Flirting With Disaster, Naina Kumar
Flirting With Disaster, Naina Kumar
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Flirting With Disaster

Author: Naina Kumar

Narrator: Soneela Nankani

Unabridged: 10 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/14/2025


Synopsis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “This heartwarming and sexy novel is a beautiful, sometimes angsty examination of how a love story can be rekindled when one least expects it.”—Ali Hazelwood, The New York Times Book Review (Best Spicy Romance Novels)

“The most amazing rollercoaster of big feels and humor and heart.”—Hannah Bonam-Young, author of Out on a Limb

She needs a divorce from her husband—but a hurricane threatens to dredge up their stormy past in this second chance romance from the author of Say You’ll Be Mine.

It's been years since Meena separated from her husband, Nikhil . . . years since they first laid eyes on each other in their home state of Texas, years since they spontaneously wed in Las Vegas and she felt true happiness. Now a high-powered lawyer on Capitol Hill and ready to move on (at least, she thinks so) with another successful lawyer, Shake, Meena has returned to Texas. This time, finally to obtain a divorce.

But there’s one thing Meena didn’t account for: a hurricane forming in the Gulf, veering right toward them and giving them no choice but to hunker down in the home they had built together. Suddenly, she finds herself trapped amid gale-force winds and pelting rain with the man she once loved.

As they spend more time together, Meena begins to remember everything that drew her to Nikhil: his small-town charm, his thoughtful nature . . . his absurdly good looks. But being with Shake makes sense to her. He’s steady, ambitious, and wants exactly what she wants. So she’ll stick to her plan, come hell or high water. But will her windswept heart make the right choice, once the eye passes over and the storm settles?

With sharp observations about second chances at love, ambition and Indian American identity, and with characters who share an undeniable chemistry, Flirting with Disaster is a modern romance with the sensibility of a classic.

Reviews

Goodreads review by chan ☆ on February 05, 2025

Sweet Home Alabama... but make it Indian and set in Houston? sign me the fuuuuuck up edit: this was in fact DELIGHTFUL......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on February 09, 2025

Wow! This is a heartwarming reimagining of Sweet Home Alabama, featuring a small-town, second-chance romance between a couple with unresolved issues about their past, stuck together in a house during a storm—the very house they once shared when they were married! Tension escalates as their lingering......more

Goodreads review by Eleanor on January 09, 2025

Flirting with Disaster is a tender and raw second chance romance following Meena, a high-powered attorney ready to move on with her life and finally divorce her husband, Nikhil. Determined to get the papers signed, Meena flies down to Houston and discovers she couldn't have arrived at a worse time w......more

Goodreads review by Kat🌟 on January 31, 2025

this wasn’t a bad book but it kind of felt like a hostage situation with two people with no chemistry and who annoyed me......more

Goodreads review by jay on March 03, 2025

boyfriend: you should work on actually liking books me, about to write a mean review: :| there's just no good romance novels out there anymore. i want to feel heartbroken and upset and throw up at least two times and then also feel giddy and happy and throw up two more times - is this really so hard t......more


Quotes

“Naina Kumar is quickly becoming a favorite author of mine. Her books are brilliant, witty, sexy, and so damn good. Flirting with Disaster is the most amazing roller-coaster ride of big feels, humor, and heart.”—Hannah Bonam-Young, bestselling author of Out on A Limb

“Kumar concocts a sexy, heartrending second chance romance about two people looking for someone to believe in them and love them deeply. . . . There’s a lot packed into this tale that only occurs over a few short days, proving that sometimes it only takes a few moments to know someone should be yours for a lifetime.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Achingly sweet and deeply satisfying, this second-chance romance will linger in your heart long after you turn the last page.”—Sonali Dev, USA Today bestselling author of The Vibrant Years

“This is the second-chance, accidental-marriage novel fans of classic romcoms like Sweet Home Alabama and What Happens in Vegas are dying for. Kumar has solidified herself as a force in romance who is here to stay. I can’t wait for her next one.”—Danica Nava, bestselling author of The Truth According to Ember

“Kumar’s characters are authentic and believable and their shared culture as Desi Americans enhances the stormy love story. Romance fans will be riveted.”—Publishers Weekly

“Flirting With Disaster is achingly gorgeous and flooded with delicious tension that keeps you turning the pages. I couldn’t wait to see how Nikhil and Meena mended their bridges, and my heart was filled to the brim by their happily-ever-after. Another stunning romance from Naina Kumar.”—B.K. Borison, USA Today bestselling author of Lovelight Farms

“Equal parts tender, sweet, and deliciously angsty, Flirting with Disaster is the ultimate forced-proximity, second-chance romance. I laughed, I cried, I immediately wanted to read it all over again! I’ll read anything Naina Kumar writes.”—Ellie Palmer, author of Four Weekends and a Funeral

“Kumar makes splendid use of the opposites-attract and lost-loves-reuniting themes in this engaging, suspenseful, and tasteful love story.”—Booklist

“In this reimagining of Sweet Home Alabama, [Kumar] writes an emotion-filled, second-chance romance, perfect for fans of Kennedy Ryan.”—Library Journal