NATIONAL BESTSELLER โข โNaina Kumar turns the arranged marriage plot on its head. . . . A sparkling new voice in the romance stratosphere.โโEntertainment Weekly (Grade: A-)
โI couldnโt put down this page-turner. . . . The new When Harry Met Sally . . . a warm, smart, sexy, and absolutely charming debut.โโColleen Hoover
A teacher with big dreams joins forces with a no-nonsense engineer to survive an exโs wedding and escape matchmaking pressure from their Indian families. Their plan? Faking an engagement, of course.
Meghna Raman defied her parentsโ wishes and followed her lifeโs passion, becoming a theater teacher and aspiring playwright. When she discovers that her beloved writing partner, best friend, and secret crush, Seth, is engagedโand not to herโshe realizes heโs about to become the one-that-got-away. Even worse, heโs asked her to be his best man. And worse than that, sheโs agreed. Determined to try and move on, Meghna agrees to let her parents introduce her to a potential match. Maybe she could marry the engineer that her parents still wish sheโd become.
Grumpy engineer Karthik Murthy has seen enough of his parentsโ marriage to know itโs not for him. He agreed to his motherโs matchmaking attempts to make her happy, never dreaming he would meet someone as vibrant as Meghna. Though he canโt offer her something real, a fake engagement could help Meghna soothe the sting of planning Sethโs wedding festivities and Karthik avoid the absurd number of set-ups his mother has planned for him.
As the two find common ground, grow protective of each otherโs hearts, and start to fall for the traits they originally thought they hated, an undeniable chemistry emerges. But soon, their expectations and insecurities threaten something thatโs become a lot more real than theyโd planned.
Say Youโll Be Mine is a delightful trip back to the heyday of swoony romantic comedies from the nineties, but with a deep and poignant look at the effects of culture and family in our most intimate relationships.