Never Meant to Stay

A Novel

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Pub Date Dec 01 2023 | Archive Date Dec 15 2023
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Description

A bighearted romantic comedy about family and finding the perfect match set against the exuberant backdrop of contemporary Delhi.

Home has always been a temporary arrangement for Samara Mansingh, a wayfaring wedding photographer and the daughter of a diplomat. When her father is uprooted once again, Samara needs a place to stay in Delhi. Next stop: the Khanna family. Samara’s memories of the Khannas are vague at best, but she doesn’t remember their home feeling so much like a war zone. And the last thing their surly eldest son, Sharav, wants is a houseguest eavesdropping on the chaos.

Sharav has a melodramatic sister pushing back on an arranged marriage, a withdrawn lead-singer brother who won’t sing, and a widowed mother hiding her grief in the garden. Sweeping into the household like a tornado, irrepressible Samara is a practically perfect distraction. She has a mind to help a girl find true love, push a young man to find his voice, and bring a lonely and loving widow out of mourning. Maybe Samara can even get on Sharav’s ruggedly handsome good side.

The only sure thing is that the Khanna family will never be the same again. Neither will Samara, who may finally find what she’s been missing her entire life: a home.

A bighearted romantic comedy about family and finding the perfect match set against the exuberant backdrop of contemporary Delhi.

Home has always been a temporary arrangement for Samara Mansingh, a...


A Note From the Publisher

Trisha Das is the author of Ms Draupadi Kuru: After the Pandavas and its sequel, The Misters Kuru: A Return to Mahabharata; Kama’s Last Sutra; The Mahabharata Re-imagined; and How to Write a Documentary Script. Her work has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Grazia India, Hindustan Times, and the anthology Magical Women, among others. Trisha has also written and directed more than forty documentaries, is the winner of the Indian National Film Award, and was named University of Georgia’s International Artist of the Year. Her films have been screened at international film festivals and on the Discovery Channel, the Star Network, and NDTV and have helped propel funding for grassroots social change across India. You can find Trisha on Instagram @trishadas.

Trisha Das is the author of Ms Draupadi Kuru: After the Pandavas and its sequel, The Misters Kuru: A Return to Mahabharata; Kama’s Last Sutra; The Mahabharata Re-imagined; and How to Write a...


Advance Praise

“Filled with quirky and lovable characters and sexual chemistry so hot it will leave you breathless. Unputdownable and delightful—a must read!” —Sonali Dev, bestselling author of The Vibrant Years

Never Meant to Stay is a sumptuously layered feast for the senses—part fam-dram, part romance. Trisha Das portrays Indian family dynamics with thoughtful, tender care, especially the ways in which love gets tangled up with past hurts, romantic relationships, and familial and societal expectations. As much about belonging as it is falling in love, Never Meant to Stay follows Samara Mansingh, a transient Mary Poppins–esque heroine who (unlike Poppins herself) is very much meant to stay. Das writes the Khanna family with empathy and warmth, from their squabbles to the fierce way they claim Samara as one of their own. Das’s Delhi setting bursts onto the page with vibrancy, with almost every chapter liberally sprinkled with dishes you’ll salivate for. You’ll gobble up this book.” —Lillie Vale, author of Wrapped with a Beau and The Shaadi Set-Up

“Filled with quirky and lovable characters and sexual chemistry so hot it will leave you breathless. Unputdownable and delightful—a must read!” —Sonali Dev, bestselling author of The Vibrant Years

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ISBN 9781662510205
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