This guest review is from Aarya Marsden. Aarya Marsden is a pseudonym for an Indian-American college student and long-time romance reader. Her favorite authors include Ilona Andrews, Nalini Singh, Lucy Parker, Kresley Cole, Alisha Rai, Lisa Kleypas, Alyssa Cole, Tessa Dare, Meredith Duran, Mina V. Esguerra, Kate Clayborn, and many more. You can follow @Aarya_Marsden on Twitter, where she gushes about romance novels and laments about her senior honors thesis. … It took me an … Continue reading Guest Review: The Takeover Effect by Nisha Sharma →
The Takeover Effect is Nisha Sharma’s (My So Called Bollywood Life) first published contemporary romance novel, and focuses on three Punjabi Sikh brothers. This is the first in the series and the hero is the eldest brother. As one of my most anticipated books for the first half of 2019, I was eager to get started. While there are some really fantastic elements, I experienced confusion at the setup, a hero I didn’t warm to … Continue reading The Takeover Effect by Nisha Sharma →
The third and final installment in Nisha Sharma’s beloved Shakespeare-inspired rom-com trilogy—an ode to Twelfth Night—is the perfect friends to lovers romp featuring an accidental wedding, meddling families, and plenty of sizzling chemistry. Veera Mathur has been through a lot in the past year. Both of her friends found soul mates, the man she fell in love with got engaged to another woman, and her father fired her before selling the family company. When her twin … Continue reading Marriage & Masti →
This Rec League came from Meg in our SBTB Patreon Discord server. Thanks, Meg! Do you have recommendations for books based on or inspired by Shakespeare plays? I recently read Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese, which is inspired by Much Ado About Nothing (my favorite play) and it made me want more! Shakespeare’s comedies end in marriage, so they seem like good candidates to be adapted into romance novels. Sarah: Ramón and … Continue reading The Rec League: Shakespeare Retellings →
In the hilarious follow-up to the breakout rom-com Dating Dr. Dil, Nisha Sharma adds shakkar and mirch to Shakespeare’s iconic comedy Much Ado About Nothing for one sweet and spicy love story. Bobbi Kaur is determined to plan a celebration to remember for her best friend’s wedding. But she has two problems that are getting in her way: 1. The egotistical, and irritatingly sexy, chef Benjamin “Bunty” Padda is supposed to help her with the menu since he’s the … Continue reading Tastes Like Shakkar →
To All the Boys I Loved Before meets World of Dance in this delectable love story that combines food, dance, and a hint of drama to cook up the perfect romance. Radha is on the verge of becoming one of the greatest kathak dancers in the world . . . until a family betrayal costs her the biggest competition of her life. Now she has left her Chicago home behind to follow her stage mom … Continue reading Radha & Jai’s Recipe for Romance →
Nisha Sharma’s hilarious new romantic comedy inspired by Taming of the Shrew features a love-phobic TV doctor who must convince a love-obsessed homebody they are destined to be together. Kareena Mann dreams of having a love story like her parents, but she prefers restoring her classic car to swiping right on dating apps. When her father announces he’s selling her mother’s home, Kareena makes a deal with him: he’ll gift her the house if she can get … Continue reading Dating Dr. Dil →
This edition of Cover Awe is inspired by a comment that Elyse made when looking at one of the gorgeous covers below. In our Slack, we’ve shared quite a few covers that have some sort of pink/purple color palette and I think Elyse has cracked the code as to why. Redheadedgirl: Ooooooooo! Elyse: I feel like as a group we’re drawn to fuchsia, purple and teal. My Lisa Frank childhood is showing. Amanda: I also … Continue reading Cover Awe: Thanks, Lisa Frank →
