These lines of Mehendi edition by Sumeetha Manikandan Contemporary Romance eBooks
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Beautiful and efficient Lalitha loved to deck up brides for their wedding, though her own marriage was in shambles. When her estranged husband suddenly commits suicide she realizes that things wouldn’t be the same again…
Shrikanth thought that he was a confirmed bachelor but when his mother refused to get herself treated for cancer unless he got married, he had to get a bride in a hurry.
She needed a husband in name, to save her career while he needed to marry to please his mother. Will they find love second time around? Will they lower their shields and succumb to a mutual passion?
These lines of Mehendi edition by Sumeetha Manikandan Contemporary Romance eBooks
I'm not sure what exactly about this book that appealed to me but I really enjoyed the story. Dare I say it was poetic. Not really sure if others will find it poetic but the love story spoke to me as if it was a poem. So glad I chose this book to read. Can't wait to read another one from this author. 😁Product details
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These lines of Mehendi edition by Sumeetha Manikandan Contemporary Romance eBooks Reviews
Disclaimer I received the PDF version of this book via The Book Club in return for my honest review. I received no monetary compensation for the same.
The book consists of two novellas by two authors. Let me deal with them separately.
THESE LINES OF MEHENDI by Sumeetha Manikandan (4-stars)
This is a story set in Chennai and is about Lalitha. The story opens with Lalitha rushing to Bangalore as Suresh, her husband of ten years had committed suicide. The wonder is that she had separated from him within a couple of months of marriage. Unfortunately for her, she had not bothered to divorce him. His death adorns her with the new title of “widow”. This brings her bridal services, at the beauty parlour she runs, to a standstill. How can a widow be employed to beautify brides-to-be?
Desperate to get her business back on its feet, Lalitha agrees to a strange marriage proposal of convenience, to the USA-based businessman Shrikanth. A sworn bachelor, he’s left with no choice but to get married when his mother puts him under pressure. She refuses to travel to the USA for her cancer treatment unless he gets married. And that is how Lalitha and Shrikanth tie the knot. You have to read the book to find out if their marriage works.
The story flows well and brings to the reader the flavours of Chennai as Sumeetha Manikandan takes you through the traditions and social norms unique to this area. The book has been written in crisp language and makes for an interesting read. I, for one, was keen to find out what happens to the protagonists and how they handle their marriage of convenience.
A couple of things that could have been better Many instances and phrases have been repeated. This could have been avoided to make the book read better. A number of people with their names as Shrikala, Shrikant and Shrimati made it difficult to follow. If it was troublesome for the Tamil in me, it could be worse for people unfamiliar with the territory.
I would definitely recommend this book for lovers of romance.
A TULIP IN THE DESERT by Shrruti Patole Clarence (2-stars)
Charmaine lives with her parents and studies history at Amsterdam University. Her best friend is Ira. Raj who used to live in India, chooses to study the same subject at the same university. Whenever Charmaine reads about Cleopatra’s suicide, she feels herself transported to a different realm. Something resonates deeply within her. Coincidentally, Raj also feels the same on the subject. So the author takes the reader on a journey of discovery even as romance blooms between the two.
I was excited when I started reading this book. I have always been fascinated with the paranormal; anything and everything to do with reincarnation.
The first few chapters have been edited well enough to keep the readers hooked. But after that, the story meanders in many different directions. It goes back and forth in flashbacks, making it rather confusing. There’s no delineation between present and past, especially when Anuj suddenly pops in the picture I couldn’t quite understand where he fitted in the story. Then there are the roles played by Charmaine and Raj in the Cleopatra play at university. Their past life characters and the roles they play don’t match and hence pretty confounding. When the story goes in flashback to Cleopatra’s era, what I would have liked to see is the scenes unfolding in the author’s words instead of the history lesson that I got.
The author is new and this is her first work. She definitely has a good story to tell. With the right editor and guidance, this could have been made into a bestseller. I wish her better luck with her future works.
This book was a new adventure for me, and I found the immersion in a culture very different from my own to be interesting and enlightening. It takes place in modern-day India and is a romance through-and-through, focusing on a marriage of convenience between a young widow and a businessman in his 30s who finds himself in need of a wife to please his cancer-stricken mother. It is a slow-burn romance that takes place over several months, but the attraction simmers beneath the surface. Lalitha and Shrikanth have both suffered betrayals, so dipping their toes back into the marriage pool is not a choice either makes easily or really very willfully. Circumstances have thrown them together. Or was it fate?
I enjoyed most the scenes of Lalitha running her parlour, where her main business is to prepare brides with their makeup and for their Mehendi party. I learned so much from this. Even the way a well-to-do household is run was fascinating. And so different. I wouldn't know what to do with a servant who cooks my dinner and cleans my house. Luckily, Lalitha hasn't really relied at all on servants, and her organization skills and cooking skills manage to impress her new husband. That, I can relate to!
The romance was awkwardly penned at times, but at other times I thought it was very poetic. I'll just say it was uneven, but I never lost interest in these two very likable main characters.
I picked this book out for the "Non-Western" book in the Unapologetic Romance Readers 2018 book challenge. It was totally the cover that appealed to me initially. It shows a beautiful woman with intricate Mehendi art applied to her hands, arms and torso. Many, many years ago at my own wedding, my sister-in-law had just returned from a year in India, and she had henna applied to her hands in celebration of her brother's upcoming nuptials. We felt honored, and it was one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen. So, I was utterly delighted to see how this ancient body art was wrapped into a modern story about marriage in India.
3.5 rounded to 4 stars.
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I loved it. It was intresting and i could not put it down. It was really touching and realistic about relationships and how it can a simple misunderstanding.
Love the way that the author has written this book...lovely characters and cute story. Just couldnt put it down. Highly recommend it!
Loved it. Matter fact, love it so much that instead of going into the house to read the book, I just stayed in the car to finish. Story fills the romantic at heart.
This was a sweet and heart-warming second-chance romance, and I enjoyed reading it and learning a bit more about Indian culture.
I'm not sure what exactly about this book that appealed to me but I really enjoyed the story. Dare I say it was poetic. Not really sure if others will find it poetic but the love story spoke to me as if it was a poem. So glad I chose this book to read. Can't wait to read another one from this author. 😁
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