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Take a Chance on Me

Take a Chance on Me

Arushi Gupta
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Sitara is so close to having it all figured out.

At 29, she’s a lawyer with a career that’s going nowhere and a love life that’s nothing short of a nightmare. Worse, she’s slowly becoming her colleague Nikhil’s ‘uncommitted’ plus-one—all while being spectacularly, hopelessly in love with him.

It’s fine. She’s fine. This is all completely normal.

Of course, Sitara has options: she could open her bakery or write that novel she’s been penning in her head for years, or finally turn her upcycling hobby into something that could make her truly happy—and pay the bills. Instead, she goes to work.

And then there’s Samar. Her sworn enemy. The headache that just won’t go away. The man, who has decided to take Sitara on as his personal project. He’s infuriating, charming and somehow lately, always around her.

As Sitara’s constant run ins with Samar threaten the carefully curated stability Sitara keeps close to her chest, she begins to wonder if she really is wasting her life.

With her feelings in disarray, Sitara has a choice to make—keep waiting to be chosen, or finally choose herself.

Imprint: Ebury Press

Published: Jun/2026

ISBN: 9780143482109 (Paperback)

Length : 256 Pages

MRP : ₹299.00

Take a Chance on Me

Arushi Gupta

Sitara is so close to having it all figured out.

At 29, she’s a lawyer with a career that’s going nowhere and a love life that’s nothing short of a nightmare. Worse, she’s slowly becoming her colleague Nikhil’s ‘uncommitted’ plus-one—all while being spectacularly, hopelessly in love with him.

It’s fine. She’s fine. This is all completely normal.

Of course, Sitara has options: she could open her bakery or write that novel she’s been penning in her head for years, or finally turn her upcycling hobby into something that could make her truly happy—and pay the bills. Instead, she goes to work.

And then there’s Samar. Her sworn enemy. The headache that just won’t go away. The man, who has decided to take Sitara on as his personal project. He’s infuriating, charming and somehow lately, always around her.

As Sitara’s constant run ins with Samar threaten the carefully curated stability Sitara keeps close to her chest, she begins to wonder if she really is wasting her life.

With her feelings in disarray, Sitara has a choice to make—keep waiting to be chosen, or finally choose herself.

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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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