A Modern Ladki Love Story

Chef’s Kiss: A Spicy, Heartfelt Bollywood-Hollywood Romance

A polyamorous painter in L.A., a hot chef in Bombay, and expat Aasha, caught in a cross-continental polycule. Newly laid off from her writing job in Los Angeles, Aasha has no choice but to return home to Bombay, India, leaving her apartment, Pilates membership and polyamorous boyfriend behind. Enter Chef Aditya, a Bombay boy who knows how to throw it down in the kitchen and the bedroom. As sparks fly in their Diwali romance, Aasha can’t help but wonder: is Chef Aditya the missing ingredient she’s been looking for, or is this whole thing a recipe for disaster?

Why readers love Chef's Kiss:

• Modern love, online dating, polyamorous dynamics and passionate romance
• Indian/South Asian immigrant experiences, identity, and the search for belonging
• Unpredictable romance, red flags, flawed protagonists and the messiness of human connection
• Written with the intimacy of a late-night voice note and the emotional precision of creative nonfiction, this spicy literary romance captures the highs and lows of loving too intensely, staying too long, and learning to choose yourself
• A "one-sitting" contemporary romance that resonates with the Bollywood Fleabags among us
• Explores love, lust, and limerence through humor, heartbreak, and emotional self-examination.