Book spotlight: In Debt To Her Millionaire Foe (Millionaire Foe Quartet Book 2)

Genre:

Steamy Romance 

Blurb:

When the songbird owes the business tycoon…

Former gangster, Devansh Thackeray has finally managed to carve the life he’s always aspired to. 

Building a chain of seven-star hotels all over the world, a reputation for being an honest businessman…and all the women he could want. 

Ansh’s life is perfect. Or so he thinks. 

His past is about to catch up to him.

Kahini Palekar’s life is a nightmare.

She works three jobs to pay off the loan sharks circling her.

But, Kahini doesn’t mind because she also gets to sing.

Even if it is at a shady nightclub in Goa, India’s beach paradise.

Kahini’s day of reckoning arrives when her dead brother’s best friend storms back in her life.

Millionaire Ansh offers salvation from her debt and a chance to sing at the most exclusive wedding of the decade.

Although Kahini hates Ansh and blames him for her current predicament, she is forced to accept his help. 

Old hurts are soothed as Ansh reveals his secrets to Kahini. But, bold desire changes the dynamic between them.  

As Kahini steps into the spotlight, Ansh is afraid his songbird will fly away after repaying her debt to him. 

Can the ruthless tycoon get a second chance at becoming Kahini’s heart song or will the past tear them apart?

Meet the Millionaire Foes – rising from ruin through ruthless ambition, these self-made tycoons have everything. Except the heart of the one woman who means everything. 

The Millionaire Foe Quartet series contains four steamy romances set around the world, each of which can be read as a standalone. 

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About the author

Hi, I’m Aarti V Raman aka Writer Gal. I have been a former journalist, editor and even a sometime-teacher before I plunged into my dream job. That of being a full-time writer. 

In fact, my three favorite words are ‘happily ever after.’

This comes in handy as I primarily write bestselling contemporary romantic women’s fiction, which are all about living happily, after going through some hard times. 

My more notable works include the Geeks of Caltech and Royals of Stellangård series, Something Old, Something New, More Than You Want, and The Perfect Fake among others. My chicklit family drama, The Worst Daughter Ever, has been picked up for screen adaptation. 

I always love to hang with you, my dear reader friend. I’ve created Writer Gal’s Reader Pals on Facebook for this reason and I hope to see you there.

If not, I’m there on all social media as @aartivraman but I’m most active on Instagram. 

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Book spotlight: Hope? I Hope Not! By Raghav Gautam

‘Hope? Hope not!’ is a collection of stories from all walks of life and all age groups. It’s is a reflection on human behavior and its peculiarities, written from the narrative perspective. The story traps the struggles and aspirations of the common men through different themes and genres.

Intro Story:

‘There are two kinds of hope’, he read through the text he had written and memorized. He was to give this speech at many motivational talks he would be giving once he achieved his goals. ‘The one hope is which drives you towards your goals. It is the hope that is the burning fire when you are cold and dark. This hope has been the reason for all the good things in the world.’ He paused, reflecting on his own life.

‘There’s another hope, it’s a disease disguised as hope. You don’t achieve anything, get a false sense of failure and victory because your heart and brain fail to differentiate between truth and deception. Yes, you get deceived by what you want to be, even though you can’t be the person.’

He realized he had no breathing space. And he wasn’t breathing either. He was again in two places, the world where he wanted to belong; and the world, where the world had sent him. Of course he had fallen for the second hope he wanted to warn people about in his motivational talks.

The author: Raghav Gautam

Raghav Gautam was born in 1987, and from there his experiments with hobbies began. He started writing poetry around the age of 15, started writing stories around the age of 18, then moved on to sketching, digital painting, stitch painting, and so many other things where he just didn’t stick (except for verses and fiction perhaps).

Life changed for him when he picked up his camera for a heritage walk for the second time- after almost not using it for years properly. He moved beyond auto-focus, changed his ambitions of working in post-production to working in production and as it seems- he has found a hobby which has turned into his profession, and he still yearns for those moments of personal projects which stretch him, test him, and give him pleasure in equal measures.

His writing style is natural, as he doesn’t delve deep into descriptions. He remembers R. K. Narayan’s Dateless Diary, where he mentioned that he skips writing all the descriptions that he skips while reading. Raghav has imbibed this feature. His aim is to take people into an emotional space where they can experience a world of their own.

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Book spotlight: BOUND BY THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT(Double Trouble 1) by Dee James

Blurb

Ashwin was the ever-so-serious, alpha-male who thrived on the next deal, the next million. Surprises were not his thing, especially when they were of the bad kind. After two years of working with his efficient EA, why did he feel an uncanny attraction to her all of a sudden? Was he missing something in the whole picture?

Dia was the quintessential romantic who read, wrote, and thrived on romance. She had nothing to do with the corporate world or her sister’s boss – the sinful-looking Ashwin Kumar. Only, her twin has been missing and she needed to investigate the reason behind her twin’s vanishing act. She thought it would only be a matter of few days, and she could conveniently play her efficient twin. Unfortunately, she wasn’t prepared for the man who could as well one of her reel heros.

When Ashwin suggests a marriage of convenience, neither of them expect to fall in love. Or, did they? What about Anita? Will she find her missing sister?

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About the author:

Dee James writes sweet, dreamy, romantic stories. A software professional by day, she wears her secret romance cape after work hours. Dee J loves to write about quirky, independent women and sinful-looking alpha men who find their own happily ever after. Her books feature a heavy dose of humor, drama, and love, of course! Apart from devouring all things romance, Dee J loves to read, blog, sing, and cook. Besides insta-love, pink lipsticks, and kohls, the one thing that she can’t do without is coffee!

Book spotlight: Truly Madly Crazily in Love: A Sweet Romance By Esha Pandey

Let me just say that I love this book for its cover alone!!

Blurb: 

What happens when you can’t let your first love go? What happens when you keep hoping that the one that got away, will be yours again…forever?

Sue is short, vivacious and dreamy. Viv is tall, spirited and focussed. Dressed to the nines on School Social, she bewitches him. He kisses her. She kisses him back. They fall in love. But the kiss that should have sealed their love, becomes their undoing. 

Sue is truly, madly and crazily in love with him. There is no one like Viv. She pines for him, but he can’t be hers. Days go by and she is still head over heals in love with him. 

When she finally lets him go and is ready to start over, he walks into her life again. 

Hearts are broken. Promises are shattered. Lives are wrecked. Love is tested. 

In a tale transcending time, Sue and Viv weave a story of love like none other. Will hope, trust and love win the test of time? From Lucknow, to Delhi to London, will Sue finally have her happily ever after? Read this sweet romance to find out.

Links for buying the book:

India: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08DMJ7HCN

USA: https://www.amazon.com/Truly-Madly-Crazily-Love-Romance-ebook/dp/B08DMJ7HCN

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Truly-Madly-Crazily-Love-Romance-ebook/dp/B08DMJ7HCN

Germany: https://www.amazon.com/Truly-Madly-Crazily-Love-Romance-ebook/dp/B08DMJ7HCN

Author Bio:

Esha Pandey, is an author and a police officer. She made her debut as an author with her book I Will Meet You There, a collection of short stories.

Esha is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 2010 batch. She has a Masters in International Relations and Masters of Philosophy in American Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Before becoming a civil servant, she dabbled with the idea of being a journalist and worked with Times of India as a copyeditor. She has won a United Nations FPA Award for Excellence for the “Best Short Story”. 

Esha has kept her passion for writing alive through her tough assignments in policing because writing is music for her soul. Her TDH hero is her partner for life, her husband Rajiv, who supports her in all her endeavors. When she is not doing either, policing or writing, she is busy dealing with her two bundles of naughtiness, her sons.  She can be reached at twitter.com/PandeyEsha and https://www.facebook.com/EshaPandeyAuthor/ . 

twitter: @PandeyEsha

Insta: @eshapandey27

Book spotlight: A Dangerous Affair By Rubina Ramesh

Blurb :

Charu…

She is a young girl of twenty who leads a well-protected life. But in 1947, when India is at the brink of getting her independence, who could remain innocent to death and loss? Charu is not spared either. Anger bubbles inside her, and she vows to avenge her loss. But to do so, she has to cross the path of Dev.Dev…
He is the privileged son of the zamindar. He enjoys being a spoilt brat and has a Cassanova image. But his good looks and charming smile hide some deep secrets. Will he be able to bare his heart to a young girl who was much beneath his status?
They meet, and they clash. Falling in love was in their destiny. But would the same destiny send Charu to face her death? Or will Dev be able to save her on time?

Buying links:
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HWX1XZG
amazon.uk
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08HWX1XZG
amazon.ca
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08HWX1XZG
amazon.au
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08HWX1XZG
amazon.in
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08HWX1XZG

Author Bio:

Rubina Ramesh is an avid reader, writer, blogger, book reviewer and marketer. She is the founder of The Book Club, an online book publicity group. Her first literary work was published in her school magazine. It gave her immense pride to see her own name at the bottom of the article. She was about 8 years old at that time. She then went to complete her MBA and after her marriage to her childhood friend, her travel saga started. From The Netherlands to the British Isles she lived her life like an adventure. After a short stint in Malaysia, she finally settled down in the desert state of USA, Arizona. Living with her DH and two human kids and one doggie kid, Rubina has finally started living the life she had always dreamed about – that of a writer.

Social Media Links:

Website: https://rubina-ramesh.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RubinaRameshWrites

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rubinaramesh199

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rubina.ramesh/

Book spotlight: The Passionate Princess by Sundari Venkatraman

Hello there peeps. Got a new book for you by the bestselling author – Sundari Venkatraman

BLURB

All it took was one look. And they were in love…

Princess Hemangini is mesmerised by Prince Devendra when she falls into his arms while rushing across the royal gardens.

The Prince of Indrapuri is amazed that the Princess of Mahendrapuri is even more beautiful and graceful than what the visiting bards sang in praise of her.

Their mutual attraction blooms into love and they decide to get married. Tying the knot is easy, but consummating the marriage is another matter altogether.

As their love and passion draw them towards each other, Devendra’s mother, Queen Kanchana Devi, keeps throwing obstacles in the path of the lovers; sometimes in the name of rituals and sometimes inflicting doubts in their minds; doing her best to keep them apart.

As the frustrated bride and groom tolerate the intervening time with impatience, something happens to shake up Hemangini; something that makes her refuse to let her husband touch her.

What will the proud prince have to do to make his princess fall into his arms once again?

Read this historical romance from India to find out if the passionate princess finds happiness with her prince or not.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55295216-the-passionate-princess
USA: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HSNF6GT
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08HSNF6GT
India: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08HSNF6GT
Universal Link: https://getbook.at/PassionatePrincess

AUTHOR BIO:

Sundari Venkatraman is an Indie Author who has 40+ books to her credit. These books have consistently featured in the Top 100 Bestseller Lists on Amazon India, Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada and Amazon Australia in both romance as well as Asian Drama categories. Her latest hot romances have all been on #1 Bestseller slot in Amazon India for over a month.
The Passionate Princess, Book #1 of The Princess Series, is the author’s first attempt at penning a historical romance.
Even as a child, Sundari absolutely loved the ‘lived happily ever after’ syndrome and she grew up on a steady diet of fairy tales, Phantom comics and Mandrake comics. It was always about good triumphing over evil and a happy ending after the protagonists surmounted all unexpected obstacles.
Once she entered her teens, Sundari switched her loyalties from fairy tales to Mills & Boon. While she loved reading both of these, she kept visualising what would have happened if there were similar situations happening in India; to local heroes and heroines. And of course, the joy of vanquishing the ubiquitous evil villains! Her imagination soared and she happily ensconced herself in a rosy romantic cocoon for many years.
Then came the writing—a true bolt from the blue! And Sundari Venkatraman has never looked back.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

Amazon Author Page: https://author.to/SundariVenkatraman
Website: https://www.sundarivenkatraman.in
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorSundariVenkatraman
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sundarivenkat
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sundarivenkatraman/

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Book Spotlight: Along came a spyder by Apeksha Rao

Blurb:

At 17, Samira Joshi has only one dream in life.

She wants to be a spy. And why not?

Spying runs in the Joshi genes. Her great-grandmother was famous for sticking her nose in everyone’s business. Her grandmother had a flourishing side-business of tracking down errant husbands and missing servants. Her parents are elite intelligence agents for RAW. Yet, they want their only daughter to become a doctor. When she sees a college friend being trapped by a pimp, Samira does some spying of her own, and discovers the existence of a secret sisterhood of teen spies — The Spyders. And, she wants in!

The question is, do they want her?

Universal Amazon link:

https://amzn.to/3miRgof

About the Author

Apeksha Rao is a homoeopath by profession, and a writer by passion. A polyglot, fluent in six languages by the age of five, she fell in love with words very early in life. She wrote her first story at the age of seven, and her stories and plays won many accolades in school and college. She is also an amateur sitar player.

A Mumbaikar, born and bred, Apeksha comes from a family of doctors. At the ripe age of thirty-four, she wound up her practice and moved to Bengaluru, and as she explored her new city, she was inspired to start a food blog, in addition to her already-popular fiction blog.

Apeksha has been lauded for her taut and gripping stories that always come with a twist at the end. She is a keen observer of human nature, something that is reflected in her stories.

Grab your copy, coz seriously, this sounds sooo fun. ❤

Book spotlight: My Ramyeon Girl by Nethra A

A love story set in Seoulb between a celebrity and an Indian girl. A chance meeting brings two unlikely people close. Stardom and love or a clash of cultures….find out in the book, My Ramyeon Girl.

Blurb:

One afternoon, Lee Jung-Su, a star at the peak of his career meets Meena at a ramyeon shop, and thenceforth things take a turn. He gradually grows to like her, but encounters racism first-hand as he falls for the Indian girl. Celebrities don’t have it easy, especially not in South Korea. His fresh approach towards acting and the consequences of his relationship with Meena changes his perspectives of black and white, of good and bad, of reality and fantasy.

Links:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0876DYMXQ

Visit the goodreads page and spread some love at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53199353-my-ramyeon-girl

About the author: Based in Bangalore, Nethra is a post-graduate in Business Administration from Christ University Institute of Management and is a graduate in Computer Science & Engineering from University Visvesvarya College of Engineering-Bangalore. She is a voracious reader and a fiction writer, who puts quality writing over everything else. Her interest in good stories and writing made her start Fablery Mediaworks, a media house and a publisher of novellas and graphic novels.

Tell me, you love me

Patience

“You need to let things go”, he said casually.
“How do I let something go, if it attacks my self-respect”, it was not a question.
“You are overthinking it all.”
“No, I am not. You, are not paying it due attention.”
“You are their daughter in law. They reserve the right to say some things you wouldn’t approve of. It happens with every single woman. You are new to them. It’ll take some time for you to adjust to their ways. But honey, I know you can and you will do it.” He finished his opinion with warmth and support.
This conversation had happened four years ago and it had happened again tonight. Her husband went to sleep right after this but she couldn’t. He had fallen in love with a girl who stood up against majority of their class for a change in educational policies of the college and relentlessly pursued her faith, till she had it executed. Was she that woman anymore? More importantly, did he want her to be that woman anymore?
She had lost her voice after marriage. Initially, she thought it was phase of adjustment for both her and her new family. But hadn’t it perpetuated for way too long now? Four years? She kept turning in bed searching her identity and when she couldn’t take it anymore, she got up and made herself a cup of coffee. She carried that cup to the terrace of her building. The skyline of the city was immersed in bucketful of black. And she felt as lost there as she felt in broad day light. As hard as she tried to remember, she couldn’t recall a single incidence when she could have stood by her opinion in past four years. No, she wasn’t smothered. She was following her passion of sculpting as a career. She could boast of two exhibitions and her art had been critically and commercially acknowledged. She was financially independent and an epitome of new age woman. Or was she? After marriage, she was labelled a rebellious woman right off the bat. And every effort had been made by the entire family to domesticate her. It didn’t seem like much to anyone else, but she was never asked for an opinion on any important matter. Even if she had been, it was always in a leading way. What should we do? Was never the question. It was always, Shouldn’t we do this?” And whenever she tried to stand up for her self-esteem, she had been referred as impatient and needs-to-grow-up. She had tried to ‘be patient’ but it felt wrong to not have a place for herself in a family that was supposedly hers now. She felt like everyone around her had a hammer and chisel in their hand waiting to sculpt her to their own needs. She felt tired and was unable to keep up with the never ending demand of more patience.
She sipped her coffee and breathed all the night in. The dead silence of the night felt loud. The voices in her head wouldn’t rest. She wanted to calm down. She searched for a happy place in her heart. A place where she could be who she once was and now wanted to be. A place where her life was her own. A place where her loved ones loved her unconditionally and accepted her. She sat down on the floor, resting her back against the parapet. Her coffee cup snuggled to her chest. She closed her eyes and suddenly she was 15 and in her own room which she shared with her two sisters. Her grandpa’s cot was in the adjoining room. He was an ailing man who had been a sculptor in his prime. Despite his weak arms, he taught her to hit it hard with the hammer that summer. And despite his quivering fingers, he taught her to work on the finest details. He also taught her how to make coffee, his way. Though it was for him, she had a sip now and then. That summer had given her two passions and endless peace. She learned all she could at sculpting from the old man before he died few months later. She never mourned his death. He was a free soul who had been liberated of everything that could tie him down. Moreover, he never really died for her. He lived in every stroke of her hammer. The sound of her grandpa drowned all the voices in her restless mind. And she couldn’t help but smile remembering how he had made her smuggle more coffee than he was allowed by doctors.
As she opened her eyes, she realised she couldn’t rub her identity with her own hands. Adjustment meant to make small changes to fit the circumstances not to topple over and create a newer version that defeated your own self. Patience meant to not let circumstances get to your head, it certainly did not mean not having a voice or opinion. She finished the coffee really slow, savouring every little bit of the taste her grandpa had introduced her to making up her mind to not let who she was fade away into marriage.
It must’ve been somewhere near 3am when she returned to her studio which was the last room down the corridor of the house. She closed the door and pulled the drapes from over a fresh piece of a huge stone. With a smile on her face and a serene fire in her heart, she hammered away. She hit hard, she carved fine. The hours melted away and the sun rose up. She had been working for four hours but she felt no fatigue. She was not even close to finished yet. She draped it back and went downstairs to resume her household duties. She felt light as a feather.
“Did you come to bed last night?” Her husband asked her while having breakfast.
“I did. We had a talk in bed, remember?”
“Oh yeah!” He said in a tone that gave away how usual that conversation now felt to him.
She didn’t feel hurt. Neither was she surprised.
She carried on with day to day. People behaved the same way they always did but she felt different. She felt nothing. She was only physically present there. Sun went down and moon went up. She finished all her tasks, made herself a cup of coffee and rushed to her studio. With the hammer in her hand, she worked unremittingly. Her body would tire and she would catch a small nap of an hour or two, once or twice in the whole night. But her mind and her heart did not sleep.
Her bed would remain unslept most of the nights. Her husband asked some mornings but she was quite sure that he was relieved of the incessant arguments they had been having since last four years almost every night. One amongst a few nights, she would sleep few hours but otherwise the sound of hammer and chisel would echo through the night. And every morning she would drape it well and become the woman of the house. The change was not unnoticed and she overheard her mother by marriage say to one of her friends, “It took me more than four years to teach her patience. To make her accustomed to this family was the most difficult task I ever accomplished.” She smiled to herself and worked harder than ever that night.
It had been a little more than two months. The sun rose up and creeped a little higher in the sky when her husband got up. It was the first time since he married, that he had not woken up to a cup of tea on his bedside. “She must’ve slept in the studio”, he thought. He reached the kitchen and saw his mother across the hall.
“Have you seen Smita, ma? Please tell her to make me sprouts for breakfast.” He finished without waiting for an answer.
“I have not seen her since I woke up.”
“Oh! She must be in her studio.”
“Isn’t a whole night enough for her to work.”
He ignored. He had learnt to ignore in four years. As he returned to his room and got ready, he waited for Smita to turn up anytime and announce that breakfast was ready. She didn’t. Once ready, he decided to look for her and went to her studio. It was open. How come? It is never open. He entered inside and saw a huge note that said, “May everyone love the gift waiting for them in the lobby.”
He headed towards lobby, calling everyone out. As he reached, he saw a draped sculpture. By this moment, everyone had gathered around. He pulled over the drape and saw a life size Smita carved into stone. As beautiful as herself. Uncanny resemblance to his wife, the sculpture had a note between its fingers. It read,
“I’m leaving with only one thing, my voice. But I’m leaving behind something for this family. May she have the patience, I could never fathom!”