Alina Khawaja

U.S. Cover Artist: Carina Guevara

U.K. Cover Artist: Sam Combes Illustrator: Carrie May

Maya's Laws of Love

Out now from Mira Books/Harlequin and Simon and Schuster UK!

A bride-to-be convinced she’s cursed in romance finds her luck changing—at exactly the wrong time.

Maya Mirza is so convinced she’s unlucky in love that she’s come up with a list of laws to explain it. Most importantly…

Maya’s Law #1: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

But that’s about to change. Maya’s headed to Pakistan for an arranged marriage with a handsome, successful doctor who ticks all the right boxes. First comes marriage, then comes love—she’s sure of it. Except…

Law #4: When you think you’re lucky, think again.

From the start, Maya's journey is riddled with disaster, and the cynical lawyer seated next to her on the plane isn’t helping. When a storm leaves them stranded in Switzerland, she and Sarfaraz become unlikely travel companions through bus breakdowns and missed connections.

Law #6: Trips are never smooth sailing.

And before long, Maya’s wondering whether she’s just experienced the ultimate in misfortune—finally meeting the right man a few days before she marries someone else. And Maya might just be the worst person to keep a secret.

Law #18: If you’re overtired, you’ll always spill your guts.

But maybe, if she’s willing to bend some laws, this detour could take her somewhere totally—and wonderfully—unexpected.

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Stranger Than Fiction

Coming summer 2025 from Mira Books/Harlequin!

Author of forthcoming MAYA'S LAWS OF LOVE Alina Khawaja's STRANGER THAN FICTION, a rom-com about a struggling writer who's about to give up on her dream of publishing until she wakes up one morning to find a physical manifestation of her writing muse in her apartment, to Leah Mol at Mira for publication in summer 2025, by Uwe Stender and Annalie Buscarino at TriadaUS Literary Agency (world English).

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