Yessss!! I can honestly announce: we have another winner! This is entertaining, laugh out loud, sweet, emotional!

There is desi wedding, Indian family traditions, noisy parents, vivid characters, lots of yummy foods, a yummy hero with sexy British accent and natural, strong, easily likable heroine!

There are also so many secrets, gossips, dramas but the way they’re coming out is also smart, absurd, enjoyable! Angsty parts don’t tear your guts, thankfully they were well balanced. And conclusion is sweet like dhokla ( I was curious about that Indian desert since I watched Three Idiots)

Reena Manji , 31 , hates her job, is amazing cook, once upon a time a successful food blogger after being sabotaged by her own little sister. She is so pissed off the nonstop intrusions and prying of her family. She wants to be independent, making decisions freely without expecting their approval.

But when her hottie new neighbor Nadim with sexy British accent appears at the hallway with his gorgeous posture and flirty manners, she hardly resist his charm till she learns he is the guy works with his father and he is also the arranged husband they expect her to marry!

Hell no! Even though he is hot as hell, he is sweet, he is great listener and he has great hands to massage her scalp and he is also talented to give fantastic foot massage!

Again hell no! But when they were both drunk, he was so entertaining to join her to shoot a cooking video together which goes viral and they become finalists of a cooking show Reena wants to attend!

Now she has second thoughts because that competition is for couples! She knows she can win it! If she asks nicely to Nadim to pretend like her fiancée throughout the competition she can win the scholarship of the baking school she can hardly pay with her regular pay checks !

Guess what? Nadim says “yes” and they are perfect pretending couple in front of the cameras so nobody needs to know their secret! But when Reena has the noisiest family on the planet , she may realize nothing can stay secret in the family including Nadim’s grandiose secret which can change their blossoming intense relationship.

Overall: I’m rounding up 4.5 stars to 5 I laughed so much till my cheeks hurt like hell but it’s truly worth it stars!

I love Manji family and their scandalous secrets and I loved the chemistry, romance between Reena and Nadim. And I’m a true lover of great food! So this book was like heaven to me!

So much thanks to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing/ Forever for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest opinions.

Reena is used to her parents' meddling in her life. But when they encourage her to marry a business partner's son, Nadim, as part of a business deal, she's furious at them for using her as a chess piece. Of course, it doesn't help that she's attracted to him... and he loves her baking... and is genuinely becoming a good friend of hers. When Reena wants to enter a cooking contest but discovers its for families (couples) only, she looks to Nadim to be her fake fiance. It's all fake, right?

I NEEDED this book in my life. After reading several cozy mysteries and dabbling in YA, it felt good to dive back into a glorious romance. Heron starts to the story at a break neck pace, wasting no time in getting to the real guts of the plot--which I truly appreciate. Reena is a baker, and I loved learning more about the process of making bread and more about traditional Indian cuisine--I also love that there's a Tanzanian recipe included in the back of the book! The food descriptions in this book are just mouthwatering and made me hungry for more. I also loved Reena and Nadim! The book was closed door, but the two of them had some serious chemistry (and some interesting, uh, tastes) that came across on the page. There was so much going on in the story, between the budding romance of Reena and Nadim, the business deals, Reena's family and their secrets, the cooking contest that there's no way you could be bored! It was all woven together wonderfully and it was such a joy to read, even if a little cheesy at times; it brought such a smile to my face. I can't wait to read another of her books!

Thank you to Forever and NetGalley for my free eARC in exchange for an honest review!

5 stars - 9/10

Okay, I LOVED this book. Like seriously loved it. Like read-it-in-one-sitting loved it. It has everything that makes a romance fun and exciting, an adorable couple, fun friends, family secrets (some hilariously awful--I'm looking at you, Saira's ex-boyfriend), over-breaking-but-lovable-families, parents on social media, and a cooking competition. This book is fun and swoony but also keeps you on your toes because you want to find out ALL THE THINGS and how everything is related, and it is ALL SO GOOD.

Reena and Nadim are an adorable couple and with like SO MUCH CHEMISTRY. It jumps off the page in every seen and you just want them together (and lice-free) for always. I love how both of their arcs are about them finding away to be what they want to be for their families while still being themselves. And how they do both bring out the best in them.

This book is single POV and Reena's and she is just so relatable and you just feel every emotion, all the good stuff but also all the painful insecure stuff, that makes her journey just perfect.

Also, the family relationships, especially Reena's with her parents and siblings and the arcs those have are just so well done and beautiful. It shows that families can fundamentally love each other but also struggle how to make each other happy and care for and communicate with each other. It's the right kind of family drama, at least in my book and I loved watching the relationships shift and grow and just get better. Especially Reena and Saira, I mean, that was, I just loved how that unfolded.

Anyway, I'm babbling. This was just SO GOOD. Like everything about it. The humor, the story, and my goodness, the characters (also the food, theirs lots of delicious food), OH, and getting to see more Amira and Duncan from The Chai Factor, it's just like EVERYTHING and I can't recommend it enough.

Thank you so much to Forever and NetGalley for letting me read early in exchange for an honest review. You made my weekend.