Honey and Heat, Aurora Palit
Honey and Heat, Aurora Palit
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Honey and Heat

Author: Aurora Palit

Narrator: Vick Krishna, Soneela Nankani

Unabridged: 11 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 09/16/2025


Synopsis

She’s known as the Ice Princess. He’s got a reputation for melting hearts...except hers. Let the rivalry begin.

Cynthia Kumar always wins. She’s successful, competitive, and knows exactly what she wants: to be the heir to her father’s multimillion dollar business.

Except, her father just chose his successor and it’s not her…it’s her one-night stand.

Rohit Patel can’t believe his luck. He’s just landed the opportunity of a lifetime, his future is once again on track, and the woman he spent one steamy night with could be the love of his life.

Except, she’s his new boss’s daughter and now she hates him.

When Kumar Constructions falls under scrutiny, both Cynthia and Rohit are determined to see its tarnished reputation restored to its original glory. As they each try to swoop in and save the day, their game of one-upmanship fails spectacularly, leaving them no choice but to set their differences aside and work together. But as their partnership to save the company—and their feelings for one another—blossoms, they’ll have to decide what’s more important…their careers or love?

About The Author

A first generation Bengali-Canadian, Aurora Palit grew up in rural Alberta, where she was always the only South Asian student in her class. Her love of reading began at age four but it wasn’t until high school—when she wandered into the romance section of a bookstore—that she realized happily-ever-afters are her jam. Aurora is now writing those stories with her own unique brand of humor, perspective, and belief that people of color deserve love stories too. During her time pursuing a master's degree in English literature, Aurora was drawn to discourses on diaspora and identity, racism, and multi-generational immigrant experiences; topics she now explores in her writing. When she’s not testing her characters’ patience, Aurora is raising small humans, roasting her spouse, prowling for chocolate, and dancing for all that she’s worth. She also spends her days adulting as a communications professional for a not for profit organization.


Reviews

Goodreads review by cat on September 18, 2025

Nothing complicates life quite like realizing the guy you had instant chemistry with might just be standing in the way of everything you’ve ever worked for. -♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡- Cynthia Kumar has spent her whole life striving to earn her father’s approval, convinced that if she worked har......more

Goodreads review by krislyn on August 03, 2025

3.5 ⭐️. Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for this eARC! I really enjoyed this book! It’s such a quick, fast-paced, and cute read. We follow Cynthia and Rohit, two determined characters, in a workplace romance! Cynthia, our FMC, is known as an ice princess. She is headstrong, ambitious, and......more

Goodreads review by Jenn on August 21, 2025

This one took a bit to get going for me and I honestly didn't think I was going to like it, but the ending sold me and I ended up bumping it up to 3 stars. Honey and Heat is my first book from Palit and it looks like it's her sophomore novel. It was a solid romance. It hit all the beats that you need......more

Goodreads review by Nim_reads_a_lot on September 12, 2025

I’ve been on the brink of tears for days as life is hard but this book helped pull me out while helping me healthy cry a little. Cynthia Kumar is the “ice princess” personified. Strong, focused, capable, and so alone. She is fighting for her father’s attention and her mom’s acceptance of her single......more

Goodreads review by amarachireads on September 16, 2025

I always enjoy reading books that have workplace romance and this was no exception. We have the fmc who is the only daughter of a rich CEO, she had been working at her dad’s company in hopes of being promoted to the CEO. When her dad announces his retirement and that he has chosen a replacement the......more


Quotes

“Palit also finds space within this light romance to explore the familial pressure and patriarchal expectations placed on Cynthia, making her a heroine readers will root for. This charms.”—Publishers Weekly