Cover reveal for CAN'T HELP FAKING IN LOVE ☕

Plus, preorders are now open!

Back in November 2023, I did the cover reveal for my debut romance novel, Match Me If You Can (out now!). Somehow, I can’t believe I get to do ANOTHER cover reveal less than 9 months later—this time, for my second romance novel with my publisher.

So here’s the cover of Can’t Help Faking in Love, which comes out February 11, 2025 with Dell Romance/PRH. Are you ready for it???

Like… that is stunning. The way Veer and Harsha are looking into each other’s eyes—that’s true love right there! And Harsha’s hair and mint green lehenga look exactly as I imagined. And the book title (which I came up with) is perfection, of course. *takes a bow*

So many thanks to my illustrator, Sudeepti Tucker, and the cover designer, Belina Huey over at Dell/PRH, for such a fantastic follow-up to my first cover.

Here’s the official back cover copy of the book, so you know what to expect:

A young woman with Bollywood roots hires a barista to act as her boyfriend for her cousin’s wedding—only to learn you can’t fake chemistry like theirs—in this desi romance from the author of Match Me If You Can

Harsha Godbole has never felt love from her family, but she’s always been surrounded by their Bollywood business mogul wealth. Now back in Bangalore after studying in America, Harsha is ready to start her adult life without their money. But that becomes impossible when everything she’s worked so hard for comes crumbling down. Fearful of showing up to her cousin’s upcoming wedding as a failure—and worse, a single failure—Harsha decides to put her trust fund to good use . . . 

Veer Kannan does everything for his family. He even gave up his dreams of becoming a Bollywood star to get a more consistent gig . . . although working as a barista wasn’t really the big break he was hoping for. It’s a humble life, but a happy one, nonetheless. Then financial aid falls through for his brother’s first year in business school, so now Veer needs to come up with a large sum of money, and fast.

Harsha’s outlandish plan to hire her favorite barista as her fake boyfriend for the weekend-long wedding bash is received surprisingly well by Veer, who hopes this will be his ticket to Bollywood. But Harsha and Veer get way more than they bargained for in this heartwarming journey to finding unexpected love and courage.

Also, preorders are now open for Can’t Help Faking in Love! Click here for US preorder links and click here for Canada preorder links. If you’re from a different country, stay tuned for more info soon. Preorders really help newer authors and count towards first week sales, and it would mean the world to me if you gave my second book baby a chance.

I can’t wait to share more exciting updates with you. Until next time!

Love hard & dream big,

Swati 💛