Lace Read | Can't Help Faking in Love: A Novel

Can't Help Faking in Love: A Novel

Swati Hegde

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“ Hegde is one to watch!” —Amy Lea, international bestselling author of Exes and O’s

A young woman with Bollywood roots hires a barista to act as her boyfriend for her cousin’s wedding—only to learn you can’t fake chemistry like theirs—in this desi romance from the author of Match Me If You Can.

Harsha Godbole has never felt love from her family, but she’s always been surrounded by their Bollywood business mogul wealth. Now back in Bangalore after studying in America, Harsha is ready to start her adult life without their money. But that becomes impossible when everything she’s worked so hard for comes crumbling down. Fearful of showing up to her cousin’s upcoming wedding as a failure—and worse, a single failure—Harsha decides to put her trust fund to good use . . .

Veer Kannan does everything for his family. He even gave up his dreams of becoming a Bollywood star to get a more consistent gig . . . although working as a barista wasn’t really the big break he was hoping for. It’s a humble life, but a happy one, nonetheless. Then financial aid falls through for his brother’s first year in business school, so now Veer needs to come up with a large sum of money, and fast.

Harsha’s outlandish plan to hire her favorite barista as her fake boyfriend for the weekend-long wedding bash is received surprisingly well by Veer, who hopes this will be his ticket to Bollywood. But Harsha and Veer get way more than they bargained for in this heartwarming journey to finding unexpected love and courage.

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Lace Read\ \ Lace 🌟\ \ • Oct 11 2025

[Okay I recently finished Can’t Help Faking in Love and I loveeeeeed the quotes on each chapter page!!! It was so fun to read & tied in the acting aspect so well. Such a cute read and will be highlighted in my next YouTube video ✨\ \