Sanskari Sweetheart

Ages 13 And Up

New from the author of Kismat Connection comes a delightful YA romcom about a girl caught in a time loop reliving her breakup with her boyfriend and Bollywood dance partner. Can she find a way back to the present—and to the man of her dreams?

Raina Iyer isn't like the rest of her family. While her brain isn’t one for decimals or differentials, her quick-moving feet can memorize intense choreography without hesitation. Raina knows she’s the best when she’s on stage, and she’ll do anything to prove that she can turn her love for dance into a financially stable career. All Raina needs to do is win the National Bollywood Dance Circuit Scholarship, even if that means performing with Aditya Kumar, her co-captain turned ex-boyfriend, for the first time since their breakup. There’s only one problem—their Nationals choreography crumbles on stage and takes Raina, as well as her chance at winning the scholarship, down with it. Burdened with an unexpected head injury and a serious case of déjà vu, Raina finds herself stuck in a time loop, cursed to repeat the night of her painful breakup from the year before. With no end in sight, Raina must discover a way back to the present without losing the scholarship and the man of her dreams all over again.

About the Author

Ananya Devarajan is the author of Kismat Connection. She is in her fourth and final year at the University of California, Irvine, where she is pursuing a major in Neurobiology and Behavior as well as a minor in English. After graduation, she will be attending medical school at the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Middletown, New York. Like the majority of her characters, she is a second-generation Indian American young adult. Her love for storytelling began on Wattpad, where she grew her audience as a Featured Author, and she later went on to win first place in TeenPit 2019. In her free time, she can be found watching her favorite Bollywood movies or studying for yet another Anatomy exam. ananyadevarajan.com