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Take a Chance on Me

Take a Chance on Me

Arushi Gupta
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Hi, I’m Sitara, and just for the record: I am this close to having it all figured out.

Here’s where I am: 29, lawyer in a dead-end job, hopelessly in love with my colleague Nikhil (who sees me as a plus-one, not the one), and swimming in ideas to dig myself out of this hole—open a bakery, write that fantasy novel, start an upcycling business—without much follow-through.

Instead, I go to work every day. Like a normal, well-adjusted person.

I’m fine. Everything is fine.

And then there’s Samar. Sworn enemy, permanent headache, and charming to a fault. Annoyingly, inexplicably always around Samar, who took one look at my carefully managed life and decided it was his problem to fix. But now I can’t stop wondering if he’s onto something.

I’ve spent my whole life waiting to be chosen. But as it turns out, the only person who hasn’t taken a chance on me…is me.

Imprint: Ebury Press

Published: Jul/2026

ISBN: 9789377304416 (Paperback)

Length : 256 Pages

MRP : ₹299.00

Take a Chance on Me

Arushi Gupta

Hi, I’m Sitara, and just for the record: I am this close to having it all figured out.

Here’s where I am: 29, lawyer in a dead-end job, hopelessly in love with my colleague Nikhil (who sees me as a plus-one, not the one), and swimming in ideas to dig myself out of this hole—open a bakery, write that fantasy novel, start an upcycling business—without much follow-through.

Instead, I go to work every day. Like a normal, well-adjusted person.

I’m fine. Everything is fine.

And then there’s Samar. Sworn enemy, permanent headache, and charming to a fault. Annoyingly, inexplicably always around Samar, who took one look at my carefully managed life and decided it was his problem to fix. But now I can’t stop wondering if he’s onto something.

I’ve spent my whole life waiting to be chosen. But as it turns out, the only person who hasn’t taken a chance on me…is me.

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Arushi Gupta

Arushi is a lawyer and public policy professional who has been writing love stories since she was eighteen. By day, she uses words to build arguments and write policy memos. The rest of the time, she uses them to create characters with terrible timing and excellent chemistry.
Raised on Rahul and Anjali, Geet and Aditya, and Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy, her romantic standards were arguably doomed from the start. Take a Chance on Me is her debut novel and her attempt to put Indian romance on the world map.

When she is not writing, she is rewatching Friends for the hundredth time, hosting an imaginary cooking show in her kitchen with full commentary, and treating coffee as its own food group.

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