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The Fire trilogy - Devika Fernando

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Three brilliant fiery books by ace writer, Devika Fernando, highlighting tempestuous relationships and the unlikely combination of Fire and Ice!  Check out the contest alert below BOOK ONE : PLAYING WITH FIRE  If you’re playing with fire, prepare to get burned – or to fall in love. Sparks fly when Felicia and Joshua meet. Discovering her inner fire and unleashing unimaginable powers makes her realize that all her life, she has been hiding her true self. When buildings burn and people are in danger, the tempting game of playing with fire becomes serious. Will their love and desperate struggle for control save her life, or will the fire magic turn itself against its mistress? Available Free at Amazon.com  BOOK TWO : DANCING WITH FIRE When a fire witch and an ice wizard flee to Iceland to build a new life, they never expect the one thing that could tear them apart – Kyle, adding his own magic into the mix. Felicia starts questioning everything they

Guest Post - Sundari Venkatraman - The Madras Affair

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Today I have the romance writer and talented author, Sundari Venkatraman, on my blog, sharing some insights on her popular book 'The Madras Affair', brought out by Readomania.  Sundari, would you call this book of yours a full-fledged romance or a social drama, and when you began to write it, did the city of Madras suggest itself to you? What were the reasons behind choosing this city? Hi Deepti Menon, Thank you for hosting me on your blog. The Madras Affair is a romance with a lot of drama thrown in. But then, drama is very much a part of a typical Indian household, whether it be the north or the south. Even your so-called snooty high society plays its drama in secret. So, I suppose you can say my book is a romance drama. As they say, in our country, it’s not just two people who get together in marriage. The bride and groom are wedded to their partner’s families as well. There is this instance when Gautam (half-Indian; half-American) wants to ta

Roomies/Foodies by Lakshmi Ashwin and Meghana Chaudhary Joshi

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A book that irons out many a cooking wrinkle for both Roomies and Foodies!  Check out the Contest: Try the recipe in the excerpt and click pictures (with or without you). Share it on social media tagging us and win a free copy of the book! Roomies / Foodies  by  Lakshmi Ashwin and Meghana Chaudhary Joshi Publisher  Blurb  The year is 2001. Two young Indian girls arrive in the U.S. for the first time, to attend graduate school and be room-mates. One’s a non-cook. The other’s kitchen skills are strictly basic. As luck would have it, both are consummate foodies. And it’s not just advanced Molecular Biology they’ll come to tackle—the daily challenge is to feed their stomachs…and souls…on a thinner-than-spaghetti budget! Part memoir, part cook-book, Roomies/Foodies compiles the experiments and culinary adventures of Lux and Meg as they stick to their resolve of eating only non-boring food! Written in a slick, hip, conversational style, this well-organized handbo

Encounters - Someone's Always waiting - Sumana Khan

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Read the intriguing 'Encounters - Someone's always Waiting' by the talented Sumana Khan, and get drawn into a journey that covers five stories where meetings with normal people have changed lives and led to cathartic aftermaths. In this case, normal is NOT boring! Encounters  by  Sumana Khan  Blurb  Someone Is Always Waiting  Watch It  EXCERPT FROM THE NOVELETTE “THE STORYTELLER” IN ENCOUNTERS COLLECTION I stare at the cement bench covered in pigeon shit and spot the dim outline of the granite slab embedded in the backrest. Years ago, when the bench was new, the granite slab was a shiny black mirror inscribed with the words ‘Dedicated to the courageous people of Thirukadal’. Four cyclones and many pigeons later, the words have disappeared. The place is so choked with weeds that the bench appears to rest on the thorny plants. Behind me, beyond a muddy track, the Bay of Bengal hisses and sighs in a treacherous language. I look up at the

A Thousand Unspoken Words - Paulami DuttaGupta

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'A Thousand Unspoken Words', by Paulami DuttaGupta, a poignant love story that takes the reader into the hearts of the feisty Tilottama and the romantic Musafir against the backdrop of the City of Joy.     A Thousand Unspoken Words  By  Paulami Duttagupta  Publisher: Readomania  Blurb  A hero, a person who displays great courage for the greater good, can also fall. But what happens to a fallen hero? A Thousand Unspoken Words is the unique journey of a hero who falls.  The champion of the underdogs, the writer who uses the nom de plume Musafir is famous in Kolkata. His incisive criticism of the injustices around him earn him many enemies but he holds his ideals above all else. Scathing attacks at his books and a night of hide and seek from political goons leads Musafir unto a path he never liked, faraway from his ideals. He runs away and chooses the comforts of money over the travails of following one’s ideals. The hero falls.  But Tilottama

Karmic Kids Kiran Manral

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'Karmic Kids' is a book that needs to be read! A roller coaster ride of love, laughter, and a few tears, Kiran  Manral  takes you through the beautiful chaos of the early years of parenthood. Karmic Kids  The Story of Parenting Nobody Told You ! by  Kiran Manral  Synopsis  Move aside Tiger Mom and forget Helicopter Parenting, Karmickids is the view from the other side of the fence – of laid back parenting, of giving in to food jags, of making unstructured play time mandatory and of not bursting a blood vessel when your child’s grades are not something you might want to discuss in public. A roller coaster ride of love, laughter, and a few tears, Manral takes you through the beautiful chaos of the early years of parenthood. Written in a gently humorous style, this home grown, hit-the-ground-running account of the chaos of day-to-day parenting is peppered with anecdotes, reminiscences, a little practical advice and is a non-preachy, hilarious take

Only Wheat Not White - Varsha Dixit

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Only Wheat Not White  by  Varsha Dixit  The Blurb What if the one you completely love is the one you simply can't! Twenty-six-year-old Eila Sood moves to America to mend fences with her estranged older sister, Sheela. Eila and the rest of the family in India had cut off ties with Sheela after she married Steve Jacobs, 'out of caste, and out of color'. Elia soon realizes that Sheela's marriage is on the rocks. To help pay Sheela's household bills, Eila takes a second job at an afternoon strip club. When she crosses paths with the owner, the handsome Brett Wright or 'blue-eyed ogre' as Elia calls him, he both infuriates and fascinates her. Brett turns out to be her reluctant and unquestionably sarcastic knight in shining armor. As Eila and Brett spend more time together their desire for each other builds. However, when Brett discovers the true reason for Eila's refusal he storms out o

A Thousand Unspoken Words

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“Make change, be a part of change.” There is no perfect man or woman in this world, and thank God for that! Here is a book that, once again, brings out this fact, as many others have done earlier.  'A Thousand Unspoken Words' is a beautiful and apt title for a theme where the male and the female protagonists keep many vital thoughts to themselves, almost expecting the other to be able to read the mind. Tilottama is the spirited modern heroine, feisty, yet afraid to take a step towards love. She is in love with a shadow, Musafir, an idealistic writer who wants to change the world. “He gives me a reason to love, to feel each moment of life, to write.” She is level headed, but does have her moments of impulsiveness. When she runs into photo journalist, Riddhimaan, she is disillusioned with his frivolous attitude to life, despite the fact that it turns out that it is just a facade. "Somebody must have hurt him very badly. He has sad eyes that he hides b