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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI)
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Writes about brown people doing Main Character™️ stuff. THE LOVE MATCH (YA romcom) out now from Simon & Schuster. Next: ALWAYS BE MY BIBI (YA romcom, S&S, June 2025), then FROM MUMBAI, WITH LOVE (SMPG). Rep: Quressa Robinson of Folio Lit 🇧🇩🇺🇸✨
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…Anyway, since the adaptation starring Maitreyi has been nixed for yet another unnecessary one that brings nothing fresh to Pride and Prejudice, reminder that I wrote TWO Austen-inspired (in the looser sense, so the plot can still surprise you) romcoms with South Asian (specifically 🇧🇩🇺🇸) heroines!
The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim Always Be My Bibi by Priyanka Taslim
July 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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It’s been one whole month since ALWAYS BE MY BIBI released!

✨ YA romcom
✨ travel romance set in 🇧🇩
✨ slow burn
✨ dislike to love
✨ fashionista x farm boy
✨ big, fat Bengali wedding
✨ bride’s sister x groom’s brother
✨ family drama + platonic bonds
✨ teaming up to sabotage their siblings’ engagement
A picture of the book with a tree that has pink petals behind it. The book is leaning against a wooden column, and there are many colorful butterflies scattered around it. Cover art features a smiling Bangladeshi American girl in fusion Indo-western style holding a glass of seven color tea aloft with a tea garden visible in the background.
July 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Librarian friends, I’ll be @ the ALA conference this Sat, signing free books + giving away swag, so you can decide if this Junior Library Guild selection is right for your tweens/teens!

9:30-10:00am @ booth 406! Please swing by if you’re there! Fellow authors too!

#ALA2025 #ALAC #ALAC2025 #booksky
Pink and blue ish split background. Foreground showing book, art, and bookmarks, which I’ll have with me at the conference. ALA logo at the top with signing details. Find those in the captions.
June 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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I adore these pieces of Bibi and Sohel from ALWAYS BE MY BIBI, my YA romcom starring a fashionista who travels to a tea estate in Bangladesh for her older sister’s wedding, only for romance to brew between her and the groom’s brother.

The first is by Pluto Vonspace, the second by Thar Chandran!
A teenage Bangladeshi couple. The girl has dark, wavy hair with heart shaped sunglasses on top and impeccable makeup. She’s glowering at the boy, who is trying to sneak a peek at a book she’s holding called THE GREAT BIG BOOK OF BIODATAS. The boy has an amused expression on his face. His hair is more straight, his complexion lighter, and he wears a straw conical hat on his head. Other than that, they’re both wearing the same black uniform. A couple embracing with a beautiful tea garden behind them. There are pink flowers growing in the grass and also trees visible, alongside the terraced hills of tea plants. The sky is the color of sunset. The girl smiles and clutches at her floppy sunhat with a bangled hand painted in henna, wearing a yellowish white sundress and matching heels. The boy holds her gave while smiling fondly down at her, dressed in a white button up, dark pants and dark shoes. He holds a red umbrella in one hand and his straw hat is floating away. They almost look like they’re dancing.
June 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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It's UK/🌎 publication day for Always Be My Bibi 🎀 🎊

Clueless meets Crazy Rich Asians in this YA rom-com about a spoiled American teenager who faces some major culture shock—and potential romance—when she jets off to Bangladesh for her sister’s wedding.

Grab your copy now!
A photo of the UK paperback being held up by a pale hand with dark pink nails, pink flowers in light gray/blue planters and grass in the background. Pink and purple sky background. UK paperback cover in the center. Text above says OUT NOW, text below says in the UK, AUS, IN and many other places around the world. Pink arrows point to the following tropes in the book: Travel romcom Set on a tea estate in Bangladesh Black cat/golden retriever Fashionista/farm boy About sisters/siblings Clueless meets Crazy Rich Asians
June 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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✈️ UK COVER REVEAL ✈️

Always Be My Bibi (Clueless meets Crazy Rich Asians): Teen fashionista Bibi jets off to a glam tea estate in 🇧🇩 for her sister’s wedding to its heir, not expecting her own romance to brew with the brother of the groom!

Out June 19th from S&S in 🇬🇧 + intlly!

Art: Shazleen Khan
Pinkish red background, a sketchy image of Dhaka. Priyanka Taslim (author name) written in red. In yellow, smaller text, the tagline reads “HER SUMMER OF ROMANCE IS ABOUT TO GET COMPLICATED.” The title of the book, ALWAYS BE MY BIBI, is in white, rounded, cute cursive letters, almost like skywriting, with hearts dotting the i’s and two xx’s under. In the foreground is the heroine, a Bangladeshi American teenager tugging down heart shaped pink/red/rose-tinted sunglasses, her makeup immaculately done, her hair loose, wearing a yellow blouse with blue and gold trim and a matching scarf, both bangles and charm bracelets on her wrists. This art is by Shazleen Khan, just like the U.S. cover.
June 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Not sure if #AlwaysBeMyBibi is your cup of tea? You can read an EXTENDED EXCERPT on @simonteen dot com until the end of June to help you make a decision! Open intl—all you need is an account with their website to be able to read the first SEVEN chapters!
June 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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It’s also not too late to get beautiful art and a bookmark with your copy of the book from Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ!

They’ll start shipping preorders after my event on the 12th, so if you’d like your book signed and with the goodies below at no additional cost, request it ASAP!
Photo of the ABMB art print displayed on my author copies shelf. It’s a beautiful piece of the heroine and love interest embracing with the tea garden behind them. ALWAYS BE MY BIBI Your hardcover will be signed/personalized Preorder from Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ* before June 10th** *they ship t/o the U.S.; ask about elsewhere **only while supplies last so act fast It comes with... a 2-sided bookmark and an art print illustrated by Thar Chandran
June 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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LAUNCH PARTY INFO

Join me virtually at 7pm ET today on Instagram Live

If you’re in the NJ area, I’d love to celebrate with you IN PERSON at the Montclair Public Library on June 12th—free for all attendees, cake, food and bookish swag on site, but registration recommended!

Peep the link for deets!
Poster for the virtual event. All details in caption except that one attendee will win a free copy. Poster for in person event. All details in caption.
June 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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It’s midnight, which means I’m officially the author of TWO WHOLE BOOKS! #WritingCommunity #booksky

Welcome to the world, ALWAYS BE MY BIBI! You’ll look so pretty next to THE LOVE MATCH on my bookshelf!

Find out more: linktr.ee/priyankataslim
The author in a ruffled white dress with flowy sleeves and pastel paint patterns sitting at a silver dining table, holding up a copy of ALWAYS BE MY BIBI with more stacked in front of her. Golden curtains in the background. White and gold flower decorations are visible. The author has dark, loose hair and dark eyes, a light, warm-toned complexion, and reddish/pinkish makeup. ALWAYS BE MY BIBI is a YA romcom following a fashionista to a swanky tea resort for her sister’s wedding to its heir. Similar to the previous photo, but this time, the author is also holding up a copy of THE LOVE MATCH, her first book. THE LOVE MATCH is a YA romcom about a girl fake dating the “ideal” boy her mom sets her up with.
June 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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ALWAYS BE MY BIBI LAUNCH PARTY EVENTS:

• Virtual launch: June 10th @ 7pm ET with Thya/wilted pages on IG live (one attendee will win a 🆓 copy)

• In person launch: June 12th @ 6pm ET with Sathya Achia @ the Montclair Public Library (🆓 but registration recommended) 🍰🫖🎁

Register: shorturl.at/3Y4kq
Same info in tweet, just without pics of the author, conversation partner, and book. Same info in tweet, just without pics of the author, conversation partner, and book.
June 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Happy (belated) #InternationalTeaDay to my very tea-themed YA romcoms!

THE LOVE MATCH: MC works at a cozy Pakistani tea shop in Paterson, New Jersey while pondering her future

ALWAYS BE MY BIBI: MC travels to a lush tea estate in Sreemangal, Bangladesh for her sister’s wedding to its heir

🫖☕️🧋🍵
A picture of my author copies shelf dipping various editions of The Love Match, the Always Be My Bibi arc, and the preorder art print, with a white teapot that has teal dragonfly patterns.
May 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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#AlwaysBeMyBibi has received its first trade review—and it’s a very nice one from Kirkus! Other kind things they had to say about the book:

“deftly woven together”

“interesting snippets of [Bangladeshi] history”

“a quick & fun read”

OUT JUNE 10!

#CrazyRichAsians x #Clueless / a modern day #Emma
A graphic with orange/yellow flowers in the background and the following quote on what looks like a torn piece of white paper: “family dynamics, love, and dating make for a bracing cuppa...” - Kirkus The cover of the book is on the other side of the quote and the graphic is decorated with a photo of a couple’s silhouette with trees and water in the background and rolling tea hills, both accompanied by white envelopes. Information about the Always Be My Bibi preorder campaign. Preorder ABMB from Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ (ships throughout the U.S.) to get a cute two sided bookmark and romantic print of Bibi and Sohel on the tea estate at no additional cost with your signed/personalized copy. Only while supplies last and until June 10th.
May 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Happy Mother’s Day!

Although THE LOVE MATCH is a romance novel, one of the most defining and integral relationships in it is between Zahra and her mother.

Next up, my fathers and daughters book, ALWAYS BE MY BIBI! #booksky
The Love Match and Always Be My Bibi stacked on top of each other, colorful flowers in the background, and text saying Happy Mother’s Day.
May 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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XO, KITTY x CRAZY RICH ASIANS

This #YA #r stars a bratty fashionista who jets off to a romantic tea estate in Bangladesh for her big sister’s wedding to its heir, only to clash with the groom’s (annoyingly hot) younger brother.

Will be #p June 10th! Get this dreamy print with your copy! #questpit
Art by Thar Chandran The rolling hills and trees of a tea estate and the sky during sunset are in the background. In the foreground, Bibi and Sohel embrace, standing in grass dotted with pink flowers. His straw conical hat floats away as he holds Bibi’s face in one hand and a red umbrella over both of their heads in the other. Bibi wears a pale yellow, almost white sundress with a ruffled skirt blowing in the wind toward Sohel’s legs, a floppy sunhat that she holds with one henna painted, bangled hand, heels that match her dress and gold hanging earrings. She bites her lip, one eye shut, and smiles while Sohel cups her face, her dark brown hair fluttering around her. He has a gentle smile on his own face, his eyes closed. He wears a loose white shirt, dark pants and dark shoes, one foot slightly angled behind him. His outfit is based on that one Mr. Darcy look, iykyk. The artist was actually asked to evoke the feeling of 2005’s P&P with its absolutely gorgeous setting and sense of yearning, though Bibi is loosely inspired by Emma and the book is a beat for beat reimagining of neither. ALWAYS BE MY BIBI Preorder Campaign To participate, preorder the ALWAYS BE MY BIBI hardcover from Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ before June 10th, 2025* *signed copies, art and bookmark only available while supplies last Hardcover will be signed/personalizec 2 sided bookmark featuring Bibi and Sohel by themselves on each side, but if you bring two together it becomes an image of him waiting for her on top of a hill while she watches from below beneath a tree, both clutching umbrellas Art print described in more detail in other picture
May 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Sneak peek at the print you’ll get if you preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI, my tea estate romcom, from Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ before June 10th*

*while suppIies last 👀🫖🌿

Go see the full piece on my Instagram and find out more/get your copy using the Iink in my bio!

Art by Thar Chandran
Text in white box trimmed in yellow says ALWAYS BE MY BIBI ART PRINT REVEAL. Image of two people’s feet close together on lush green grass dotted with pink flowers. She has white strap on sandals and a matching, fluttering white sundress with a ruffled skirt hem. He wears dark loafers and matching pants, one foot angled slightly up. This is NOT the entire image. Go watch my latest reel to see that. I’ll share it as a still image soon and it will have a full image description.
May 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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In honor of #IndependentBookstoreDay, here’s a peek @ the #AlwaysBeMyBibi pre0rder campaign! If you pre0rder from my favorite indie, Watchung Booksellers, while supplies last, you’ll get:

✨ a 6x9 inch art print
✨ a 2 sided bookmark
✨ a signed/personalized copy
🌟 ships throughout 🇺🇸
🌟 out June 10th
PREORDER ALWAYS BE MY BIBI FROM WATCHUNG BOOKSELLERS FOR INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY TO GET… Today only (April 26): 20% off SIGNED/PERSONALIZED HARDCOVER—AVAILABLE IN OTHER FORMATS TOO TWO SIDED BOOKMARK A CUSTOMER 6x9 INCH ART PRINT—THIS IS JUST A PREVIEW SWIPE TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PRINT LINEART AND BOOKMARK *WHILE SUPPLIES LAST All of the above mentioned items are pictured with this text on a pink background The art print is currently just lineart, but will be in color. It displays Bibi in a sun hat and sundress biting her lip in a playful, flirty smile, holding onto her hat, while an also smiling Sohel, dressed in a Mr. Darcy-esque flowy shirt over simple pants and shoes, holds her face affectionately, his other hand holding an umbrella above them, a beautiful tea garden landscape in the background, his own straw hat floating away in the wind. It’s a rough preview, so things may change in the final. This image shows both sides of the bookmark. One featured Sohel holding up an umbrella while waiting on top of a hill. The other features Bibi at the bottom of the hill under a tree, her umbrella closed by her side. Neither of their features are super defined. If you bring two bookmarks together, they become one image side by side. Watchung Booksellers IBD 2025 INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY APRIL 26, 2025 20% off all books Yellow and white background, black text, image of smiling woman in yellow holding up books in one hand
April 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Book lovers—ALWAYS BE MY BIBI releases June 10th, but you can get it from @barnesandnoble.com for 25% off!!! Today through Friday ONLY, use code PREORDER25 at checkout! 🌴🍃🥥🫖✨

⭐️ Clueless x Crazy Rich Asians
🌟 fashionista x farm boy
⭐️ travel romcom at a tea resort
🌟 #BNPreorder

bit.ly/abmbibibn
SALE 25% off when you preorder at BARNES&NOBLE from April 23 to April 25 USE CODE PREORDER25 AT CHECKOUT bit.ly/abmbibibn The cover, showing a smiling girl winking behind heart shaped sunglasses while brandishing a colorful drink, is superimposed next to the above text with a palm tree and clear blue water in the background.
April 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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The book in question!

Out June 10th! If you preorder from Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ (which ships t/o the U.S.) you can receive the bookmark pictured + a more elaborate art print (not the one shared today, but one that will be revealed soon) with your signed copy while supplies last!
A Bangladeshi American teenager with medium brown skin and brown hair in a yellow top with blue and gold trim, a matching scarf (urna) around her neck. She holds a glass of seven color tea in her hand that has gold trim around the rim. Her nails are pinkish red toned to match her heart shaped sunglasses and lipstick. Her eyeshadow is reddish gold. She has bangles and charm bracelets on her wrists in various colors and two gold rings on her pinky finger, as well as golden jhumka earrings on. She’s winking as she tugs down her sunglasses and smiling wide. Behind her, you can see the rolling green hills of a tea garden, a tree, and a pale blue sky with the sun peeking out. Pink and gold balls of light flicker behind her. The author’s name, Priyanka Taslim, is in pink at the top. Art by Shazleen Khan, design by Sarah Creech. The blurb is too long. You can find details by looking up ALWAYS BE MY BIBI or checking the link in my bio. It’s essentially a YA romcom about a spoiled Bangladeshi American teenager who jets off to a luxurious tea estate for her older sister’s wedding, only to clash with the brother of the groom and his stuffy family, until the two of them come to the conclusion that they need to start breaking their siblings up. PLUS OTHER STUFF. An image of an advance reader copy of ALWAYS BE MY BIBI next to two sided bookmarks that feature Bibi and Sohel and become an image of them on the tea garden together in the rain if you put two side by side. Placed on a burgundy background. An image of an advance reader copy of ALWAYS BE MY BIBI next to two sided bookmarks that feature Bibi and Sohel and become an image of them on the tea garden together in the rain if you put two side by side. Placed on a burgundy background. This time, the bookmarks are in an open copy while a face up copy is beside it and a manicured hand holds it open.
April 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Meet Bibi and Sohel from my upcoming #Clueless meets #CrazyRichAsians YA romcom, Always Be My Bibi, brought to life PERFECTLY by @cookingbatter.bsky.social!

🍃 a bratty fashionista & broody farm boy are thrown together by their siblings’ wedding on his family’s tea resort 🫖

2 months to go! #booksky
Bibi: A brown-skinned teenage girl of Bangladeshi heritage with her black, wavy hair in pigtails and heart-shaped sunglasses on top of her head, clutching a binder called The Great Big Book of Biodatas to her chest while trying to keep the boy behind her from sneaking a peek, an expression of irritation and judgement on her heart-shaped face. Sohel: A teenage boy of Bangladeshi and Manipuri descent wearing a straw conical farmer’s hat while he leans over Bibi’s shoulder with an expression of teasing amusement. He’s of a lighter complexion than her, and his artfully styled black hair is less wavy, with some loose strands framing his narrow, angular face. Both of them wear the formal, black uniforms with white collars and buttons of his family’s tea resort hospitality staff, but his is more clear because she’s holding the binder. Art by COOKINGBATTER
April 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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I just want to remind everyone that ALWAYS BE MY BIBI is comped as CLUELESS meets CRAZY RICH ASIANS and that my very first vision of the main character, Bibi, was “if Cher Horowitz was Bangladeshi” 👀
Two advance reader copies of ALWAYS BE MY BIBI side by side, one frontwards, one backwards. The cover features the heroine (a stylish Bangladeshi American teen) holding a glass of seven color tea with a tea estate in the background. The back has a summary of the book but won’t fit here. Bookmarks that are part of my preorder campaign are sticking out of the bottom of each, featuring silhouettes of Bibi and her love interest, the second son of the tea estate owner. Check the link in my bio if you cannot zoom in to read to find out what it’s about and how to order a copy.
April 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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There’s a cover-shaped thing in my inbox again (and something ELSE #AlwaysBeMyBibi related that is ALSO incredibly gorgeous)! 👀

In related news, aren’t Bibi arcs stunning??? You can request a digital early review copy off NetGalley/Edelweiss+ or see if S&S will send you one! #booksky #bookcommunity
ARCs of ALWAYS BE MY BIBI, a smiling Bangladeshi American girl holding seven color tea, with brown skin, heart shaped sunglasses she’s winking behind, red lipstick, bangles and bracelets on her wrists, a pinkish red manicure, a yellow South Asian blouse with blue and gold trim on the sleeves and a matching urna/scarf, with a tea garden in the background. Here’s what ABMB is about, for the uninitiated: CLUELESS meets CRAZY RICH ASIANS in this YA romcom where a bratty Bangladeshi American fashionista jets off to a swanky tea estate in Sylhet for her older sister’s wedding to its heir, only to butt heads with the sanctimonious (and annoyingly attractive) younger brother of the groom and come to the joint conclusion that they might need to conspire to break their siblings up. Out June 10th!
March 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Happy #ValentinesDay!

Have some Valentines inspired by ALWAYS BE MY BIBI, my upcoming YA romcom set on a dreamy Bangladeshi tea estate, where a bratty fashionista and broody farmer are thrown together by their siblings’ upcoming nuptials!

Out June 10th! ☕️🍃🫖

Find out more: linktr.ee/alwaysbemybibi
A tea garden in the background with the text, I’ll never leaf you and two leaves forming a heart, with the greeting also in green. Valentines card with a pink cup of tea that has a red heart on it and the text you’re my cup of tea under in blue, with heart shaped chocolate scattered on the side and the greeting also in blue. Two cartoon bees floating over a purple plant with the text we bee-long together in read above the bees, and the greeting also in red. Four butterflies are varying shades, congregating on top of a pink rose over a blue sky with the text you give me…
February 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Pass pages are in for my Clueless meets Crazy Rich Asians YA romcom, ALWAYS BE MY BIBI! ✈️🍃☔️

Bratty fashionista x Broody farm boy

Set at a swanky Bangladeshi tea resort

Younger siblings of the bride and groom scheming together

OUT JUNE 10!!!

Get the 🫖 about the 📖 here: linktr.ee/alwaysbemybibi
A picture of the Always Be My Bibi cover page on my laptop screen on top of my author copies bookshelf, next to a heart shaped blue and white letter board that says 4 months till ABM Bibi with an airplane, leaf, cloud, heart and other decorations on it. An arrow graphic with the same background as the first image and the book cover in the center. Yellow arrows with hearts and paper planes decorating them point to the following: Scheming to break their siblings up while solving a family mystery Set a tea resort in Sylhet, Bangladesh Big fat Bangladeshi wedding Fashionista x farm boy Bride’s sister x groom’s brother
February 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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If

💖 a cute YA romcom in the vein of #Clueless with a dash of #CrazyRichAsians that still touches on some big themes

sounds like your cup of tea, remember that you can preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI for 25% off from Barnes & Noble today and tomorrow!

bit.ly/abmbibibn
An arrow graphic with the same background as the other image and the book cover in the center. Yellow arrows with hearts and paper planes decorating them point to the following: Scheming to break their siblings up while solving a family mystery Set a tea resort in Sylhet, Bangladesh Big fat Bangladeshi wedding Fashionista x farm boy Bride’s sister x groom’s brother A graphic with rolling dark green tea hills as the background and the ALWAYS BE MY BIBI cover superimposed onto the middle left, with details about the B&N sale.
February 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM