Worth Fighting for

By Jesse Q. Sutanto

Book Overview

Laugh and swoon with the next book in Disney's Meant to Be collection by bestselling and award-winning author Jesse Q. Sutanto, whose novel Dial A For Aunties Emily Henry called "Utterly clever, deeply funny, and altogether charming."

Mulan's ready to get down to business. But when it comes to love, she hasn't got a clue.

As the right hand of her father's private equity company, Fa Mulan knows what it takes to succeed as a woman in a man's world: work twice as hard, be twice as smart, and burp twice as loud as any of the other finance bros she works with. So when her father unexpectedly falls ill in the middle of a critical acquisition, she is determined to see it through. There's just one hitch: the family company in question is known for its ultra masculine whiskey brand, and the brood of old-fashioned aunts, uncles, and cousins who run it--lead by the dedicated but overworked Shang--will only trust Mulan's father, Fa Zhou, with the future of their business.

Rather than fail the deal and her father, Mulan pretends she's Fa Zhou. Since they've only corresponded over email, how hard could it be to keep things moving in his absence?

But the email leads to a face-to-face meeting, which leads to an invitation to a week long retreat at Shang's family ranch. One meeting she can handle, but a whole week of cattle wrangling, axe-throwing, and learning proper butchering techniques, all while trying to convince Shang's dubious family that this young woman is the powerful private equity CEO they've been negotiating with? Not so much--especially as she finds it harder and harder to ignore the undeniable spark between her and Shang.

Can she keep her head in the game and make her father proud, all while trying not to fall into a trough, or in love with Shang?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1368112811
• ISBN13: 9781368112819
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Hyperion Avenue
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Loved this book

When I read the synopsis and took a glimpse of previous reviews, I went into this completely blind to the retelling of Disney's Mulan because I've never seen it (feel free to stone me, I know) - but what I loved about this book was not only the adorable love story, but actually how polarizing I personally found Mulan to be sometimes. Her early reactions with Shang I felt were just SO presumptuous, and I felt like I was screaming to myself "STOP IT, SHANG DOESN'T DESERVE THAT!", but I think it's because I personally try to put my best first forward with people as individuals, maybe naively so. So, with that being said, for me it's always good when a writer pulls genuine emotion out of me, as opposed to me trying to read something, and then force myself to pile through it for the sake of finishing it. I loved it, found to be an easy read, and I loved getting to know (and invested in) the characters.