Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors

A Novel

By: Sonali Dev

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

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 outsider
• Never do anything to jeopardize your brother’s political aspirations
• And never, ever, defy your family

Trisha 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.

Well worth the challenge to process discomfort.

The book does an excellent job of presenting inequity, prejudice and their effects through race and class. Thank you for writing books that evoke growth via discomfort and reflection.

I do also love the story. 🥰

The relational detail and the deliciousness of the cultural information.

I love your books, Sonali. I love the way you read them. I appreciate your descriptions of thought, words, actions, and how you spice them up with the best metaphors. The story is intriguing and the mystery well kept. This one particularly kept me wanting to read on, and never stop. Thank you! 🙏🏽

Twists and turns

A nerdy neurosurgeon meets a hot chef & life starts “lifing”. I’d read the second in the series first accidentally, so I know what happens next but didn’t feel that I’d missed a beat. It’s a good story with some interesting family dynamics along the way. I couldn’t put it down!

Clever. I will read more books from this author.

It's not easy to take this story and bring it into modern day. It doesn't always translate, but this author has done an excellent job. She really found a way to have the characters spar with each other and she found a way to highlight both the pride and the prejudiced in both of these characters and still make it relevant to today's world It was well done and I plan on reading more of her books.

Plus I loved all of the talk of the Indian food. I wish I could eat some right now.

Charming rom com, Desi style

charming rom com, Desi style
Family dynamics, old secrets, being passionate about your work, they all weave together in this fun story. excellent narration.