
Book Blitz: THE REBEL PRINCESS: A HISTORICAL ROMANCE by Sundari Venkatraman
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Publisher: Flaming Sun (Indie published)
Publication Date: April 3, 2021
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
Genre: Historical Romance
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Having lost her royal parents in a palace fire at the young age of four, Chamundeswari is brought up to be the docile princess of a vassal kingdom by her stepmother who is also the newly crowned queen; and her brother, the chief minister.
Though Vijayendran is the youngest born of the Chozha Emperor and his temple dancer wife, he grows up to be a great warrior and leader under the auspices of his elder brother Rajendran only after their father’s death. He has been especially trained by the newly crowned king to win over territories and annex them to the greatest empire of those times.
The earth quakes and the skies shiver when Chamundeswari and Vijayendran come face to face. But is everything what it appears to be on the surface? Forget being docile, the princess with a tiger for her pet, appears to be a rebel through and through. And the warrior whose strength is to annex regions could be the very person the princess needs to save her kingdom.
But will The Rebel Princess heed the words of the man who sets her on fire with a mere glance?
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Sundari Venkatraman is an indie author with fifty+ titles to her credit, which have sold more than 2.25 lakh copies around the world. Her books consistently feature in the Top 100 Bestseller Lists on Amazon in both Romance and Asian Drama categories. Her latest romance novels have all been on the #1 Bestseller slot in Amazon India for over a month.
Sundari's first historical romance titled THE PASSIONATE PRINCESS was #1 #Bestseller on Amazon India for 3 whole months from September 9 to December 12, 2020.
As a child, Sundari loved to read books with ‘lived happily ever after’ endings. They were all about good triumphing over evil. As a teenager, her favourite books were romance novels from Mills & Boon. She was fascinated by them, so much so that she began to visualise the stories set in India.
Sundari was forty when she began her writing journey, completing the first draft of her first novel in thirty-five days. She has not looked back since.
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About the BookTitle: Mira Genre: Women’s Fiction with Sweet Romance Blurb: Mira wants freedom. She's been stuck in a bad domestic situation for a few years but she's finally ready to hit the restart button. When Mira begins a new life, she learns to live for herself. Things get complicated when she finds love in the most unexpected of places. Snippet: Shooting daggers with his eyes, her father answered Anuj’s call at the table. He apologised for Mira’s behaviour that afternoon. After he said sorry a third time, Mira’s mother couldn’t control herself – she grabbed the phone from her husband’s hand, telling her son-in-law, “You should be ashamed of yourself!” Horrified, Mira’s father tried to take the phone back from his shaking wife. Mira was enjoying this. Her mother rarely spoke out like this. She had her mother’s support. That’s all she needed. A shocked Anuj disconnected the call, telling his mother-in-law he had no idea what she was accusing him of. Mira’s father stomped off, his dinner untouched. Now Mira felt guilty. Her parents were going to fight because of her issues. She looked forward to meeting the lawyer the next day. She was a well-known divorce lawyer who was used to handling cases involving violent, rich husbands. My ReviewAbout the Author
Here’s a sneak peek of Esha’s new short, Araina’s Always and Forever.
Blurb: Araina is back at her cottage in Nainital after a gap of ten years to celebrate New Year’s Eve. She has carefully avoided anything that reminds her of Abhimanyu, the guy she was head over heels in love with, the guy who broke her heart, ten years back. But on her very first day, she runs into him and realizes she is still not over him. What follows is a rollercoaster of emotions. Abhimanyu is as handsome as she remembered him to be, and he melts her insides with just a smile. Araina is hurt and angry, but Abhimanyu is determined to seek forgiveness and make her his. Will she give in? Does she still love him enough? Will there be an ‘Always and Forver? Do Abhimanyu and Araina seize their second chance at love? Read Araina’s Always and Forever to find out. Details: Length: 58 pages Genre: Romance Price: ₹49 or Free on KindleUnlimited Excerpt: After a few seconds, he said, “Happy New Year Rainy!” My heart stopped beating. Only he called me that. Rainy. It was surreal to hear him call me that. I wanted to hug him. But I shouted back, “Happy New Year” without turning back. I walked faster towards the safety of my cottage. I had to get away or I would beg him to make me his. Link : https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08TRSPXQF Author Bio: Esha Pandey is the author of Someone Exactly Like You published by Rupa Publications. Her recent book Truly, Madly, Crazily in Love became an Amazon Bestseller. She has also written short stories available as Coffee Shorts and a collection of stories as I Will Meet You There.
He's dangerous, damaged and doomed but he's hers...With no name, no medical history, multiple gunshot wounds and enough security to rival the Prime Minister’s, Dr Aria Dubey’s new patient is something more than she asked for. And everything she might just need. Intelligence Officer Karan Bhatnagar has only vengeance on his mind. Nothing will stop him from seeking justice for his murdered parents. Not even almost losing his own life. And certainly not the doctor who healed but couldn’t save him. The woman he can’t afford to fall for. And the killer's next target. There's only one thing left to do...find the killer and end him before he ends them. Will Karan and Aria risk everything for a love that is all kinds of wrong? And yet, is the right kind of wrong.
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Publisher: Flaming Sun (Indie published)
Publication Date: November 15, 2020
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
Genre: Romance
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Vidyut has a broken engagement behind him. But being the typical Taurus that he is, he isn’t fazed when his fiancée from the arranged match hands his ring back to him.
Into his life walks in Haasini, a successful entrepreneur in her own right. The Cancer woman brings a powerful dose of joie de vivre into the serious bull’s staid existence.
While the café owner struggles not to fall for the beautiful young lady, all because of the fact that she’s eight years his junior; he’s unable to help himself as his heart refuses to listen to his logical mind. But she has no qualms about admitting her feelings for him.
Just when things seem to fall in place for the couple, trouble brews from unexpected quarters, tearing them apart as it brings to the fore the jealous nature of the Cancer. While the bull moos loudly, the crab attempts to scuttle away.
Read the book to find out if they will ever find the happiness that Destiny is keen to bring to the Taurus man and Cancer woman.
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Sundari Venkatraman is an indie author with forty-five titles to her credit, which have sold more than 1.75 lakh copies around the world. Her books consistently feature in the Top 100 Bestseller Lists on Amazon in both Romance and Asian Drama categories. Her latest romance novels have all been on the #1 Bestseller slot in Amazon India for over a month.
As a child, Sundari loved to read books with ‘lived happily ever after’ endings. They were all about good triumphing over evil. As a teenager, her favourite books were romance novels from Mills & Boon. She was fascinated by them, so much so that she began to visualise the stories set in India.
Sundari was forty when she began her writing journey, completing the first draft of her first novel in thirty-five days. She has not looked back since.
You can stalk her @
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Print Length: 124 pages
Publication Date: July 11, 2020
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
Genre: Romance, Literature and fiction
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Shaurya Oberoi hates me the moment he sets his eye on me. I start hating him even before that. He is the estranged husband of my client, Arya, and I am here to fight her case. I challenge him bluntly that he needs to accept the terms demanded by Arya or rot in jail. Then one morning I wake up with broken arms and limbs in his hospital bed, and apart from being my clientâs husband, he is also my doctor now. I hate how easily he reads what lies beneath my relentless anger⦠but then sometimes I love it. I hate how his charismatic presence makes me feel, and how his absence affects me. I am in danger of falling for a man whose marriage I am supposed to save. But there is more to risk than my heart and my sanity. Thereâs my case. And I am forced to question, is it destiny or a well-planned conspiracy?
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âWomen donât cheat, men do.â I looked at him, âYou know what? All men are bastards.â My voice was edgier than intended and I am sure my face was fuming. He stood still for a while as if I had thrown boiling water on him. Then he began shaking his head. âYou are good to nurses and bitches to male attendants. Yesterday they were arguing about it. The nurses couldnât stop praising you and the male attendants couldnât stop cursing you. At that time, I couldnât understand it, but now I do.â âWhat?â What did it have to do with what we were talking about? âIt seems like your war is not against crime; your war is against men.â His sentence punched me straight in the gut. But before I could respond he walked closer, bent down a little and stared at me withâ¦disgust? âWhat?â my brows merged, and my nose crinkled. âIt seems like you didnât get to vent out your anger at the right place.â âWhat do you mean?â I stiffened. He bent a little more until his eye level matched mine, his voice measured, âWhat did he do to you to create so much hatred?â A moment of blankness reigned before the full force of his words acted like acid on my soul. When his gaze shifted to my hand, I realised the bedsheet was crumpled in my tight fist, I immediately left it. My body had gone strangely stiff. I tried to relax, but it came out as a release of breath. Shit. âSo much hatred can only be the outcome of so much love,â his pitch toned down, âI know that. I have been there.â his voice softened. I wanted to shout at him and wanted to tell him to shut up, but my words dried on my throat. My frustration shot to a new level and I just wanted to walk away, like every time I did when I had to avoid confrontation. I tried to pull out the IV tube, but he held my hand in time. His grip was tight, and his tone restrained when he spoke, âIt shouldnât be removed like that. But once you are out of here, go and vent out your hatred in the right place, that will help you. I was also hurt by someone I loved, someone I trusted, though I didnât get the privilege to keep it private. You are the best witness, not only a witness, but a partner in crime of the ones who hurt me. But do you know why I donât loathe the whole female species? Because I have vented out my anger at the right place.â âThat got you to court?â I hissed, jerking away his hand. âIt doesnât matter. I donât carry as much hatred in myself.â He straightened to his monstrous height. âWhat about the world that hates you?â He pushed his hands in his pocket and his voice was calm, but determined, âI damn care. I can look in the mirror and recognize the man in there.â His statement unfurled something inside me. A small conversation I have every day with the woman on the other side of the mirror. The woman I donât recognize anymore. The woman whom I fail to connect with anymore. Alka Dimri Saklani is a novelist and author of the much-loved Beyond Series. Her debut novel '45 Days in a Cancer Hospital' was longlisted for Crossword Books Award 2013. Her readers define her writing as intense, though she dreams of writing a breezy read someday. She has searched more baby name websites to find names of her characters than she did to select the names of her kids. Sometimes she talks to her characters more than she talks to real people. But believe me she isn't crazy; she is just a writer.
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Through his Eyes: A Short StoryGenre: Contemporary DramaBlurb: Meera Bhatt's upbringing had been outsourced ever since she was born. Through his Eyes is a narration of her journey from a toddler to an adult. She reflects on how her helper taught her to distinguish between right and wrong without speaking a single word.Did she get lost in translation amidst his guidance? Or did she find her way out to be a mature young adult? Reviews:
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Genre: Contemporary Romance, Mythology, Folklore Blurb: The eternal dance of attraction, lust and love has been going on since time immemorial. The divine apsara Menaka descends to Earth at Indra’s behest to distract the sage Vishwamitra from the penance that would bring him unimaginable powers. Menaka succeeds in bewitching Vishwamitra, but her actions are destined to have dire consequences for both. Eons later, their story is set to repeat itself. Poorva has always played by society’s rules and ideas of decorum. But what happens when her own loved ones betray her in the worst way imaginable? Does she still have to remain bound by their rules? Rudra plays with power and people like they are pieces on a chessboard. He has no qualms about indulging his desires, be it money or women, but is determined not to be bound by either. What happens when these two diametrically opposite souls are brought together by fate? In the game of power, lust, greed and betrayal, some win and some lose. But are there any winners or losers in the game of love? Like Menaka and Vishwamitra, are Poorva and Rudra too destined to see their story end in tragedy? Or will the divine power prevail? Mumbling an apology, she sat up straight.
“It’s dinner time. You can sleep in the bedroom after dinner.” “Bedroom?” “Yeah, it’s just behind our chairs,” he said stretching his legs. “No, no. I’m fine here.” “You are my guest, it’s for you.” “No, no. I don’t want to inconvenience you.” The flight attendant brought their dinner putting an end to the debate. She was surprised when the attendant brought another tray that had champagne cooling in a silver container with all the paraphernalia. “I thought you didn’t take alcohol,” she couldn’t help but comment. “Sometimes I do. This is an occasion which calls for a toast, don’t you think?” “When others are doing all the thinking for me, I have stopped applying my brains.” He chuckled and shook his head, “You know, I sometimes get the feeling you are more angry about my taking control of the events than anything else.” She spooned the chicken curry on her plate refusing to reply. The food was awesome, and she was hungry. “Isn’t that so?” he asked goading her again. “I’m angry about everything. Every damn thing and every damn person.” “I think you are angry with yourself too.” “Oh really! Care to elaborate?” “There are two reasons. You have been a good girl all your life. You thought that was the best thing to do, but you got nothing out of that. And now forbidden things are appealing to you, which goes against your first philosophy, so you are angry all the more.” He opened the champagne with a pop and poured the sparkling liquid into two flute glasses. He had taken off his coat and rolled up his sleeves. “Forbidden things are appealing to me!” The blood flow accelerated in her veins at the sight of his hands and broad wrist. He had beautiful long fingers like those of an artist. “Yes, didn’t you enjoy rehearsing and performing for the show?” He handed her the glass and clinked his with hers. “Aren’t you enjoying this meal with me high up in the sky?” “Hats off for turning the argument around and making it about me and absolving yourself for the entire mess.” “It is not a mess and I’m just the instigator. In fact, I have done you a favor. I have taken you out of your boring life and given you a chance to enjoy the way you deserve.” “Wow!” She chuckled, actually enjoying herself. He went absolutely still, then leaned towards her and said softly, “You deserve the best, Poorva. You are a very nice person and should get everything you want from life.” The air was thick with undercurrents as she looked into his sincere eyes. The brown specks in his black eyes glowed with goodwill and admiration. He came closer and glanced at her lips, then the spell broke and she turned her attention back to the flute in her not-so-steady hand. “That was a nice thing to say,” she muttered. “You are welcome.” _______________________________________
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Winner of TOI Write India Season 1, Ruchi also publishes romantic short reads under ‘Hearts and Hots’ collection, besides being a contributing author to many anthologies.
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This Tour is Hosted by Facebook | Website | Blog Tours | Twitter | Linkedin We Promote So That You Can Write ![]() GENRE: ROMANCEBLURBFashion designer Sasha Kapoor always felt she'd missed out on love as she had an arranged marriage. And when her husband turns up at their 15th-anniversary party with a strange woman, she knows that her marriage is dying. With constant surprises and disasters to contend with, will Sasha ever get a chance at true love?
Do add this book to your TBR "Sonia Rao is a writer, editor, writing coach, TEDx speaker and an award-winning blogger. Her fiction has appeared in many prestigious anthologies such as Voices Old & New, Jest Like That (edited by renowned editor-writer Shinie Antony) & The Hellcats Anthology - an international anthology compiled and edited by award-winning film maker and author Kate Pickford. As NaNoWriMo’s Municipal Liaison for all-India and founder of the Wrimo India group on Facebook, Sonia has motivated thousands of people in India to write a novel every November since 2011. She has also curated and edited the first Wrimo India Anthology, Vengeance—A Sting In Every Tale. Sonia likes to believe she is ‘high-minded’ but strangely, her fave hobby is thinking up torture devices for those autorickshawallahs who consider the roads to be their personal spittoon. Who knew?" You can stalk her @
This Tour is Hosted by Facebook | Website | Blog Tours | Twitter | | Linkedin We Promote So That You Can Write 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. Grab Your Copy @Amazon India, Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Australia, Amazon Canada About the authorHi, 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. Other books by the authorStalk the authorFacebook | Goodreads | Website | Amazon US page This Tour Is Hosted By Facebook I Website I Blog Tours I Twitter I Linkedin We Promote So That You Can Write |
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