Only Wheat not White
by Varsha Dixit
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
BLURB:
What
if following your heart means failing your family? Eila Sood leaves India for
the U.S., hoping to unite her family and mend fences with her estranged older
sister. She soon learns that her sister’s intercultural marriage, which
outraged their parents, has hit rock bottom. To help pay the bills, Eila
accepts an accounting job at a strip club, working for the fascinating yet
infuriating Brett Wright. As their friendship and mutual desire builds, Eila
chooses keeping family peace over following her heart. After Brett
misinterprets her fears and accuses Eila of prejudice, his ex-girlfriend steps
in to offer solace. Eila realizes that whichever choice she makes will rip her
life apart. What will Eila choose? Love of her life or a life ruled by
tradition? Fall in love with love, in this steamy saga from a best selling
romance author.
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EXCERPT:
Miserable,
Eila bobbed her head not looking at Brett. Walking away from you again is
killing me.
For
her part, Eila began a new phase of her life with the strictest of rules.
Rule
number 1: Always take big portions of dessert after dinner. This will eradicate
the craving for comfort food later when you are up the whole night.
Rule
number 2: Do not look at couples. Better still, glare at them or imagine them
as incestuous siblings. Yuck!
Rule
number 3: In public, as in with anyone other than yourself, keep your lips
stretched and show teeth.
Rule
number 4: Thanks to Rule number 3, always keep lip-gloss handy, for dry lips
are painful to stretch. Also, horde ice packs and tea bags for under the eyes
dark circles.
Rule
number 5: Avoid anything that begins with the letter B, be it bread, biscuits,
baseball or bayonets. Also make sure to personally shred napkins, pages, office
memos and toilet paper filled with doodles of HIS name.
Rule
number 6: Say NO to Italian food.
Rule
number 7: In the near future – we are talking about the next twenty years – try
and reduce the number of times you view HIS social networking page, which has not
been updated for over ninety days.
Rule
number 8: Seriously, only read the bestselling books in horror and self-help
genres. The former will help you kill time by making you sweat, shake and fear
your own reflection, thereby distracting you from HIS thoughts. And the latter
will help you fall asleep faster than any over-the-counter sleeping pills.
Rule
number 9: Remember you are not a teenager, so you are too old to hate your
parents.
Rule
number 10: Always remember to breathe in and out and put one foot in the front
of the other.
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Talking with author Varsha Dixit.....
Have you ever had an
imaginary friend?
A: Sure. All my characters,
good or evil, are first my friends. Once I get to know them like best buddies do
I start writing their story.
Do you have any phobias?
A: I have vertigo. I’m scared
of heights.
Do you listen to music
when you're writing?
A: Yes I do. All kinds, hip
hop, Indian, country, movie tracks etc.
Do you ever read your
stories out loud?
A: Nope. I haven’t done that
yet, but never say never.
Tell us about your main
character and who inspired him/her.
A: My main character’s name
is Eila Sood and she inspired everyone and anyone who leaves their roots and
attempts to make home in another country.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Varsha Dixit is
the best selling author of four successful contemporary romance books. Her
debut book, Right Fit Wrong Shoe was a national bestseller for the year 2010.
Varsha was a part of the Indian Television Industry and worked as an assistant
director and online editor. She considers herself a dreamer who thinks deep but
writes light. Even though creativity is gender free, Varsha feels blessed and
enriched to be a woman. Currently, with her family, Varsha resides in CA, USA.
Website:
www.varshadixit.com
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ReplyDeleteWhat is the one, single food that you would never give up?
ReplyDeleteThe rules had me laughing.
ReplyDeleteLoved all the rules. This sounds like a fascinating story.
ReplyDeleteI liked the rules.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid of heights myself!
ReplyDelete--Trix
What books do you like to read?
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the excerpt, sounds like a great book, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, I loved the mini interview. Never thought of making my imaginary friend into a book character.... awesome idea!! Haha.. thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteNo problem... haha sounds like fun!
DeleteI love your 10 rules and I don't love heights, either!
ReplyDeleteRule number one is my kind of rule
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed reading the entire post, thank you!
ReplyDeleteYou are so welcome!
ReplyDeletei enjoyed reading the blurb and excerpt.sounds good
ReplyDeleteThank you for the interview. Good luck with this new book!
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