Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt
A Novel
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- Expected May 12, 2026
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Two lawyers find themselves working at the same office after a steamy vacation fling on the beaches of Goa, from the author of Can't Help Faking in Love and Match Me if You Can, a slow-burn, a second-chance desi romance for fans of Nisha Sharma and Abby Jimenez.
Naina Shetty is a proud workaholic, and she is gunning for a promotion at her law firm. No distractions will get in her way this time, not even the bad breakup that happened over a year ago. She brushed off her pain with a long vacation and a no-strings-attached fling with a handsome stranger, but now Naina is back to business.
Unlucky-in-love Tejas Rajput hasn’t stopped thinking about the brown-eyed beauty he met on the beaches of Goa two summers ago. He’d been looking for a rebound to get over his ex—which is why he’d agreed to keep things strictly casual, use fake last names, and respond to all personal questions with “wrong answers only.” But he didn’t think he’d fall for her, hard, only for her to get on a plane and leave.
When they cross paths again—this time working at the same law firm—Naina is adamant that her no-relationships policy won’t change, especially not for Tejas, whose disarming smile and easygoing charm could spell trouble. Her career will always come first.
But as they team up for a case that could make or break their firm’s reputation, they discover that there’s something more than just sparks between them—and it might turn out to be true love.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This satisfying second chance romance from Hegde (Can't Help Faking in Love) braids a steamy vacation fling, a tense reunion, and a cinematic mystery. After Naina Shetty discovers her fiancé's infidelity, she heads to her Goa honeymoon alone, working her way down an "anti-honeymoon checklist" (items include "kiss a stranger" and "try any kind of drug"). She meets "prince charming" Tejas Rajput, who's in Goa to heal from his own broken heart after his ex-boyfriend's betrayal. After setting ground rules designed to keep things casual—including that neither will share any true information, instead responding to all personal questions with "wrong answers only"—the pair embark on a whirlwind two-week affair. Eighteen months later, they're shocked to reunite as junior associates at the same Bangalore law firm. Naina is determined to keep things professional as they team up to defend Bollywood actor Preethi Acharaya in a high profile murder trial—but as the case heats up, so does their lingering chemistry. The plot toggles between past and present and Naina's and Tejas's POVs, adding to the romantic tension as the thrilling mystery unfolds. Supportive Tejas is a swoony hero, and readers will root for him to break through Naina's understandable emotional walls. It's good fun.
