Can't Help Faking in Love: My Desi Fake Dating Rom-Com

Unboxing the final copies of my second romance novel, *Can't Help Faking in Love*. I started writing this book in 2019 after a bad date, and now it's a real, floppy book published by Penguin Random House.

A quick guide to the tropes in *Can't Help Faking in Love*. It's a fake dating romance with an all-BIPOC cast, forced proximity, the only one bed trope, a Short King hero, and a grand desi wedding setting in Bangalore.

A quote from *Can't Help Faking in Love* that shows just how much the hero, Veer, adores the heroine, Harsha. He sees her passion, kindness, and bravery, and is completely in awe of her.

That feeling when all the tropes in your current read are hitting just right. *Can't Help Faking in Love* is packed with slow-burn romance, fake dating, he falls first, and the only one bed trope, all set in India.

My standards for men are pretty high, thanks to romance novels. In *Can't Help Faking in Love*, the hero Veer tells the heroine Harsha how beautiful, passionate, kind, and brave she is. That's top-tier.

Taking my book for a swim. Here I am with an advance copy of *Can't Help Faking in Love* by the pool, trying not to drop it in the water.

The ideal coffee shop date: he reads your book and you get to watch his real-time reactions. Here's my boyfriend reading *Can't Help Faking in Love*.

Meet the main characters of *Can't Help Faking in Love*. She's a rich girl with a trust fund who needs a fake boyfriend ASAP. He's a broke barista who needs money. What could go wrong?

Never judge a book by its cover, unless it's this one. *Can't Help Faking in Love* is a desi slow-burn romance with *Crazy Rich Asians* vibes.