Girl Gone Viral: A Novel

Alisha Rai

Apr 2020 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

In Alisha Rai’s second novel in her Modern Love series, a reclusive investor goes viral, shoving her into the world's spotlight—and into the arms of the bodyguard she’s been pining for…

OMG! Wouldn’t it be adorable if he’s her soulmate???

I don’t see any wedding rings

Breaking: #CafeBae and #CuteCafeGirl went to the bathroom AT THE SAME TIME!!!

One minute, Katrina King’s enjoying an innocent conversation with a random guy at a coffee shop; the next, a stranger has live-tweeted the entire encounter with a romantic meet-cute spin and #CafeBae has the world swooning. Going viral isn't easy for anyone, but Katrina has painstakingly built a private world for herself, far from her traumatic past. Besides, everyone has it all wrong...that #CafeBae bro? He isn't the man she's hungry for.

 He's got a to die for.

With the internet on the hunt for the identity of #CuteCafeGirl, Jas Singh, bodyguard and possessor of the most beautiful eyebrows Katrina's ever seen, offers his family's farm as a refuge. Alone with her unrequited crush feels like a recipe for hopeless longing, but Katrina craves the escape. She's resigned to being just friends with Jas--until they share a single electrifying kiss. Now she can't help but wonder if her crush may not be so unrequited after all...

Ratings and reviews

To Katrina, privacy is everything. While innocently sharing a table in a cafe, and unbeknownst to her, the couple at the next table has tweeted about it and sent a partial view of her face into the viral internet. Worse, the guy at the table decides to capitalize on it with lots of fake insinuations of their non-existent relationship being real. Prone to panic attacks, she escapes to her bodyguard's farmhouse hundreds of miles away. Being in close quarter with Jas enables her to see the real him, learn of his secrets from the past, and to meet his family. Jas can't believe he didn't see the other table taking the photos of Katrina and feels responsible for the viral mess. He's more than a bodyguard, he has real feelings for her, which makes it even harder for him while he's fighting demons from his own past. Whisking her away to the quiet farmhouse seems perfect till his brother spills to the family. The dynamics, combined with his own PTSD, while guarding Katrina is almost too much. This is a fantastic friends-to-lovers read! **received an ARC from Netgalley**

About the author

Alisha Rai pens award-winning contemporary romances, and her novels have been named Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post, NPR, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Kirkus, and Cosmopolitan magazine. When she’s not writing, Alisha is traveling or tweeting. To find out more about her books or to sign up for her newsletter, visit alisharai.com.