2018 And The Books I Read In The Year

I did a wrap up of my reads last year (2017) for the first time and I decided it was a tradition I should keep up with this year as well. Though the year ends tomorrow, I have already finished …

The Taboo of Reading Romance

I love reading Romance. There, I said it. View this post on Instagram @vibhybatra's #GlitterAndGloss had been on my TBR for long but I started reading it today. From Misha's POV, it's exciting to see the mundane in a new …

2017 And The Books I Read This Year

It is the last day of the year and I thought I should do a wrap for the year as pertains to the books I picked up in the year and the ones I finished reading. Prior to the beginning …

Hina Loves To Read

Hina Loves To Read Nothing new there. But because I started ‘Lair Of A Wordsmith’ basically to share what I write. Be it stories or poems. There have been instances when I shared some book reviews here as well but …

Who Will Be The Jelly Bean King? by Maryam Mirza

Many who read, try their hand at writing and many succeed at this art. One of those who succeeded is Ms Maryam Mirza. I met Maryam in my book club. It is called Bookay. Amidst conversations, she mentioned this children’s …

Do You Take This Daddy? by Katie Meyer

Molly Post is the happy go lucky sort of girl of the small beautiful town. She has dreams and has priorities but it takes one heart broken man to put a damper to all that.

But should it be called a damper when she still stood by her dreams? I don’t think so. Reprioritising more like. She still wants to be renowned photographer and is working towards that. In the meanwhile she does not want be part of a relationship at all because that she believes takes a part of oneself.

And then comes in Noah James who is an artist himself and understands all about all consuming nature of the field.

Back to Noah’s broken heart. He has been practically dumped at the altar and goes forth and makes the planned honeymoon into a solo vacation. It is not the woman he is mourning but the baby he was to have.

The baby is till there. No abortion. No miscarriage. Read the book to know for yourself.

But destiny wants to shower him with the blessing of fatherhood anyway. While it fills his heart with love for his son, the woman he has now fallen in love with is being taken away.

What is the future for Noah and Molly? Will they be able to be together? Will Molly be able to open herself enough to accommodate more? Will Noah be able to understand that his love will not stifle the amazing woman he loves?

Grab your copy now. I am sure you won’t be disappointed.

A Valentine for the Veterinarian by Katie Meyer

Dr Cassie Marshall is a the town vet with an adorable baby at her side. Since her ass of an ex she had remained clear of the path of love  because it is not just her she has to think …

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

 A five-star book for me. My friends had a lot of good things to say about this book. And not just my friends but many a people out there that I come into contact electronically. The cover image was intriguing …

Gift-Wrapped in Her Wedding Dress by Kandy Shepherd

This book has one of my favourite tropes executed fabulously.   A story revolving around the festive atmosphere and the spirit of giving and sharing, this book hooks one in from the first. Either it be a little flirting here …

Magic Man by Jacqui Jacoby

 She existed. And then, she did not.

 

 

A story of one woman’s lost life and the limits she goes to to put a wrong done centuries ago to right.

Alex Madison goes to the grocery store and finds that her entire life, bar her existence, has been wiped away. It was as if she has never been. No one remembers her; no one knows her. Nor her loving family neither her friends. Not even the man she has been in a relationship for four years though they did break up some eight months ago (all part of some elusive plan in wiping out the history of the history professor).

Surviving on the streets for five days, Alex goes to find the one man she has always loved, Detective Peter McKenzie. Even though Peter does not recognise her, he shows her kindness and gives her some food; be it only donuts and coffee.

But there is a limit to what a man may hear a strange woman say and that is what happens in here. Peter starts thinking her crazy when she starts talking about the life that they have had together. Still, he wants to help the damsel in distress.

Alex, does not need his sympathy. She needs him to believe her and get her out of this predicament. When nothing comes to pass, a sort of miracle happens. Peter’s father, Kenneth McKenzie shows up at the station and, lo and behold, he knows Alex. Taking her under his protection, Kenneth promises her that they will somehow put everything back to normal. In that moment, though, she is happy that someone remembers her.

Kenneth, for his part, has his own secrets that have not resulted in him forgetting the dear woman he loves as a daughter.

But it with the love of Peter, which is not suppressed with all the evil being inflicted, Alex is all ready to defend her and the man she loves from a serial killer who is not a flesh and blood human being. A serial killer on whose case Peter has been working for some time.

Peter’s brain might have forgotten the woman he loves but in his heart he accepts the rightness of being with her. The wholeness of being he feels when with her.

And together they shall face the evil and either eliminate it or be eliminated themselves.

The story is full of how the brain is to be used but the heart must be given the due credit too for making us choose right and wrong. The story is about how not always will a logic present itself to resolve an issue because the answer lies outside the box we hold ourselves prisoners in.

Last but not the least, the story highlights how we need our independence but we need our family and friends in equal measure to fuss around us and be a constant pain in the backside because they are the ones who make our lives complete.