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Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Series finale, cross-cultural love story, second-chance romance
We go back to where it all began: Aria and Dylan's first kiss. Christmas. Ice skating. The moment before everything got complicated.
Then we come all the way forward to Aria's wedding day, down the aisle, into the life she chose.
The epilogue shows us newlywed life and what it looks like when someone finally figures out which pieces of each culture she actually wanted to keep.
There's a big announcement at the end. Don't skip it.
Thank you for every chapter. This one's for you.
All episodes available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever you listen. Start from the beginning, you'll want to.
IG & TT: @leeladua
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Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Bollywood wedding, Indian family drama, second-chance romance
The Indian wedding is everything: ceremonies, food, dancing, Bollywood energy from the cousins who have been ready for this for months. It should be the best week of the year. Of her life. But Aria can't quite get there. And then, the night before the big day, her phone rings. A call that could change everything. Will she pick up?
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Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Cross-cultural romance, slow-burn, arranged marriage resolution
It's Aria's turn to get dressed up to meet a boy. The story is narrowing. The question she's been circling all season is almost answered. Which one? The one who fits her parents' world, or the one who fits hers?
Or maybe the one who fits both.
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Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Second-chance romance, slow-burn love story, wedding drama
Hayleigh and Todd's wedding day. Aria and Dylan have agreed to keep things civil. They have genuinely agreed. And then the fairy lights come on and the music starts and everyone around them is in love, and old sparks do what old sparks do. Is it possible to keep the past in the past when it keeps showing up looking like that?
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Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Second-chance romance, slow-burn love story, cross-cultural rom-com
Maid of honour and best man. Ex-lovers. One week of wedding events to get through together. There will be slow dances and champagne toasts and a complicated history that has no intention of staying in the past. Will they keep it civil? Will old feelings surface? Or is this genuinely their final goodbye?
IG & TT: @leeladua
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Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Second-chance romance, slow-burn, cross-cultural coming-of-age
Aria and Dylan's breakup feels final this time. Which would be difficult under any circumstances, except that she's maid of honour and he's best man at their best friends' wedding, and they have to hold it together for people they love. Awkward doesn't begin to cover it.
IG & TT: @leeladua
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Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Slow-burn romance, second-chance love story, will-they-won't-they
Aria drunk-dials Dylan. He shows up. What happens next is messy in the best possible way. Some feelings don't stay put just because you've decided to move on. Will they, won't they, millennial situationship chaos at its most honest.
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Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Cross-cultural romance, second-chance love, millennial situationship
Aria and Rahul go on their first official hang. They choose bowling. It's awkward in a way she can't quite put her finger on. She comes home, crashes out, and then makes the decision she'll immediately question: she calls Dylan. Will he answer?
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Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Slow-burn romance, second-chance love story, millennial relationships
Aria and Dylan meet at the diner. It's time to talk about what comes next, for them, for the situation they've been navigating, for the plans that keep shifting. Coffee, a booth, and a conversation that actually matters.
Some talks can only happen in a diner.
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Indian-American audiobook podcast novel | Indian family humour, arranged marriage, cross-cultural identity
First: 1991 Virginia, and young Aria hoping desperately to go to a sleepover with pizza and scary movies and everything she wants.
Then: present day, the whole Kohli house walking on eggshells. Until Rahul's family comes for dinner. The parents are meeting. No one will admit they're conspiring. It is completely obvious to anyone who has ever met any of the four of them. Afterwards, Rahul and Aria go for a moonlit drive. They talk.
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From the publisher's feed
She was told no dating. Now everyone wants her married. Same rules. Completely different game.
No Dating Till You're Married is an Indian-American audiobook podcast novel. Gilmore Girls…
Aria Kohli grew up first-generation, code-switching, and quietly building a life that made sense to everyone. Good job. Great friends. A situationship with her best friend that is absolutely fine, thank you. Her parents told her not to date, so she didn't. Much.
But when her mother gets sick, her best friend starts asking for something real, and the Indian marriage profiles start multiplying, Aria has to figure out which pieces of each culture she actually wants to carry into adulthood. Not which ones look right. Which ones feel right.
Cross-cultural. 90s nostalgia. Millennial 2020s. Arranged marriage drama. Bollywood flashbacks. A love story that doesn't fit either world's script.
Debut author Leela Rani Dua reads her coming-of-age rom-com one chapter at a time, every Thursday. Shortlisted for the Mo Siewcharran Prize 2019. All episodes available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever you listen.
Start from the beginning, you'll want to.
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