Sleepless in Dubai

Author: Sajni Patel
Cover: Hardcover

Nikki, an aspiring photographer, is accompanying her family on a trip to the glittering city of Dubai to celebrate the five days of Diwali in style. It should be the trip of a lifetime, a perfect escape—if only Yash, the boy next door—with whom Nikki has a famously rocky, hate-to-love history—weren’t also on board.

Oblivious to the simmering tension, Nikki’s large, matchmaking family catches them up in the festive spirit and encourages her to get reacquainted with her former best friend. Turns out, a lot can change on a twelve-hour flight besides just continents. Surrounded by the opulent sights and joyous celebrations of Dubai, Nikki and Yash are forced to confront the distance between them.

But can old betrayals and conflicting ambitions be set aside long enough for the two teens to discover the true meaning of the Festival of Lights? And is the exhilarating thrill they feel just holiday magic, or the heady exhilaration of first love?