Award-winning author Sonali Dev launches a new series about the Rajes, an immigrant Indian family descended from royalty, who have built their lives in San Francisco...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that only in an overachieving Indian American family can a genius daughter be considered a black sheep.
Dr. Trisha Raje is San Francisco's most acclaimed neurosurgeon. But that's not enough for the Rajes, her influential immigrant family who's achieved power by making its own non-negotiable rules:
Never trust an outsiderNever do anything to jeopardize your brother's political aspirationsAnd never, ever, defy your familyTrisha is guilty of breaking all three rules. But now she has a chance to redeem herself. So long as she doesn't repeat old mistakes.
Up-and-coming chef DJ Caine has known people like Trisha before, people who judge him by his rough beginnings and place pedigree above character. He needs the lucrative job the Rajes offer, but he values his pride too much to indulge Trisha's arrogance. And then he discovers that she's the only surgeon who can save his sister's life.
As the two clash, their assumptions crumble like the spun sugar on one of DJ's stunning desserts. But before a future can be savored there's a past to be reckoned with...
A family trying to build home in a new land.
A man who has never felt at home anywhere.
And a choice to be made between the two.
About the Author :
USA Today Bestselling author Sonali Dev writes Bollywood-style love stories that explore issues faced by women around the world. Sonali's novels have been on Library Journal, NPR, Washington Post, and Kirkus's Best Books of the year lists. She has won the American Library Association's award for best romance, the RT Reviewer Choice Award for best contemporary romance, multiple RT Seals of Excellence, is a RITA(R) finalist, and has been listed for the Dublin Literary Award. Shelf Awareness calls her "Not only one of the best but one of the bravest romance novelists working today."
She lives in Chicagoland with her husband, two visiting adult children, and the world's most perfect dog.
Find more at sonalidev.com.
Soneela is a classically trained actress with over 500 titles in many genres including her specialties: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, and Sci-Fi. She has garnered 26 Earphone awards, an Audie; and was awarded AudioFile magazine's Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Honor. Her audiobooks have been featured in AudioFile Magazine, The Washington Post, Audible and The New York Times. She is known for her facility with languages and accents and her flexibility to handle a range of genres and styles. She loves to inspire hope, swooning and laughter in her listeners.
Review :
"Dev's fifth novel faces such issues as cultural assimilation, familial forgiveness, and medical ethics head-on. Her descriptions of DJ's culinary delights, whether from DJ's passionate perspective or from Trisha's, are mouthwatering. Ideal for romantics and foodies alike."
-- "Booklist"
"With humor, insight, and culinary descriptions so rich the tantalizing aromas of curry and cilantro practically waft from the pages, Dev's latest draws readers into a tangled world of class, cultural, and political issues in a delicious riff on Pride and Prejudice."
-- "Library Journal (starred review)"
"Dev adroitly addresses matters of racism, classism, rape culture, and immigrant experiences in this entertaining contemporary story...A complex and riveting work."
-- "Publishers Weekly"
"The first in a multicultural #OwnVoices romance series, with an enemies-to-lovers central plot and distinctive supporting characters whose histories and dramas play out alongside the love story."
-- "Kirkus Reviews"
