Leave and Come Back - Lavanya Lakshmi
Lavanya Lakshmi
- Pages · 320 pages
- Publication Date · 02/07/2026
- Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
A delightful romance that expertly blends humour and heart' Lilly Singh's Library Two weeks. One Wedding. The chaos is just beginning. Simran finally has her Bollywood romance. Leo, the man she has been hopelessly in love with since college, loves her back. But when Leo accidentally crashes her cousin's two-week long wedding, there's a problem . no one can know they're together. Simran hasn't been home for seven years and Indian family functions are a no-boyfriend zone. Using her favourite Bollywood film DDLJ as inspiration, Simran hatches a plan. They must pretend to be strangers, charm the aunties, and hide their relationship at all costs. As wedding festivities spin out of control, can Simran have the love she's always wanted and the family reconciliation she didn't know she needed?
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