in the slums of Ho Chi Minh City, Esme Tran has always felt out of place. When the opportunity arises to come to America and meet a potential husband, she can?ÇÖt turn it down. Seducing Khai, however, doesn?ÇÖt go as planned. She?ÇÖs hopelessly smitten with a man who?ÇÖs convinced he can never return her affection.« less