General Fiction (Adult) / Romace / Comedy
Pub date: 7 April 2026
My rating: 5/5 ⭐
Summary:
From the author of Partners in Crime, comes a sparkling new rom-com where a con woman and a lawman team up on an epic cross-country road trip to save their families . . . and each other.
Sejal Chaudhary inherited her mama’s calculating brain, her daddy’s quick fingers and the trauma of being the eldest daughter of criminals. She’s spent the last couple years laying low and going (mostly) straight. That is, until a con gone wrong sends her into the arms of a handsome stranger who’s set on dragging her back into her messy family drama.
Krish Anand never mastered the fi ne art of being a bad boy . . . he would take a book over bullets any day. But when his FBI agent brother goes missing, he has no choice but to suit up. Certain that someone in Sejal’s family is behind the disappearance, a desperate Krish manages to convince the beautiful thief that his brother’s badge is actually his. The deal is simple: help Krish find his brother, and he’ll leave Sejal be. With an ex also hot on her trail, Sejal reluctantly agrees. As they wind their way across the country, sparks ignite, and what began as a fragile temporary truce starts to look more and more like a partnership.
Falling for the enemy? So cliché, but so good . . . if only they can survive long enough to chance a happily ever after.
💜Tropes💜
💖enemies-to-lovers
💜forced proximity
💖forbidden Love
💜adventure rom-com
Review:
“Beautiful, yes. Not like the dawn, but like a sunset after a heavy rain, mysterious and luxurious and strong.”
Personally I would not advertise this as a slow burn, since the story happens over the course of like a week. But I understand why people would want to highlight the (annoyed) YEARNING, because we sure get a lot of that! The banter and chemistry are top tier, the characters instantly lovable and the action outlandishly entertaining.
No third act breakup was a nice surprise and Krish’s occupation reveal had me laughing out loud, I love that boy so much.
I’m not fast reader by any measure but this one sucked me right in. All in all a delightful read that’s not afraid to lean into its crazy plot. I just wish I knew this was a second book in an interconnected series! It would have saved me from suspecting a LOT of people!
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