Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt

A Novel

By: Swati Hegde

Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Reena Dutt

Two lawyers find themselves working at the same office after a steamy vacation fling on the beaches of Goa, from the author of Can't Help Faking in Love and Match Me if You Can, a slow-burn, a second-chance desi romance for fans of Nisha Sharma and Abby Jimenez.

Naina Shetty is a proud workaholic, and she is gunning for a promotion at her law firm. No distractions will get in her way this time, not even the bad breakup that happened over a year ago. She brushed off her pain with a long vacation and a no-strings-attached fling with a handsome stranger, but now Naina is back to business.

Unlucky-in-love Tejas Rajput hasn’t stopped thinking about the brown-eyed beauty he met on the beaches of Goa two summers ago. He’d been looking for a rebound to get over his ex—which is why he’d agreed to keep things strictly casual, use fake last names, and respond to all personal questions with “wrong answers only.” But he didn’t think he’d fall for her, hard, only for her to get on a plane and leave.

When they cross paths again—this time working at the same law firm—Naina is adamant that her no-relationships policy won’t change, especially not for Tejas, whose disarming smile and easygoing charm could spell trouble. Her career will always come first.

But as they team up for a case that could make or break their firm’s reputation, they discover that there’s something more than just sparks between them—and it might turn out to be true love.

Critic reviews

“Swati Hegde has penned a stellar combination of second-chance romance, celebrity gossip, and mystery. Perfect for fans of Ally McBeal and Legally Blonde, Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt is sure to charm readers with its humor and heart. I couldn’t put it down!”—Falon Ballard, USA Today bestselling author of Toe to Toe

“Swati Hegde’s Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt cleverly combines a steamy second-chance romance with a legal mystery. I breezed through this book!”—Alicia Thompson, USA Today bestselling author of Love in the Time of Serial Killers

“Utterly charming, sexy, and your next workplace romance obsession. Full of witty banter and scorching tension, Hegde delivers on a second chance romance worth bending the rules for!”—Danica Nava, USA Today bestselling Author of Love is a War Song

“Swati Hegde’s writing gripped me from page one and never let me go. Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt was funny, sexy and fast-paced.”—Riss M. Neilson, USA Today bestselling author of A Love Like the Sun

“I haven’t been this hot for lawyers since Mike and Rachel on Suits! The steamy push and pull romance between Naina and Tejas plus the mystery of a murder trial made this a delight to read.”—Zakiya N. Jamal, author of Sparks Fly

“Smart, swoony, and utterly charming, Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt is a second-chance love story filled with chemistry and heart. Equal parts sun-drenched Goa fling and high-stakes workplace romance, Naina and Tejas’s slow burn is packed with that delicious tension between ambition and vulnerability. It’s the kind of romance that proves that sometimes the love you leave behind is exactly the one worth fighting for. An absolute delight!”—Ann Adams, author of Racing Hearts

“Swati Hegde perfectly blends the exquisite tension of a workplace attraction with the heart and yearning of a good second-chance romance. This book is guilty of stealing my heart!”—Jenny L. Howe, author of Love at Full Tilt

“This satisfying second chance romance from Hegde braids a steamy vacation fling, a tense reunion, and a cinematic mystery . . . Supportive Tejas is a swoony hero, and readers will root for him to break through Naina’s understandable emotional walls. It’s good fun.”—Publishers Weekly