This Place is Magic

Eunjae, a member of the wildly famous K-pop group Apollo, has learned that stardom comes at a steep personal cost. On his way to catch a flight back to Seoul, he steps through an unassuming orange door at Wanna Waffles and misses his plane entirely — pulled into the orbit of Jiyeon and her family, who have no idea who he really is but can tell he needs them anyway. The longer Eunjae stays, the more he has to decide whether he's willing to fight his powerful entertainment agency for a shot at an ordinary life, real love, and the brothers who've stood by him all along.

Irene Te tells a magical-realism romance about a global celebrity choosing home and honesty over fame's gilded cage.