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You Can't Be Serious: A North-Meets-South Royal Romance

Prajwal Hegde

FOR FANS OF KHOOBSURAT AND GOSSIP GIRL, COMES A HILARIOUS AND SEXY ROYAL ROM-COM

AADITHA PRATHAP is the brilliant mastermind behind India's trendiest café chain, 'COFFEE Before Books & Bras' – because priorities, right? Sure, her family's fortune sparkles like new money does, but Aaditha is fiercely her own woman. She has absolutely no interest in being known as anyone's daughter, wife, or – cue the horror music – royal daughter-in-law. With her business booming, you'd think life would be all smooth lattes and soft book nooks, but nope. Trolls of the internet variety love to take a swipe at her, dredging up chapters she had long buried. Now, owing her dad a favour, Aaditha is forced to consider... options. Even if it is in the form of a frustratingly charming, annoyingly exacting Indian prince.

Speaking of royals, VEDVEER RATHORE SINGH is an eco-warrior prince with a mission. He may have grown up playing polo and cricket under the royal sun, but after Harvard, he's back home and facing a harsh reality: his family's finances are, well, not so princely. When a tempting offer to turn the majestic Ranibagh Palace into a luxury hotel comes knocking, Vedveer is willing to weigh it. But can this royal heartthrob find a way to save his legacy without losing his heart in the process?

In Prajwal Hegde's delightfully chaotic North-meets-South rom-com, culture and worlds collide in the most charming and unpredictable ways. Buckle up for a wild ride full of laughter, heart and a little bit of royal scandal!

  • Classification : Romance
  • Pub Date : DEC 23, 2025
  • Imprint : Hachette India
  • Page Extent : 392
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9789357319867
  • Price : INR 499
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Prajwal Hegde

PRAJWAL HEGDE is the author of The Way We Were (2023) and What's Good About Falling (2018) and has been the Times of India's tennis editor since July 2005. She began her journalism career with Mid-Day in Mumbai, before moving to Deccan Herald in Bengaluru. Prajwal has reported on all four Grand Slams – Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open – for several years. She is on the International Tennis Federation's Media Commission and is also a member of the International Tennis Writers Association. The Association of Tennis Professionals awarded Prajwal the 2021 Ron Bookman Media Excellence Award, making her the first Indian and second Asian to receive the honour. She was given the Media Excellence Award 2025, by Vijay Amritraj and the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association. She wrote the 'Steffi Graf' chapter in Sportstars 40, published by The Hindu in January 2020. She features in Break Point, the Leander Paes–Mahesh Bhupathi docuseries. Prajwal lives in Bengaluru with her husband, Dr Sanjay Hegde, a senior orthopaedic surgeon with Medicover Hospitals.

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