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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