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Partners in Crime

A Novel

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Indian Matchmaking meets Date Night in this fun, romantic adventure by Alisha Rai — "One of the very brightest romance writers working right now." (Entertainment Weekly)

Mira Patel's got a solid accounting career, good friends, and a whole lot of distance between her and her dysfunctional family. All that's missing is a stable romantic relationship. Armed with a spreadsheet and professional help, she sets out to find her partner in only legal activities, but much to her matchmaker's dismay, no one is quite right.

Including Naveen Desai, the very first match she unceremoniously rejected.

Lately Naveen's been too focused on keeping his sick grandfather's law firm afloat to think about love, and he's stunned when Mira walks back into his life to settle her aunt's affairs. He's determined to keep things professional...though it's impossible not to be intrigued by all of the secrets piling up around Mira.

If getting back together with an ex is a bad idea, getting kidnapped with one is even worse.

Suddenly, Naveen and Mira find themselves in a mad dash through Las Vegas to escape jewel thieves, evade crime bosses, and follow the clues to untangle the mess her family left behind. As her past comes back to haunt her, Mira despairs of ever finding someone who might understand her...but maybe, over the course of one wild night, she'll find that he's right by her side.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from July 25, 2022
      Rai (First Comes Like) continues her hot streak with this delightful action-packed rom-com/caper mash-up full of jewel heists, sizzling hot sex scenes, and high-stakes backroom poker games. Mira Patel ran from her family’s less-than-legal life in Las Vegas when she was 18. Now she’s settled down in California and hires a matchmaker to find love—but she screens out anyone she thinks might reject her for not coming from a “good family,” among them lawyer Naveen Desai. When Mira’s aunt Rhea dies and leaves her a mysterious note and the key to a storage locker, she learns that her estranged father stole a $10 million necklace from the crime lord Cobra. Complicating things even further, the lawyer handling Rhea’s estate is none other than Naveen, and when Cobra’s henchmen come after Mira, he winds up kidnapped right alongside her. Now they must work together to escape. Escape-room-loving, emotionally intelligent Naveen makes a delightful hero, and Mira’s progression from mild-mannered accountant to card-counting James Bond–style badass is by turns hilarious and thrilling. This is a must-read for romance lovers. Agent: Amy Moore-Benson, Meridian Artists.

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from August 1, 2022

      Mira Patel is 35 and attractive and has a steady career as an accountant. Born as Mira Chaudhary, she's also the daughter of a con man and thief. Lawyer Naveen Desai's investigator tracked down Mira Chaudhary to distribute her aunt's assets, and he's confused when Mira Patel, who dumped him via text, is the woman who shows up to collect. He doesn't want her sudden reappearance to mess up his ordered life, which is exactly what happens when he and Mira are abducted, taken to Las Vegas, and interrogated about a necklace that Mira's father stole. As Naveen and Mira race through the underbelly of Sin City, trying desperately to outwit the criminals chasing them, they uncover secrets about each other as well as Mira's family. Will these secrets draw them closer? Or will the forced proximity and knife edge of danger destroy any chance at love? VERDICT Rai's (First Comes Like) latest is a delightful departure from her "Modern Romance" series. Naveen and Mira have immediate, sizzling chemistry and fun banter, and the plot is full of intriguing twists and turns. Readers won't be able to put this one down.--Heather Miller Cover

      Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      September 15, 2022
      The universe has a really twisted sense of humor. That is the only conclusion Amira "Mira" Patel can come up with after meeting the attorney probating her late aunt's will. Why? Because he is none other than Naveen Desi, the same man Mira's matchmaker set her up with and whom Mira dated and brutally dumped via what became known as Text-Gate. Mira's hopes for a quick one-and-done meeting with Naveen evaporate when the two discover that her aunt's bequest, not to mention Mira's late father's shady business dealings, have entangled them both in something very dangerous and quite possibly deadly as they race through Las Vegas, dodging criminals and seeking truth. Rai's (First Comes Love, 2021) multitude of fans will come for the delightfully cinematic, over-the-top in the best possible way plot and then stay for the author's trademark witty banter, red-hot sexual chemistry, and endlessly engaging characters.

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