The Shaadi Set-up by Lillie Vale

The Shaadi Set-up

Lillie Vale

Penguin Publishing Group · Paperback · September 7, 2021

In this witty and heartfelt rom-com debut for fans of Jasmine Guillory, Emily Henry, and Tessa Bailey, an Indian American woman signs herself and her boyfriend up for a matchmaking site to prove they're a perfect match, only to be paired with her ex instead.

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Who it’s for
A light, flirty read with enough bustle to keep the pages moving.
Genres
Second-Chance Romance, Romantic Comedy, Multicultural & Interracial Romance
Published
Penguin Publishing Group, September 7, 2021

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In this witty and heartfelt rom-com debut for fans of Jasmine Guillory, Emily Henry, and Tessa Bailey, an Indian American woman signs herself and her boyfriend up for a matchmaking site to prove they're a perfect match, only to be paired with her ex instead. High school sweethearts Rita Chitniss and Milan Rao were the golden couple, until the day he broke her heart.

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Now, six years later, Rita has turned her passion for furniture restoration into a career and has an almost-perfect boyfriend, Neil. The last thing she needs is for Milan to re-enter her life, but that's exactly what happens when her mother, an unfailing believer in second chances, sets them up. Milan is just as charming, cocky, and confident as he was back in school. Only this time, he actually needs her business expertise, not her heart, to flip a hard-to-sell house for his realty agency. While Rita begrudgingly agrees to help, she's not taking any risks. To prove she's definitely over him, she signs herself and Neil up on MyShaadi.com, a Desi matchmaking site famous for its success stories and trustworthy enough to convince everyone that she and Neil are the new and improved couple. Instead, she's shocked when MyShaadi's perfect match for her isn't Neil...it's Milan. Ignoring the website and her mother is one thing, but ignoring Milan proves much more difficult, especially when she promises to help him renovate the beach house of her dreams. And as the two of them dive deeper into work—and their pasts—Rita begins to wonder if maybe her match wasn't so wrong after all....

Why It Lands

A light, flirty read with enough bustle to keep the pages moving.

Come here for

  • playful romantic-comedy energy
  • warm workplace sparks

Expect

  • contemporary romance beats
  • teen-friendly workplace hijinks

Where it sits

Romantic Comedy73%
Second-Chance Romance65%
Multicultural & Interracial Romance53%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Contemporary Romance
  • Multicultural & Interracial Romance
  • Romantic Comedy
Authors
Lillie Vale
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
September 7, 2021
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Contemporary Romance