#Tornadogiveaway 2 - Sumeetha Manikandan and Shrruti Patole Clarence - Love, Again

'Love, Again' is a double bonanza, offering two stories written by Sumeetha Manikandan and Shrruti Patole Clarence respectively. Would you allow yourself a second chance at love? Do find out in this book that is part of #Tornadogiveaway 2.

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Name of the Book: LOVE, AGAIN
Authors: Sumeetha Manikandan & Shrruti Patole Clarence

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The Story:

Life is tough, and it becomes tougher when you need to make life changing decisions. Would you dare to love again? Would you allow yourself to be loved and to be cherished again? Many of us turn away from life, thinking that it is not for them but some take a leap of faith rewrite their story for the sake of love? Love, Again is a double header book bringing you two stories about chancing love again - These Lines of Mehendi by Sumeetha Manikandan and A Tulip in the Desert by Shrruti Patole Clarence.

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Sumeetha Manikandan 

Sumeetha Manikandan is a freelance writer and an author who loves to write and base her plots on the tambrahm community of Mylapore, Chennai. She is the author of ‘The Perfect Groom’ that has been a bestselling ebook on the top 50 charts of Amazon India ever since publication.

An avid reader, she loves to read across different genres – romance, historical fiction, non-fiction, mystery, fantasy etc. A history buff to the core,

she is currently translating Ponniyin Selvan – the evergreen tamil classic epic history by Kalki Krishnamurthy into English.

Married to film maker K.S. Manikandan, Sumeetha lives in Chennai, along with her six year old daughter.

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#Tornadogiveaway 2 - Laxmi Hariharan - The Many Lives of Ruby Iyer

Ruby Iyer is the perfect protagonist who fights for the things she believes in, and lives life on her own terms. Do read more about her in  'The Many Lives of Ruby Iyer' by Laxmi Hariharan, which is part of #Tornadogiveaway 2.

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Name of the Book: THE MANY LIVES OF RUBY IYER
Author: Laxmi Hariharan

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The Story:

A YA action-thriller, with strong dystopian undertones and a kickass protagonist, taking you on a white knuckle ride through a disintegrating Bombay City.

A terrifying encounter propels Ruby Iyer from her everyday commute into a battle for her own survival. Trusting her instincts, she fights for the things she believes in, led on a mysterious path between life and death on the crowded roads of Bombay; and when her best friend is kidnapped by the despotic Dr Braganza, she will do anything to rescue him. Anything, including taking the help of the sexy Vikram Roy, a cop-turned-rogue, on a mission to save Bombay. The city needs all the help it can get, and these two are the only thing standing between its total destruction by Dr Braganza's teen army. As Bombay falls apart, will Ruby be able to save her friend and the city? Will she finally discover her place in a city where she has never managed to fit in? And what about her growing feelings for Vikram?

The Origins of Ruby Iyer

Growing up in Bombay I was weighed down by the expectations of traditional Indian society. Yet, I wanted to be economically independent. So, daily I would leave the relative safety of home, knowing that my commute to work was going to be nightmarish. It's just how public transport is in this city. When you get on a crowded local train platform, you accept that you are probably going to be felt up. Every time this happened to me, I would get really angry. But, I would deal with it and get on. When a young photojournalist was raped in the centre of Bombay in broad daylight, I was furious. It was as if nothing had changed in all the years I had been away. I had a vision of this young girl who would not back down anymore; who would stand up for herself regardless of the consequences. Who would follow her heart ... Thus Ruby Iyer was born. Ruby is her own person. She leads I follow.

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Laxmi Hariharan 

A near life experience told Laxmi Hariharan to write...She never stopped. Laxmi is the creator of Ruby Iyer and the Bombay Chronicles (The Destiny of Shaitan). London is where she writes. Bombay is what fuels her imagination.

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#Tornadogiveaway 2 - Natasha Ahmed - Butterfly Season

Does Rumi have  a choice?  Does she shed her middle-class sensibilities, turn her back on her family, or return to her secluded existence as an unmarried woman in Pakistan? Find out when you read 'Butterfly Season' by Natasha Ahmed in #Tornadogiveaway 2.

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Name of the Book: BUTTERFLY SEASON

Author: Natasha Ahmed

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On her first holiday in six years, Rumi is expecting to relax and unwind. But when she is set up by her long-time friend, she doesn’t shy away from the possibilities. Ahad, a charming, independent, self-made man, captures her imagination, drawing her away from her disapproving sister, Juveria.

Faced with sizzling chemistry and a meeting of the minds, Ahad and Rumi find themselves deep in a relationship that moves forward with growing intensity. But as her desire for the self-assured Ahad grows, Rumi struggles with a decision that will impact the rest of her life.

Confronted by her scandalized sister, a forbidding uncle and a society that frowns on pre-marital intimacy, Rumi has to decide whether to shed her middle-class sensibilities, turning her back on her family, or return to her secluded existence as an unmarried woman in Pakistan.

We follow Rumi from rainy London to a sweltering Karachi, as she tries to take control of her own destiny.

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Natasha Ahmed 

Natasha Ahmed is a pen name. In real life, Natasha is a graphic designer, a businesswoman and occasionally writes art and book reviews for publications within Pakistan.

She works in a small office at home, not far from Sea View, Karachi. From a tiny window, she can see the Arabian Sea sparkling in the distance, and small fishing boats trawl up and down the water throughout the day. When she’s not writing books, she’s dreaming of setting sail towards the horizon and never looking back. Great adventure, she believes, starts with great daring.

Butterfly Season is her first novella, though not, she hopes, her last.

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#Tornadogiveaway 2 - Dakota Madison - Finding Fisher

What happens when the perfect guy has a twin brother who turns up at his funeral? Do find the answer in Dakota Madison's book, 'Finding Fisher' which is part of #Tornadogiveaway 2.

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Name of the Book: FINDING FISHER

Author: Dakota Madison

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Franklin Smith was the perfect fiancé. He was at the top of our class at Stanford and had been recently accepted to Harvard Law. But Spring Break our senior year of college changed everything. He went back home to New Jersey and never returned. At his funeral I discovered a guy I never knew. His secret past. And a twin brother, Fisher, I didn’t know existed.

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Dakota Madison 

Dakota Madison has been writing since she learned to read and fell in love with books. When she's not at her computer creating spicy new romances, Dakota is traveling to exotic locales or spending time with her husband and their bloodhounds.

(A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, Karen Mueller Bryson writes contemporary romance under the pen names Dakota Madison, Savannah Young, Sierra Avalon and Ren Monterrey.)

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The Madras Affair - Sundari Venkatraman

  An Affair to Remember!

There is no escaping the fact that blue eyes and a lone dimple can play havoc in the mind of a woman! Especially a woman like Sangita whose life so far has been no bed of roses. A delicate beauty, she has never known real love, as her husband, Giridhar, keeps her teetering between apprehension and unhappiness. The only gift he gives her is her son, Sandeep, who is the centre of her universe. When he conveniently dies, she is far from devastated.

However, she cannot escape the curses and the barbs thrown at her by her parents who are stuck in a time warp, somewhere in the beginning of the 18th century. Her mother, Radha, especially, makes her life a living hell, blaming her for being a widow, forcing her to believe that her life has come to an end. “A woman’s place is with her husband, Sangita. She has no respect if she stays away from him."

So when, at 25, the beautiful and vulnerable Sangita comes across the devastatingly attractive Gautam at the hospital where she works, she is overwhelmed. Her mind refuses to accept the fact that this Adonis could be interested in her. "Brown hair with golden streaks, very fair skin, Indian features till you catch his eyes. Electric blue." She describes him, thus, to her sympathetic sister in law, Rekha.

Gautam, who is at the hospital because he has fractured his arm, is bowled over by the lovely lady in simple pastels, who refuses to allow him any liberties. He wonders whether she is a figment of his imagination. "She was like a butterfly fluttering near a flower, ready to take flight at the slightest disturbance.

Gauatm realizes that it is difficult to break through Sangita's defences. In her mind, all men are chauvinists, looking down upon women in general.

The relationship between Gautam and his grandparents, Ganapathi and Vimala, is a delightful one. They dote on him, and there is a playfulness that comes across, revealing the deep affection that they bear one another. Having witnessed the vicissitudes in Sangita's life, they also have "a soft spot for the young woman who carried the troubles of her small world so bravely on her slender shoulders."

Gautam plays his cards carefully. He decides to make friends with Sandeep first. "One thought dominated the child’s mind. He urgently required a father to set his grandmother’s mind at peace."

Does Gautam succeed in breaking through Sangita's defences? What roles do Sangita's brothers, Rakesh and Raghavan, play in the whole plot? How can stark conservatism and traditional mumbo jumbo be overcome? What is the ploy that finally breaks the camel's back?

Sundari Venkatraman is a storyteller par excellence. Her narrative flows like a stream, with all its little eddies and waves; never once does the flow stop, and this is the skill that comes through in all her books. One is compelled to continue reading till the very end. The writing is natural, never forced, and the very simplicity of the plot keeps the reader hooked.

Another plus is how the novel is so well grounded in Madras. There are references to the social evils that were prevalent in the past, but never once, do these take away from the love story that is the hero of the plot. Kudos to Sundari Venkatraman for having sustained the tempo of the story without once turning preachy!

Verdict: An affair well woven into the fabric of Madras, with all its features and foibles!

Rating: *****

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#Tornadogiveaway 2 - Neelam Chandra Saxena - Skylines

Neelam Chandra Saxena continues to be her prolific self as she puts forth a collection of stories on the different avatars of women in Skylines, which is a part of #Tornadogiveaway 2.

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Name of the Book: SKYLINES
Author: Neelam Chandra Saxena

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A woman is like a palette of colours. Just like the colours, she too displays a different tint and shade at different points of time. The colours you perceive are the ones you make her show. If you love her, she will adore you; if you give her wings she will soar but if you hurt her, she may take time but will one day bounce back in retaliation.

'Skylines' is a collection of fourteen different stories which revolve around women - the buoyant teens, the chirpy youth or the matured ladies. Different encounters and circumstances in life make them either very tender, fragile or reactionaries and bigots. Do read on to understand these colours of life...

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Neelam Chandra Saxena 

Neelam Saxena Chandra completed her Engineering in Electronics & Power Engineering from V.N.I.T., Nagpur and went on to finish PG Dip in I.M & HRD and PG Dip in Finance Mgmt. She is a bureaucrat working with Indian Railways. She shares from an incurable passion of writing poetry and fiction. Around seven hundred of her stories/poems have been published in various leading Indian as well as international magazines, anthologies and journals. Many of her stories/poems have been transmitted by Akashwani (Radio) also. Neelam was recently nominated in the list of 78 most well-known authors in India by Forbes for the year 2014.

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#Tornadogiveaway 2 - Namrata - Metro Diaries

Love is a many splendoured thing, went the old song, and here are some love classics that will thrill your heart, in Metro Diaries by Namrata on #Tornadogiveaway 2.

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Name of the Book: METRO DIARIES

Author: Namrata

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Love is one of the most amazing feelings on this earth, one that makes you the most powerful person or the most helpless person in a split second. These stories capture those feelings of despair, longing, love, lust, desire, want, dejection and admiration to create deja vu. Hold onto your hearts as you flip through these pages and take a walk down the memory lane, as "metro diaries" will revive your innermost feelings and imbibe in you the magic of love. Touching, amusing and deeply moving, metro diaries - love classics are tales that will hold you from start till end.

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Namrata 

Namrata is an investment banker who dreams of making a difference to the world, one word at a time. She romances life through her writings and aspires to make love the universal language. She is a contributor to various anthologies and e-zines along with having recently published her first solo e-book called Metro Diaries: Seventeen LOVE classics. She is also the editor for Writer's Ezine, apart from being a reviewer for leading publishing houses.

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