Priyanka Taslim
Priyanka Taslim is a writer, educator, and lifelong Jersey girl. Growing up in a bustling Bangladeshi diaspora community, surrounded by her mother’s entire clan and many aunties of no relation, she writes stories about families, communities, and all the drama therein, starring intrepid Bengali heroines as they seek their places in the world and find love along the way.
Her debut YA novel, THE LOVE MATCH, was praised by Teen Vogue, USA Today, and more, as well as being named a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and one of Amazon’s Best Young Adult Books of 2023. Her sophomore YA romcom, ALWAYS BE MY BIBI, also earned critical acclaim from the Junior Library Guild. FROM MUMBAI, WITH LOVE is her first adult novel, exploring romance, belonging, class, and family.
Find out more about Priyanka and her work at PRIYANKATASLIM.COM.
FROM MUMBAI, WITH LOVE: A NOVEL
Crazy Rich Asians meets Succession when a young fashion designer learns that the estranged father her late mother kept her from is not only a billionaire living halfway around the world in Mumbai, but that there is a succession war for his company—all while meeting her new family during her half-sister's Bollywood-esque wedding.
A sparkling journey of self-discovery, romance, and family secrets, From Mumbai, With Love is perfect for fans of Crazy Rich Asians and The Princess Diaries. 26-year old fashion designer Diya has been reeling since her mother’s sudden death. She’s always wondered about the identity of her father, and after uncovering a stack of her mother’s letters in Bangla—a language Diya never learned to read—her curiosity grows enough for her to take a genetic genealogy test. When the brother she discovers through it invites Diya to their sister’s wedding in Mumbai to meet the rest of their family, she knows that this is the perfect chance to find answers to her questions. But what awaits Diya there isn’t just a family; it’s a multibillion-dollar legacy as a daughter of one of the richest textile company owners in India, something kept from her until her arrival. Struggling to stay afloat in her lavish new reality, and caught between the attention of two handsome—but strikingly different—men, Diya is drawn deeper and deeper into the complex web of her father’s empire just as a succession war threatens to tear it apart. Just how long can she survive in this glamorous, gilded world of piranhas?
Publication
US: Macmillan (Saturday Books)
Release date: 24 August 2027
