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Say you'll be mine : a novel / Naina Kumar.
"My Best Friend's Wedding meets Never Have I Ever in this utterly charming, heart-stealing debut romance about two completely different people who get engaged under false pretenses ... When Seth, Meghna's one-who-got-away writing partner and best friend, asks Meghna Raman to be the "best man" for his last-minute wedding, Meghna is determined to move on, even if it means telling her mother she's finally open to an arranged marriage. Since she--a theater teacher and an aspiring playwright--won't fulfill her parents' dreams of becoming an engineer, she might as well marry one. Grumpy, handsome, no-nonsense engineer Karthik Murthy has seen enough of his parents' relationship to know marriage is not for him. He only agreed to his mom's matchmaking attempts to make her happy, never dreaming he'd meet someone as vibrant as Meghna. Though he can't offer a real marriage, a fake engagement could help him avoid the absurd number of arranged set-ups his mother has planned for the next year. Thinking a faux fiancé will dampen the sting of her ex's wedding festivities, Meghna agrees to team up with Karthik until the wedding ends. But as they find common ground and their undeniable chemistry takes shape, their expectations and insecurities threaten to risk something that's become a lot more real than they had hoped"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593723883 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 322 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Dell, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes a conversation with Naina Kumar and discussion questions. |
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| Subject: | Deception > Fiction. Engineers > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Women teachers > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Romance fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Kumar | 31681010356061 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Theater teacher and playwright Meghna Rama, when Seth, her best friend and secret crush, gets engaged to another, agrees to let her parents introduce her to a potential match, engineer Karthik Murthy, who offers her a fake engagement to help her through Sethâs wedding until an undeniable chemistry emerges between them. Original. - Baker & Taylor
"My Best Friend's Wedding meets Never Have I Ever in this utterly charming, heart-stealing debut romance about two completely different people who get engaged under false pretenses. "I couldn't put down this page-turner . . . A warm, smart, sexy, and absolutely charming debut." -Colleen Hoover When Seth, Meghna's one-who-got-away writing partner and best friend, asks Meghna Raman to be the "best man" for his last-minute wedding, Meghna is determined to move on, even if it means telling her mother she's finally open to an arranged marriage. Since she-a theater teacher and an aspiring playwright-won't fulfill her parents' dreams of becoming an engineer, she might as well marry one. Grumpy, handsome, no-nonsense engineer Karthik Murthy has seen enough of his parents' relationship to know marriage is not for him. He only agreed to his mom's matchmaking attempts to make her happy, never dreaming he'd meet someone as vibrant as Meghna. Though he can't offer a real marriage, a fake engagement could help him avoid the absurd number of arranged set-ups his mother has planned for the next year. Thinking a faux fiancâe will dampen the sting of her ex's wedding festivities, Meghna agrees to team up with Karthik until the wedding ends. But as they find common ground and their undeniable chemistry takes shape, their expectations and insecurities threaten to risk something that's become a lot more real than they had hoped"-- - Random House, Inc.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠âNaina Kumar turns the arranged marriage plot on its head. . . . A sparkling new voice in the romance stratosphere.ââEntertainment Weekly (Grade: A-)
âI couldnât put down this page-turner. . . . The new When Harry Met Sally . . . a warm, smart, sexy, and absolutely charming debut.ââColleen Hoover
A teacher with big dreams joins forces with a no-nonsense engineer to survive an exâs wedding and escape matchmaking pressure from their Indian families. Their plan? Faking an engagement, of course.
AN ELLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Meghna Raman defied her parentsâ wishes and followed her lifeâs passion, becoming a theater teacher and aspiring playwright. When she discovers that her beloved writing partner, best friend, and secret crush, Seth, is engagedâand not to herâshe realizes heâs about to become the one-that-got-away. Even worse, heâs asked her to be his best man. And worse than that, sheâs 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 sheâd become.
Grumpy engineer Karthik Murthy has seen enough of his parentsâ marriage to know itâs not for him. He agreed to his motherâs matchmaking attempts to make her happy, never dreaming he would meet someone as vibrant as Meghna. Though he canât offer her something real, a fake engagement could help Meghna soothe the sting of planning Sethâs 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 otherâs 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 thatâs become a lot more real than theyâd planned.
Say Youâll 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.
