Scorched by his Fire.

Review of ‘Scorched by his Fire’ by Reet Singh.

‘Dammed if he does and dammed if he doesn’t’, is the position Detective Tanay Devkumar finds himself in when he sets out to teach Mita Ramphul a lesson for her supposed indiscretions with his brother-in-law, Samrat.  Haughty to the point of being arrogant, he is not ready to listen to any of her remonstrations of innocence. Even as he is working on his own agenda of keeping Samrat and Mita apart, he cannot but acknowledge the intense attraction she holds for him.

Samrat is Mita’s oldest and dearest friend and ‘just that and nothing else’. Beautiful and feisty she is absolutely indignant at Tanay’s attitude towards her and is not ready to go down without a fight.

The attraction between them is palpable, heady and intense and thank God for an author who doesn’t get her characters to get all coy and evasive about it. She aptly portrays Tanay as this decisive, meticulous go-getter and then she brings into relief the havoc Mita is causing in his life by the way his ‘grand plan’ can be thrown into absolute disarray by a single glance from her. Her family is warm friendly inviting and the descriptions of them and the island are marvelously sketched.

What I would have liked is a bit more of Samrat as he was the whole reason they met in the first place. Just one or two scenes to show the undercurrents between the three of them would have been entertaining and added support to the storyline. Besides, that sub-plot that revolved around Mita ended quite lamely in the end.

On the whole the book was a fast, smooth read that I thoroughly enjoyed: mainly due to it being interesting with well defined characters and above all the flow of the plot was very good.

REVIEW OF ‘TROUBLE HAS A NEW NAME’ BY ADITE BANERJIE

                Weddings can be a magical occasion and Indian weddings even more so. Beautiful model Rayna Dutt has come to an Indian Ocean island to attend her best friend’s wedding. However, behind her mesmerizing smile there lies a pool of pain and heartache. Ditched by her boyfriend on the verge of her moving in with him; she proposes a make believe engagement to Neel Arora the owner of the resort where she is staying to attend her friend’s wedding. She does this to get away from the press, inquisitive friends and relatives from her past and to save face in front of the very man who ditched her. Somewhere is all this Rayna realizes that she wants more than just a pretend engagement. She wants a real relationship.

                Suave, sophisticated, successful Neel; who hides his guilty demons away behind a mask of efficiency and indifference. He is blown away by Rayna but is too scared to admit it; sure that his past will catch up with him over here too and destroy everything.

                

                Will Neel be able to conquer his fears and go to Rayna before she gives up on him?

                This is the second book that I have read of Adite Banerjies and yet again I was captivated by her settings and her descriptions. They were beautiful and just pulled you in. Neel’s anguish at his sister’s condition was palpable and the strength of Rayna came through in her ability to deal with whatever life threw her way. The passion between them is electric and fairly bounced off the pages. What really stayed with me though was the spirit Rayna brings to the situation even when she is absolutely down in the dumps and at her lowest.

 She gets up; the smile is flashed once again for ‘the show must go on.’

Bootie and the Beast

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10th July, 2014

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Fairytales don't end with True Love's Kiss, they begin with one...


Diya Mathur (aka Beauty), celebrated supermodel and Party Princess of India, is adored by everyone. She works hard, plays hard, and has the biggest shoe fetish on the planet. But after she purchases one baby bootie, Diya's reputation is in ruins. There's only one place to escape the rumours - Texas, under the protection of her lifelong friend, and secret love, Krish Menon (aka the Beast).


Financial whizz-kid, CFO and entrepreneur, Krish is a brooding workaholic with a charisma that still brings Beauty Mathur to her knees. He has no idea, of course! They've shared a bond since childhood - a special friendship that thrives on sparring, teasing and goading - but with Diya back in his life and under his roof, Krish's latent desire for her explodes. And when he finally admits to the secret that has never allowed him to commit to any woman - especially Diya - everything changes. Krish might finally realise how much he wants his Beauty. But he won't get her until Diya has tamed her Beast.

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A Mumbaikar at heart, Falguni Kothari lives in New York with her family and a sweet as chocolate Maltese named Truffles. She loathes cooking and flying and holds a fervent hope that teleportation become a viable travel option within her lifetime. 

When she is not playing Domestic Goddess, Soccer Mom or Canine Companion, she is found embroiled in some or other scandal—sorry, creating stories—on her ever-faithful laptop. She loves tales of all kinds and is partial to sassy ones with happy-ever-after endings.

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Review of The Indian Tycoon’s Marriage Deal.

Krish is the quintessential alpha male, suave, sophisticated, uber good looking, well educated and in his world the bad fly is his father; manipulative, arrogant K.D to whom the end always justify the means. Enter Maya, the beautiful landscape designer who has her own axe to grind with K.D for sins past and the stage is set for ‘The Indian Tycoon’s Marriage Deal’.
Sexual chemistry define their meetings right from the start and when circumstances force Krish to offer Maya a ‘marriage contract’, each of them enter it with their own personal agenda but at the same time given their attraction towards each other, it is not exactly something they don’t want to do.
Set against a backdrop of big business families and even bigger business deals TIYMD moves at a fast pace, bringing all the myriad pieces together deftly to culminate in a romantic climax.
Adite Banerjie has given us a beautifully descriptive romance; when she described the gardens, I felt I was there on the grass looking out at them; when she talked about K.D’s mansion and the family estate; I could look up and see it all for myself. The riverside at Howrah, Maya’s trousseau, Deovan etc they were all woven into rich tapestries. The emotions between Maya and Krish were also well penned; their longing, their desire; their ambivalence; their insecurities all came through.
There were times I felt like asking Krish “you are this amazing, talented person, why are you still with the boor of a man you call your father?” 
Likewise for Maya “why did you have to go rifling through the storage at night? You had the keys and the right to be there in the day too.”
BUT if they had done what I had asked them too, the story would not have happened.
For me the icing on the cake was the tender relationship that Krish had with his mother. His angst at not being able to be there for her came through so well and it was exquisite in its compassion.
A good read, I would give it four and a half stars.