What is the title of your latest release?
OUT OF HER LEAGUE
What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
To make her ex jealous, an ambitious young surgeon recruits a charming star soccer player to be her date to a lavish Parisian wedding - but love might have a game plan of its own. If you love THE PITT or TED LASSO (or even better - both!) then you’ll love it.
How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
This book is set over a lavish Indian wedding so I wanted a lavish place that I could turn into a theme park of sorts. Paris felt like a good place for that.
Would you hang out with your heroine in real life?
I would and I have, by that I mean myself and many of my friends are in the same field and residency has a way of bonding people together for life
What are three words that describe your hero?
Loyal, ambitious, strong
What’s something you learned while writing this book?
There is beauty in vulnerability.
Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
I edit when I am done
What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
Pani Puri
Describe your writing space/office!
Despite having a library in my house, I write in my kitchen
Who is an author you admire?
Kristina Forest. She writes some of the funniest and emotionally fulfilling romances
Is there a book that changed your life?
Before I let go by Kennedy Ryan. To make a medical reference, she attacks emotional growth with surgical precision - cutting into you with care and intentionality so that you can be put back together nearly seamlessly.
Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published). Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
I have both! As an indie author, I wanted to be unrestrained to write what I wanted. And when those stories coincided with the market and my series was picked up as trad, I was excited to for another, different, adventure
What’s your favorite genre to read?
Romance and mystery
What’s your favorite movie?
Hitch
What is your favorite season?
Spring
How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
A birthday trip
What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
The Night Agent (TV), The Summer Girlfriend (book), Monkey Man (movie)
What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
Indian food
What do you do when you have free time?
Write! My day job fills my life with joy but when I need a creative escape, I write! And I read quite a bit as well.
What can readers expect from you next?
I have a series of new adult romances (with mystery elements) that has some exciting news coming soon!
Narrator: Vanessa Vasquez, Vikas Adam
A Novel – A Sparkling Fake Dating Romance of Real Feelings at a Glamorous Parisian Wedding
To make her ex jealous, an ambitious young surgeon recruits a charming star soccer player to be her date to a lavish Parisian wedding—but love might have a game plan of its own, in this stand-alone romance from the USA Today bestselling author of the Biotech Billionaires series.
Dr. Isabelle Mercado is this close to having it all. Top of her class at the country’s most competitive orthopedic surgery residency, a dream career within reach, and a golden ticket to the wedding of the year in Paris.
There’s just one problem: her ex—the one who got away—is going to be there… with his perfect new fiancée.
Desperate to save face (and maybe spark a little jealousy), Isa enlists soccer legend and global heartthrob Austin Cade to be her fake date. It’s the perfect match: after an injury and some unfortunate encounters with the press, he needs good PR and the kind of elite connections this wedding will attract. Plus, her ex just so happens to be his #1 fan. Win-win.
But between champagne toasts, macaron baking classes, and stolen glances under the Parisian stars, pretending starts to feel a lot like the real thing. Isa’s always been all-in on her career—love was never the goal.
But maybe, just maybe… this time, the heart has its own agenda.
TROPES YOU'LL FIND:
- Fake dating
- Fancy Paris wedding
- So. much. banter!
- Billionaires and rich people shenanigans
- Reputation rehab
- Only one bed
Romance Sports [ Avon, On Sale: May 12, 2026, Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780063413726 / eISBN: 9780063413733 ]
Ava Rani is the author of the Biotech Billionaires series. The daughter of two immigrants, her Indian-American roots peek out in different ways in all her novels. She loves to write diverse love stories featuring flawed characters who have real problems, powerful friendships, and chosen families who support each other.
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