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Rating: 3.5/5 Title:  Take One Arranged Marriage Author: Shoma Narayanan Genre: Fiction, Romance Pages: 192 Publisher: Mills & Boon ISBN-13: 9789351060536 The best part about Mills and Boon is that no matter how many times I read similar stories of romancing handsome hunks, there is always an excitement that does not permit me to just put the book down. On the contrary, I managed (I say managed because of my obligatory baby breaks that I had to take) to finish the book in half a day flat. The worst part? Well, the books always finish too soon! This story here is about Tara Sundaram, a south Indian girl whose parents are looking out for a suitable boy for her to marry. Enter Vikram Krishnan. The typical Mills and Boons hero who is tall, well built, and needless to say, ridiculously handsome. Although Tara is instantly attracted to Vikram she settles for an arrangement to marry him and move to Bangalore so that she could pursue her PhD there. And Vikram needs a...

Rating: 3/5 Title:  Monsoon Wedding Fever Author: Shoma Narayanan Genre: Fiction, Romance Pages: 226 Publisher: Mills & Boon ISBN-13:  9788184744347 It was in my college days that I last read a Mills and Boon and after this I recollected how romantic these books can be. Though, when I ordered this one I never knew that it was a Mills and Boon and that too, by an Indian author. The story begins with Riya discovering her long lost lover Dhruv, lying on her living room floor. Their breakup had been messy and to come face to face after all those years makes the whole rendezvous a little awkward. But the spark between them remains, all the same. They have to attend a wedding together by obligation and through the course; they come closer and move apart now and then. Although they can’t seem to keep their hands off each other, they have themselves in a confused state where Riya totally believes in love and Dhruv doesn't prefer t...