CANT' HELF FAKING IN LOVE

"Hegde is one to watch!" Amy Lea, international bestselling author of Exes and O's A young woman with Bollywood roots hires a barista to act as her boyfriend for her cousin's weddingonly to learn you can't fake chemistry like theirsin this desi romance from the author of Match Me If You Can

Harsha Godbole has never felt love from her family, but she's always been surrounded by their Bollywood business mogul wealth. Now back in Bangalore after studying in America, Harsha is ready to start her adult life without their money. But that becomes impossible when everything she's worked so hard for comes crumbling down. Fearful of showing up to her cousin's upcoming wedding as a failureand worse, a single failureHarsha decides to put her trust fund to good use. Veer Kannan does everything for his family. He even gave up his dreams of becoming a Bollywood star to get a more consistent gig, although working as a barista wasn't really the big break he was hoping for. It's a humble life, but a happy one, nonetheless. Then financial aid falls through for his brother's first year in business school, so now Veer needs to come up with a large sum of money, and fast. Harsha's outlandish plan to hire her favorite barista as her fake boyfriend for the weekend-long wedding bash is received surprisingly well by Veer, who hopes this will be his ticket to Bollywood. But Harsha and Veer get way more than they bargained for in this heartwarming journey to finding unexpected love and courage. Swati Hegde is a writer, freelance editor, and mindset coach and this is the first of two books. The next novel (spring 2025) will take place in Bangalore, India, the author's hometown and will also be a romantic comedy.