Leave and Come Back

By Lavanya Lakshmi

‘A delightful romance that expertly blends humour and heart’ Lilly Singh’s Library

Two weeks. One Wedding. The chaos is just beginning…

Simran finally has her Bollywood romance. Leo, the man she has been hopelessly in love with since college, loves her back.

But when Leo accidentally crashes her cousin’s two-week long wedding, there’s a problem … no one can know they’re together.

Simran hasn’t been home for seven years and Indian family functions are a no-boyfriend zone.

Using her favourite Bollywood film DDLJ as inspiration, Simran hatches a plan. They must pretend to be strangers, charm the aunties, and hide their relationship at all costs.

As wedding festivities spin out of control, can Simran have the love she’s always wanted and the family reconciliation she didn’t know she needed?

Format: Hardback
Release Date: 02 Jul 2026
Pages: 320
Price: £16.99, £16.99 (Export Price) , €None

Lavanya Lakshmihas lived in nine cities across India, China, the US, and Canada. One of her many childhood homes was a suite on the 37th floor of a luxury hotel. She earned a Master’s degree from NYU and lived in New York City for nine years before moving to Toronto, where she currently resides, despite being a very vocal hater of cold weather.Leave and Come Backis her first novel.

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