Cover Reveal!

we have a cover and she's beautiful!!!

Thrilled to share the release date and cover for my next book, JUST A HIGHLAND FLING!

Sparks fly on a road trip through the Scottish highlands in this delightful forced proximity romance from the bestselling author of Flirting With Disaster.

Neelu Pillai makes a last-minute decision to fly to Scotland for her estranged father’s wedding with one goal: get in and get out with as little conflict as possible. But when her tipsy tirade at the rehearsal dinner is the reason her father gets left at the altar, she agrees to help him track down his runaway bride.

There’s just one problem: the third member of this road trip through the highlands is the hot desi bagpiper from the wedding, who just happens to be Neelu’s recent one-night stand. They couldn’t keep their hands off each other a few nights ago, but now he can’t seem to stand her.

Their journey to Skye is certainly not smooth, but as the two work through the obstacles, doing their best to reunite Neelu’s father with his bride, they realize that there’s more to each other than meets the eye. And that the electric connection they’d felt the night they met is still as strong as ever…

Fiery first impressions, fierce clashes, and undeniable chemistry make for a bumpy ride through the Highlands in this swoony, witty romance about family, forgiveness, and finding love where you least expect it.

I absolutely love what Sarah Horgan created for this cover!!! She is so talented (check out more of her work here).

JUST A HIGHLAND FLING comes out on July 21, 2026, which is a special day for reasons I can’t say yet, but I’m already scheming with a very good friend to plan some things to celebrate that week, and I can’t wait to share more!!

This book might be my favorite thing I’ve ever written! It’s also the only book that’s made me cry while I was writing it (in a good way!!). That’s never happened for me, but I was just so attached to these characters and their story and their growth, and when I wrote the last scene I found myself sobbing. Their closing moment felt so right and I was happy for them, but sad to say goodbye!! Neelu and Jacob have lived in my heart and mind for so long, and I can’t wait to share them with you!

In other news, I’m doing a few events the rest of the year! Three of them have sold out already, so I’ll only share things that are still open/available!

• Texas Book Festival (November 8-9): On Saturday, November 8th, I’ll be on the “Love, Laughs and Happily Ever Afters” panel at 11:00 a.m., with a signing to follow! I’ll also be signing at the Steamy Lit booth at 4:00 p.m. that day.

• Celebrating Kate Goldbeck at Book People: On November 19th, I’ll be at Book People to celebrate the release of Kate’s new book, Daddy Issues!!!! I am so excited to talk with her and Melanie Sweeney and Lindsey Kelk (all people I love and am obsessed with!) about this book and hopefully eat dinner with them at a Chili’s before or after!

And just a general life/writing update, I am currently drafting my fourth book, which we have not announced yet, but stay tuned 👀

I don’t want to say too much about it, but this book has been a challenge. Writing is always hard for me. I love it, and I hate it, and I can’t imagine not doing it, but it doesn’t come easily for me. This book in particular has drained me, and I’m not even halfway done with this draft. I have never written anything like this before. It’s required a ton of research and space to think and work through plot issues and lots of writing and deleting and rewriting. But I turned a corner a few days ago, and began to feel something again. I started to remember why I wanted to write this book in the first place, the excitement I’d felt when I was brainstorming it and putting the proposal together. I have a lot of love for this book, somewhere deep down, beneath all my anxiety and stress and worry about it. And I’m trying to hold on to that, and to remember that first drafts are never perfect and that I can fix things later (but it’s hard!!). My goal is to finish this draft by the end of the year so if you don’t see or hear much from me, that’s why. I’ll be hiding in my writing cave for the next few months, occasionally peeking my head out for the events listed above <3

I might be sitting on another publishing secret or two, but you’ll just have to wait to find out!! 👀👀👀👀

With so much love,

Naina