Say You´ll Be Mine: A Novel

A teacher with big dreams joins forces with a no-nonsense engineer to survive an ex´s wedding and escape matchmaking pressure from their Indian families. Their plan? Faking an engagement, of course. Meghna Raman defied her parents´ wishes and followed her life´s passion, becoming a theater teacher and aspiring playwright. When she discovers that her beloved writing partner, best friend, and secret crush, Seth, is engaged-and not to her-she realizes he´s about to become the one-that-got-away. Even worse, he´s asked her to be his best man. And worse than that, she´s 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 she´d become. Grumpy engineer Karthik Murthy has seen enough of his parents´ marriage to know it´s not for him. He agreed to his mother´s matchmaking attempts to make her happy, never dreaming he would meet someone as vibrant as Meghna. Though he can´t offer her something real, a fake engagement could help Meghna soothe the sting of planning Seth´s 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 other´s 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 that´s become a lot more real than they´d planned. Say You´ll 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.