Title: Duty and Desire
Series: Winds of Fire #1
Author: Anju Gattani
Genre: Family Saga
Publisher: Greenbrier Book Co.
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Pages: 304
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How Can
Happiness Survive When Duty Clashes With Desire?
Sheetal
Prasad has it all: youth, beauty, wealth and education. But when this modern
Indian woman surrenders love for honor and marries into India’s most
glamorous ‘royal family’, these very advantages turn against her and she is
stripped of her freedom.
Meet the
Dhanrajs — a powerful family bound together by a web of lies where infidelity,
greed, secrets and hidden identities lurk beneath the lush tapestry. The
Dhanrajs have plenty to hide and will do what it takes to mask the truth from
the world.
As Sheetal
peels back the layers of deceit, she confronts a haunting reality and is
threatened by the blazes of passion she ignites.
Excerpt:
“She
loved him. She reached out to touch him and soothe his anger. “I risked
everything just coming here to be with you.”
“Not
to be with me. To tell me. You came to tell me you’re marrying someone else.
And you expect me to do nothing?” That’s exactly what she did expect, because
society required a woman to marry the man her parents chose for her.
Arvind
grabbed Sheetal by the shoulders and gazed into her eyes. “Do you understand
how much I love you?”
She
understood. “I have no choice, Arvind.” Sheetal took a long, deep breath and
clasped her fingers together. “Love isn’t enough for my father. Money, reputation,
class and status. That’s what matters to him.” Until now she had ignored the
imitation suede shoes on his feet and the ripped, beige, front pocket of his
shirt; things she would have never have noticed if her mother hadn’t brought
them to her attention a while back. “My father wants me,”—she bit her lip,
knowing her words would hurt him—“well taken care of.”
About the Author:
Anju was born
in India
but grew up in Hong Kong. Her Indian
upbringing and British education worked together to strongly influence her
writing.
Anju’s
fiction explores how the distinct mindsets and traditions of different cultures
permanently shape people’s values, thinking, and behavior patterns—for both
good and evil—despite the “leveling” effects of 21st century communications and
travel.
Anju earned a
Bachelors degree in English Literature in India and a teaching degree in the United Kingdom.
She has also studied creative writing.
Anju has
lived in Singapore,
Australia,
India,
New Jersey
and Connecticut.
She now makes her home in Atlanta,
Georgia, with
her husband and two kids. Anju is a columnist for a multicultural magazine in
the USA.
She is also an avid guest blogger, who loves to share her experiences in health
and fitness, food, self-empowerment and great fiction reads.
Duty and
Desire is her first novel.
Visit Anju at
www.anjugattani.com
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