The Boyfriend Wish
(Young Adult Book)

There's only one item left on Deepa Josyula's high school bucket list: finding the perfect boyfriend. But when her meticulously planned homecoming proposal crashes and burns thanks to Vik Mehta--both neighbor and long-term nemesis ever since he started their neighborhood prank war--she's not sure how she's going to finish the list. To make things even worse, she's stuck working with Vik on a student council committee. So when her grandmother gifts her a jasmine flower and tells her to make a wish, Deepa doesn't see the harm. She wishes for her dream boyfriend, just like she had imagined when she was younger. The next morning a new neighbor moves in to their cul-de-sac, and Rohit D'Souza crosses off everything on her boyfriend wish list: thoughtful, handsome, and romantic as hell. She can hardly believe it. But her grandmother says the wish is only the beginning. To earn it, to complete it, the wish must be sealed with a kiss. But the more Deepa plans the perfect kiss, the less sure she is of what her heart truly wants. Is it the perfect boy brought by magic--or the uncertainty of the boy who's always been next door?