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From stories of first love, unrequited love, love that surprises, love that’s been there all along, 10 of the brightest and award-winning authors writing YA have taken on some of your favorite romantic tropes, embracing them and turning them on their heads. Listeners will fall for this collection of stories that celebrate love at its most humorous, inclusive, heart-expanding, and serendipitous.

From the New York Times best-selling author of When Dimple Met Rishi comes the first novel in a brand-new series set at an elite international boarding school, that’s a contemporary spin on Beauty and the Beast.

After being dumped, Ashish Patel's mojo goes AWOL. Even worse, his parents are annoyingly, smugly confident they could find him a better match. So, in a moment of weakness, Ash challenges them to set him up. Sweetie Nair is many things: a formidable track athlete who can outrun most people in California, a loyal friend, a shower-singing champion. Oh, and she’s also fat. To Sweetie’s traditional parents, this last detail is the kiss of death. Ashish and Sweetie both have something to prove. But with each date, they realize there’s an unexpected magic growing between them.

From the New York Times best-selling author of When Dimple Met Rishi comes the second installment in a brand-new series set an elite boarding school that’s a contemporary spin on fairy tales, this one a delightful, romantic twist on The Frog Prince.

Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore, if only the world would listen. So when fellow film geek Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a movie for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle is all over it. The chance to publicly showcase her voice as a director? Dream come true. The fact that it gets her closer to her longtime crush, Neil Roy - aka Sahil’s twin brother? Dream come true x 2.

Ashish Patel no sabía que el amor podía ser tan… complicado. Después de que su novia lo deja por otro chico, su chispa desaparece. Lo peor es que sus padres están tan seguros de que pueden encontrarle a la pareja ideal que son irritantes, así que los desafía para que le organicen una cita; si no funciona, dejarán de insistir y le permitirán salir con quien él decida. Los Patel negocian con Ashish para que, bajo contrato, salga con una chica de ascendencia india.

The town of Moon Ridge was founded 400 years ago and everyone born and raised there knows the legend of the young woman who perished at the stroke of twelve that very same night, losing the life she was set to embark on with her dearest love. Every century since, one day a year, the Lady of Moon Ridge descends from the stars to walk among the townsfolk, conjuring an aura upon those willing to follow their hearts’ desires.

A pesar de la agobiante obsesión de su madre por encontrarle un «marido indio ideal», en el fondo Dimple sabe que sus padres confían en sus planes profesionales. Si estuvieran buscando un esposo para ella, no le hubieran pagado el mejor curso de verano para jóvenes programadores del país ¿cierto? Por otro lado, Rishi Patel es un romántico empedernido deseoso de encontrar el amor. Por más loco que suene para sus amigos, Rishi quiere un matrimonio arreglado, lleno de tradición y romance a la antigua.

Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge with pride. From raccoon hospitals to persecuted rock stars, no cause is too esoteric for her to champion. But a teeny tiny part of her also really enjoys making her conservative, buttoned-up corporate lawyer parents cringe. Samir Jha might have a few...quirks remaining from the time he had to take care of his sick mother, like the endless lists he makes in his planner and the way he schedules every minute of every day, but those are good things. They make life predictable and steady.

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