Match Me If You Can by Mayuri Bhandari

Match Me If You Can

A Novel

Mayuri Bhandari, Swati Hegde, Random House Audio

Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · June 4, 2024

A young magazine writer in Mumbai must prove her matchmaking skills—and contend with growing feelings for her close family friend—in this debut desi romance. “A delightful friends-to-lovers romance that will curb your sweet tooth and leave you feeling warm and happy!”—New York Times bestselling author Sarah Adams Confident fashionista Jia Deshpande spends her days writing cliché-ridden listicles for Mimosa, Mumbai’s top women’s magazine.

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Who it’s for
A warm, witty romance where matchmaking gets messy and longtime feelings grow harder to ignore.
Genres
Friends-to-Lovers Romance, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy
Published
Random House Publishing Group, June 4, 2024

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A young magazine writer in Mumbai must prove her matchmaking skills—and contend with growing feelings for her close family friend—in this debut desi romance. “A delightful friends-to-lovers romance that will curb your sweet tooth and leave you feeling warm and happy!”—New York Times bestselling author Sarah Adams Confident fashionista Jia Deshpande spends her days writing cliché-ridden listicles for Mimosa, Mumbai’s top women’s magazine.

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When she can, Jia dishes about the messy truth of real love on her anonymous blog, attends her family’s weekly game nights, and ignores her true feelings for her childhood friend. If that wasn’t enough, Jia needs to successfully set up a coworker with her perfect match to get the green light for her new matchmaking column. Thankfully, organizing meet-cutes has never been difficult for her. Local pub owner and cocktail genius Jaiman Patil can’t help but be enamored with Jia and her meddling spirit. He’s always been an honorary part of her family, but even more so since his own moved to America. Life with the Deshpandes is chaotic and loud, but it’s also more loving than anything he experienced growing up, and he wouldn’t risk losing that for the world. It feels manageable—until his pub begins to struggle and his long-hidden feelings for Jia grow deeper. When Jia’s attempts at office matchmaking go haywire, risking new friendships and her relationship with Jaiman, she must reevaluate her own thoughts on love. For the first time, Jia Deshpande realizes that love may be a lot more complicated than she thought. Luckily, happily-ever-afters are never in short supply in Mumbai.

Meddling Hearts

A warm, witty romance where matchmaking gets messy and longtime feelings grow harder to ignore.

Come here for

  • Friends-to-lovers tension with family-game-night warmth
  • Matchmaking mishaps and a romance rooted in Mumbai

Expect

  • A lively mix of romantic comedy and close-knit family ties
  • Complications that make love look less like a listicle

Where it sits

Friends-to-Lovers Romance87%
Contemporary Romance48%
Romantic Comedy43%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Contemporary Romance
  • Multicultural & Interracial Romance
  • Friends-to-Lovers Romance
Authors
Mayuri Bhandari, Swati Hegde, Random House Audio
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published
June 4, 2024
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Contemporary Romance