by George, MM
Abandoned by her father, C. is brought up by her domineering, intractable grandmother, whom she privately refers to as ‘The Broad’. Raised in the closed environs of a haveli in Jalalabad, C. is rebellious, quick-witted and a self-proclaimed cynic.
So, when The Broad presents her with the ‘suitable’ Taimur as a possible husband, C. isn’t too happy with the arrangement, no matter how gorgeous ‘Alpha Male’ may be. As it happens, the feeling is mutual. Or is it?
And when C.’s long lost father enters the scene, things get really complicated…
Title: Love’s Labor
Author: Andy Paula
ISBN: 978-0-9919600-1-9
Pages: 71
Price: USD 2.99/INR 175
Genre: Romance
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Piali Roy has had enough. Between her beloved father, a rigid traditionalist who refuses to accept anyone from outside their caste and community, and the ‘unsuitable’ Sathya, who is madly in love with her and won’t back down in his quest to get her, Piali is ready to jump off a mountain top without a parachute.
So, she’s left home, and the small town of Jampot, and is trying to find peace in a remote hill station. It looks like her past is about to catch up with her, though…
Title: Only a Dream
Author: Jazz Singh
ISBN: 978-1-927826-09-6
Pages: 88
Price: USD 2.25/INR 119
Genre: Romance
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Rhea is successful, accomplished and perfectly content in the comfortable little niche she has carved out for herself. She’s moved on from the heartbreak of her past, and hasn’t looked back in years. When Varun comes waltzing into her life again, however, Rhea is unprepared for the rush of memories that upset her neat little life. Nor is she able to push back her broken dreams, and learn to trust again.
Varun wants her back, but it looks like an uphill task, at best…
Title: Pyar Aur Poetry
Author: Roopa Menon
ISBN: 978-0-9919600-3-3
Pages: 64
Price: USD 2.25/INR 119
Genre: Romance
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College beauty Arundhati Basu would rather stick her head in the proverbial oven than host this year’s Founder’s Day event with tongue-tied nerd, Nikhil Menon. Compared to the brilliant but elusive poet, D. G. Beckett, Nikhil is a green toad.
As Arundhati gets to know him, however, she finds herself oddly drawn to the shy geek, and he, in turn, grows in confidence as he spends more time with her. His hopes for a lasting relationship with Arundhati seemed to be within his reach.
If only she could forget D. G. Beckett!
Title: The Perfect Groom
Author: Sumeetha Manikandan
ISBN: 978-1-927826-14-0
Pages: 127
Price: USD 2.99/INR 175
Genre: Women’s Literature
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Very little has gone right in Nithya’s young life. So, when a proposal from a young, handsome NRI comes along, her mother jumps at the opportunity and packs her daughter off to the US with her perfect groom.
Nithya seems to have settled in with Ashok, ostensibly happy, if as yet childless, in her new life. When an old flame comes back into her life, however, the cracks in her perfect marriage begin to show…
Title: Unsettled – A Search for Love and Meaning
Author: Neelima Vinod
ISBN: 978-1-927826-07-2
Pages: 66
Price: USD 2.25/INR 119
Genre: Women’s Literature
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The hundred-room house is a rich tapestry of memories and hidden secrets, a dark, forbidding place, rumoured to be haunted by a vengeful Yakshi. Propelled by a desire to save their marriage, Divya and Raghav journey to the haunted mansion in search of the mythical Scrolls of Love.
Written five hundred years ago by the banished court poet Shankara, they are fabled to have the power to heal and reignite lost love. Is this just a legend, or are the couple heading towards a chilling destiny?"
