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You Had Me At Annyeong!

You Had Me At Annyeong!

Korean Romance Set in Seoul | A Funny, Feel-Good Love Story for Fans of K-Dramas, K-Pop, and Cross-Cultural Rom-Coms

Malini Banerjee
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Timira Leia Marak, a PR consultant from India, finds herself in a real-life K-drama when she lands up in Seoul for a new job and meets handsome chaebol heir Baek Haneul who, as fate would have it, happens to be her new employer. Against her better judgement, Timira finds herself drawn to Haneul, with whom she seems to share a connection deeper than she can fathom.

But many complications abound. Firstly, there’s the matter of Timira’s ex-boyfriend Rodrigo, a Japanese-Brazilian superstar who signs up to play for a Korean football club. Then there’s the beautiful heiress Ri Mina, key to Haneul’s future—who is also his fiancée. And that’s only the beginning . . . Caught between the intensity of their feelings and the constraints that keep them apart, can Timira and Haneul even hope for their own chance at Happily Ever After?

Set against the backdrop of Korean pop culture, You Had Me at Annyeong is a humorous and heartwarming cross-cultural romance that is just as equally a delightful love letter from India to Korea.

Imprint: Ebury Press

Published: Aug/2025

ISBN: 9780143474067

Length : 352 Pages

MRP : ₹399.00

You Had Me At Annyeong!

Korean Romance Set in Seoul | A Funny, Feel-Good Love Story for Fans of K-Dramas, K-Pop, and Cross-Cultural Rom-Coms

Malini Banerjee

Timira Leia Marak, a PR consultant from India, finds herself in a real-life K-drama when she lands up in Seoul for a new job and meets handsome chaebol heir Baek Haneul who, as fate would have it, happens to be her new employer. Against her better judgement, Timira finds herself drawn to Haneul, with whom she seems to share a connection deeper than she can fathom.

But many complications abound. Firstly, there’s the matter of Timira’s ex-boyfriend Rodrigo, a Japanese-Brazilian superstar who signs up to play for a Korean football club. Then there’s the beautiful heiress Ri Mina, key to Haneul’s future—who is also his fiancée. And that’s only the beginning . . . Caught between the intensity of their feelings and the constraints that keep them apart, can Timira and Haneul even hope for their own chance at Happily Ever After?

Set against the backdrop of Korean pop culture, You Had Me at Annyeong is a humorous and heartwarming cross-cultural romance that is just as equally a delightful love letter from India to Korea.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Malini Banerjee

Malini Banerjee is a media professional turned independent singer-songwriter. She has formerly held positions at DNA, NDTV 24×7, Walt Disney Studios and, Atletico de Kolkata (now Mohun Bagan SG), to name a few, in various roles—sports journalist, sportscaster, publicist, producer- before embarking upon a career in music. When she isn’t writing or singing, she can be found walking around with raccoon eyes having stayed up all night binge-watching K-dramas.

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