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2 out of 5 stars
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expectations not met for this book
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A Change of Heart
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 41
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Dr. Nikhil "Nic" Joshi had it all - marriage, career, purpose - until, while working for Doctors without Borders in a Mumbai slum, his wife, Jen, discovered a black market organ-transplant ring. Before she could expose the truth, Jen was killed. Two years after the tragedy, Nic is a cruise ship doctor who spends his days treating seasickness and sunburn and his nights in a boozy haze. On one of those blurry evenings on deck, Nic meets a woman who makes a startling claim
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4 out of 5 stars
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After being dumped, Ashish Patel's mojo goes AWOL. Even worse, his parents are annoyingly, smugly confident they could find him a better match. So, in a moment of weakness, Ash challenges them to set him up. Sweetie Nair is many things: a formidable track athlete who can outrun most people in California, a loyal friend, a shower-singing champion. Oh, and she’s also fat. To Sweetie’s traditional parents, this last detail is the kiss of death. Ashish and Sweetie both have something to prove. But with each date, they realize there’s an unexpected magic growing between them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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- By: Sonali Dev
- Narrated by: Priya Ayyar
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 381
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 352
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Playboy filmmaker Samir "Sam" Rathod is Bollywood's favorite bad boy. He'll do anything for his big brother - even travel halfway across the globe to take care of the "wife" who just crawled out of his brother's past. Yet Mili isn't the simple village girl Sam expected. She's a whirlwind who sucks him into her roommate's elaborate elopement and soon has him drowning in her onyx eyes.
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2 out of 5 stars
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- Unabridged
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Chef Ashna Raje desperately needs a new strategy. How else can she save her beloved restaurant and prove to her estranged, overachieving mother that she isn’t a complete screwup? When she’s asked to join the cast of Cooking with the Stars, the latest hit reality show teaming chefs with celebrities, it seems like just the leap of faith she needs to put her restaurant back on the map. She’s a chef, what’s the worst that could happen? Rico Silva, that’s what.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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 nonnegotiable 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.
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2 out of 5 stars
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expectations not met for this book
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- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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5 out of 5 stars
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Her name means "miracle" in Sanskrit, and to her parents, that's exactly what Kimaya is. The first baby to survive after several miscarriages, Kimi grows up in a mansion at the top of Mumbai's Pali Hill, surrounded by love and privilege. But at 11 years old, she develops a rare illness that requires her to be confined to a germ-free ivory tower in her home, with only the Arabian Sea churning outside her window for company...until one person dares venture into her world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not as good as the first book
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 110
After being dumped, Ashish Patel's mojo goes AWOL. Even worse, his parents are annoyingly, smugly confident they could find him a better match. So, in a moment of weakness, Ash challenges them to set him up. Sweetie Nair is many things: a formidable track athlete who can outrun most people in California, a loyal friend, a shower-singing champion. Oh, and she’s also fat. To Sweetie’s traditional parents, this last detail is the kiss of death. Ashish and Sweetie both have something to prove. But with each date, they realize there’s an unexpected magic growing between them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The guy reading for Ashish is not great.
- By Tyler Svedin on 02-28-20
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The Marriage Clock
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 15
To Leila Abid’s traditional Indian parents, finding a husband is as easy as match, meet, marry. Yes, she wants to marry, but after 26 years of singledom, even Leila is starting to get nervous. And to make matters worse, her parents are panicking, the neighbors are talking, and she’s wondering, are her expectations just too high? But for Leila, a marriage of arrangement clashes with her lifelong dreams of a Bollywood romance, where real love happens before marriage, not the other way around. So she decides it’s time to stop dreaming and start dating.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Audio Version Not good
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Take a Hint, Dani Brown: A Novel
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5 out of 5 stars
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P&P with a "Citizen of the World" perspective
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2 out of 5 stars
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Whine whine whine.
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful and Completely Human Story
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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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Couldn’t finish
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5 out of 5 stars
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When her partner of over a decade suddenly ends things, Laurie is left reeling - not only because they work at the same law firm and she has to see him every day. Her once perfect life is in shambles, and the thought of dating again in the age of Tinder is nothing short of horrifying. When news of her ex’s pregnant girlfriend hits the office grapevine, taking the humiliation lying down is not an option. Then, a chance encounter in a broken-down elevator with the office playboy opens up a new possibility.
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5 out of 5 stars
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such a good romance?!
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The Wedding Party
- By: Jasmine Guillory
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 618
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Maddie and Theo have two things in common: 1. Alexa is their best friend. 2. They hate each other. After an "oops, we made a mistake" night together, neither one can stop thinking about the other. With Alexa's wedding rapidly approaching, Maddie and Theo both share bridal party responsibilities that require more interaction with each other than they're comfortable with.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved It!
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A Convenient Fiction
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 526
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 491
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It's been three years since Laura Hayes' father died, leaving her and her invalid brother to subsist on the income from the family's failing perfume business. But time is swiftly running out. What she needs is a husband, and fast. A noble gentleman who can rescue them all from penury. When a mysterious stranger arrives in the village, he seems a perfect candidate. But Alex Archer is no hero. In fact, he just might be the opposite.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mimi Matthews' Best Yet!
- By D. Fields on 12-19-19
Publisher's Summary
Ria Parkar is Bollywood's favorite ice princess - beautiful, poised, and scandal-proof - until one impulsive act threatens to expose her destructive past.
Traveling home to Chicago for her cousin's wedding offers a chance to defuse the coming media storm and find solace in family, food, and outsized celebrations that are like one of her vibrant movies come to life. But it also means confronting Vikram Jathar. Ria and Vikram spent childhood summers together, a world away from Ria's exclusive boarding school in Mumbai. Their friendship grew seamlessly into love - until Ria made a shattering decision. As far as Vikram is concerned, Ria sold her soul for stardom, and it's taken him years to rebuild his life. But beneath his pent-up anger, their bond remains unchanged. And now, among those who know her best, Ria may find the courage to face the secrets she's been guarding for everyone else's benefit - and a chance to stop acting and start living.
Rich with details of modern Indian American life, here is a warm, sexy, and witty story of love, family, and the difficult choices that arise in the name of both.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Rio Delta Wild
- 07-25-16
Can't get enough of India, Pakistan, Bollywood....
Funny story, good characters, rings very true on many counts.
A typical love story: struggles with misunderstandings.
Nevertheless, it's fun to travel along on these journeys, with excellent narration.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Shannon
- 07-27-18
Enthralling
From the prologue, I was hooked. The author gives just enough information to leave you wanting more all the way until end. Add that to the fact that you feel like you're inside the book, feeling the emotions with the characters, and it is truly a wonderful listen.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Lini
- 05-31-18
Great story. Needs to be a movie!
Loved this book. They need to make this a movie it would be an instant hit. Can’t wait to get my hands on Sonali’s other books.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Lorraine M. Davis
- 04-10-18
True Thought: How Many Awards Did This Book Earn?
Sonali Dev is a lyricist with deep emotional intelligence. What a satisfying read! Ready for more. (I want the aunties to adopt me.)
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Happy
- 01-05-18
Not not sure not sure not sure not sure not sure w
I couldn't get past all the clichés. "every cell in her body. " "hands squarely on her hip." Eek
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- F Shaw
- 12-03-17
Disappointment
I was hoping for some irony but no luck. I love the extravagance of genre but this was too serious.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Janiece
- 07-27-16
YES
I just loved how nicely the puzzle came together. Please write more stories! Im so obsessed!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Megan Brezovar
- 03-22-16
Beautiful, passionate story!
From beginning to end I was swept away by this beautiful heart wrenching story of love and resilience.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Dacia
- 02-12-16
Typical romance novel
I always like to read a romance novel here and there. The author does a great job in a few of the story lines and then others - a man feverishly in love with a woman that keeps running away - gets a bit stale after hours of listening.
However! It was a fun listen and the narrator does a phenomenal job of delivering the story from a culture that isn't typically main stream.