Indian Women

Life Is not fair. For Shylaja, a young girl with no looks, no money, no friends and no future, it is downright devastating. The story of The Girl with the Scar takes you into the life of a young girl, the unlucky underdog who may be doomed to a life of misery forever, unless she can find the strength within herself to take control of her destiny. Twenty-one year old Shylaja hides behind her scar. She does not have friends, hates being stared at and lives her own little lonely life with her mother, the only person who truly loves her. Until fate calls her to do something she has never done ...

For years, I’ve shut off my emotions, too scared to bare my heart to someone else. Because the last female I trusted, broke it into pieces and scattered it around for me to pick it up. Work is the only thing that kept my head sane. That is until she walked in. She was no longer a shy teenager, but a beautiful and confident woman. I should’ve known resisting her was impossible. But, it happened too quickly for me to comprehend. Arianna Swanson lights my dark world with a simple smile. I see her and I see hope. My heart doesn’t hurt when I’m around her. But she is off-limits. My ...

By the light of dawn, over steaming cups of tea, a daughter invokes the past and a mother opens her heart. Mumbai Mornings is centered mostly on conversations between Saya and her mother. As her mother’s stories about relatives long relegated to memory, unfold, it soon becomes clear to Saya that no life is ordinary.

The Bravant triplets, Amber, Dominique and Madeleine, apply for jobs at Tosh Scarborough’s company in the Empire State Building. Tosh discovers an open-pit mine on a satellite photo of his property in the Amazon. Oxana uses forced labor to operate the illegal mine. Tosh goes to Brazil to investigate and is captured by Oxana’s thugs. Amber and her sisters organize a search for him. Oxana is quick to punish and even murder her slave laborers, but what will happen if she gets her hands on Amber?

In her 30 years as Temple Hill's most renowned matchmaker, Sarla thought she'd seen it all. Blissful unions, marriages of convenience, Mr. and Mrs. Good Enough. Not to mention the bitter unfortunates who never made it down the aisle. She's received as many threats as thank-yous along the way. Surely no one would actually harm her. A series of threatening notes, sent in blood-red envelopes, suggest otherwise. Then the body of a woman is found at Sarla's office, sprawled on her stomach next to a heavy bronze statue of the Nataraja — the god of dance. Who was the intended victim?

From the author of the best-selling Don't Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight comes a health and diet book specifically for women. Rujuta's holistic approach to health, weight and diet has made her one of the most sought-after dieticians in the country. In Women and the Weight Loss Tamasha, Rujuta walks you through the different phases of life, from being a teenager to pregnancy to menopause.

Zoya is not a perfect Indian daughter. She's overweight, independent and unmarried in a society that values slim, obedient women. And at 26, she is hurtling towards her expiration date in Mumbai's arranged marriage super-mart. But when her family's matchmaking finally works, everything seems to be on the up - all until she is offered a dream job in New York City. Zoya must now make the choice of a lifetime, but not without a few cultural casualties and, of course, an accidental love story along the way.

Meena is fourteen years old when her parents marry her to Manmohan, a twenty-one-year-old Nepali boy she has never met. As is customary, she must leave her childhood home—along with everything and everyone she's ever known—to relocate to Nepal and embrace the home and identity of her husband's family.

Saima knows that she's a great matchmaker. She has the weekly wedding invitations to prove it. So why has her community started turning against her? The desi community in Sydney has eyes, ears and mouths everywhere, and Saima's feeling firsthand the impact gossip can have. Too modern, too focused on compatibility instead of class and everything else that's meant to matter. She's about to pack it all up and move back in with her Ammy when an eligible bachelor's wealthy parents show up at her door.

A five-part romantic comedy series of novellas Book 1: Any Blooming Thing Jessica and Chleo met in high school over 10 years ago, and now the best friends have created their perfect jobs working together at their flower shop called Any Blooming Thing. One day Jessica and Chleo notice a tall blonde man walk past the store window. Although they only see him from behind, something about him seems very familiar. Is it possible that they know him from the past? Book 2: Wherever Love Takes Me You might think Chleo Antonia Matthews has it all. She's beautiful, smart, hilarious, with skin the color...

I am Indian. He is African. I know nothing of him, yet he’s my husband. I don’t know what his interests are. I don’t know the sound of his voice. I don’t even know what he looks like. I am worried about this marriage. Will he love me? Will I love him? Most importantly I wonder if the rumors are true about African men. If he is big…and can I handle that much man? My Arranged Marriage is a short erotic interracial romance. It is for mature readers only.

Leroy Potter is a rich, playboy billionaire, who doesn’t take no for an answer. He lives by the motto that nothing is priceless, and applies that thought to his extravagant lifestyle, including the women he sleeps with. Unlike most men, Leroy doesn’t like seducing gorgeous models or famous actresses, instead he goes after something considered forbidden fruit, married housewives! In his next impossible sexual conquest, Leroy meets with the Chinese Diplomat, Bai Liu and the Indian Diplomat, Anika Patel. Both diplomats are bidding for a factory to be built in their home countries. While ...