Mili Rathod hasn't seen her husband in twenty years--not since she was promised to him at the age of four. Yet marriage has allowed Mili a freedom rarely given to girls in her village. Her grandmother has even allowed her to leave India and study in America for eight months, all to make her the perfect modern wife. Which is exactly what Mili longs to be--if her husband would just come and claim her. Bollywood's favorite director, Samir Rathod, has come to Michigan to secure a divorce for his older brother. Persuading a naïve village girl to sign the papers should be easy for someone with Samir's tabloid-famous charm. But Mili is neither a fool nor a gold-digger. Open-hearted yet complex, she's trying to reconcile her independence with cherished traditions. And before he can stop himself, Samir is immersed in Mili's life--cooking her dal and rotis, escorting her to her roommate's elaborate Indian wedding, and wondering where his loyalties and happiness lie.

Mili has been bound by marriage since she was four years old. But when her husband still hasn't claimed her after twenty years, Mili leaves India for America. Sam is Bollywood's favorite bad boy. He'll do anything for his big brother, even travel halfway across the globe to take care of his 'wife.' Yet Mili isn't the simple village girl Sam expected and is soon falling for her. And though Mili fancies herself in love with his big brother, Sam is hoping for a very different ending.