Mili Rathod hasn’t seen her husband in twenty years—not
since she was promised to him at the age of four. Yet
marriage has allowed Mili a freedom rarely given to girls in
her village. Her grandmother has even allowed her to leave
India and study in America, all to make her the perfect
modern wife. Which is exactly what Mili longs to be—if her
husband would just come and claim her.
Bollywood’s favorite director, Samir Rathod, has come to
Michigan to secure a divorce for his older brother.
Persuading a naïve village girl to sign the papers should be
easy for someone with Samir’s tabloid-famous charm. But Mili
is neither a fool nor a gold-digger. And before he can stop
himself, Samir is immersed in Mili’s life—cooking her dal
and rotis, escorting her to her roommate’s
elaborate Indian wedding, and wondering where his loyalties
and happiness lie.