Copyright, The Design of Us

BERKLEY ROMANCE

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Patel, Sajni, 1981– author.

Title: The design of us / Sajni Patel.

Description: First edition. | New York : Berkley Romance, 2024.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023046661 (print) | LCCN 2023046662 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593547854 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780593547861 (ebook)

Subjects: LCGFT: Romance fiction. | Novels.

Classification: LCC PS3616.A86649 D47 2024 (print) | LCC PS3616.A86649 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23/eng/20231128

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023046661

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023046662

Ebook ISBN 9780593547861

Cover illustration by Sudeepti Tucker

Cover design by Rita Frangie Batour

Book design by George Towne, adapted for ebook by Cora Wigen

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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