We started with rules: no feelings, no attachments. Funny how love never listens.

Kanak wants nothing more than a peaceful college life at the Jaipur Institute of Arts & Science, desperate to escape the shadow and awkwardness of her past relationship with her ex, Rohan. But peace is hard to find when your academic rival is the most brooding, infuriatingly attractive guy on campus.
Swastik Rajak carries his own hidden scars. Guarded, traditional, and dealing with the heavy ghosts of a past heartbreak, he has built unbreakable walls around his heart.
They can’t stand each other. They bicker constantly. But when circumstances leave them both needing a way out, Swastik from family expectations and Kanak from her looming past, Swastik proposes a reckless deal: a fake relationship.
The terms are clear, written down as strict rules. All they have to do is put on a show for their friends, fake a few smiles under the Jaipur sun, and fool the campus.
But as the fake dates turn into real conversations, and stolen glances turn into undeniable tension, the lines between their script and reality begin to blur. Underneath the grand arches of the city and the monsoon rains, a real spark ignites.
When their carefully constructed deal reaches its absolute breaking point, they are forced to confront the ultimate truth: we spent so much time practicing how to look like we belonged together, that we forgot to notice we already did.
From debut author Mayank Kotwal comes an intense, emotional, and atmospheric contemporary Indian romance about healing from past heartbreaks, dropping your guard, and finding out what happens when pretending becomes too real to deny.

Featuring highly popular tropes romance readers love:
Fake Dating Deal
Academic Rivals to Lovers
Grumpy x Sunshine Chemistry
Gorgeous, atmospheric Jaipur Setting
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