Publisher: Flaming Sun (Indie published)
Publication Date: May 25, 2025
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
Genre: Contemporary Romance

STORY-IN-BRIEF

Tall, dark, handsome and uber successful Reyansh Bhargav doesn’t believe in a permanent relationship. And he has his own reasons for the same.

Young and beautiful Aadhira Udhas, who’s from a secure family background, is a hard core romantic. She falls headlong in love with Reyansh, not long after she goes to work for him.

He’s immensely attracted to her, but wary of his jaded nature wrecking the young innocent’s life. He tries really hard to keep his distance, but it gets more and more difficult as they continue to share a workspace on a day-to-day basis.

As for Aadhira, it looks like she’s capable of barging into spaces where angels fear to tread. Does that make her foolish? Or just a woman in love?

And what about Reyansh? Can he manage to resist her? Even if he makes her his, would a temporary arrangement work for the woman who truly believes in ‘till death do us part’?

Sundari Venkatraman is an Indie Author who has 73 books to her credit, the latest book being Chat with REYANSH, a standalone romance novel. Her books have consistently featured in the Top 100 Bestseller Lists on Amazon India, Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada and Amazon Australia in both romance as well as Asian Drama categories. Her latest hot romances have all been on #1 Bestseller slot in Amazon India for over a month.

These days, the author is independently publishing her novels in paperback format under her banner Flaming Sun, printed and distributed by Notion Press. 

Even as a child, Sundari absolutely loved the ‘lived happily ever after’ syndrome and she grew up on a steady diet of fairy tales, Phantom comics and Mandrake comics. It was always about good triumphing over evil and a happy ending after the protagonists surmounted all unexpected obstacles.

Once she entered her teens, Sundari switched her loyalties from fairy tales to Mills & Boon. While she loved reading both of these, she kept visualising what would have happened if there were similar situations happening in India; to local heroes and heroines. And of course, the joy of vanquishing the ubiquitous evil villains! Her imagination soared and she happily ensconced herself in a rosy romantic cocoon for many years.

Then came the writing—a true bolt from the blue! And Sundari Venkatraman has never looked back.

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Book Review: HOLDING ON TO US by Jaya Sri Naga Jyothi P

 

HOLDING ON TO US: 
A Slow-Burn Arranged Marriage Romance with Forced Proximity and Second Chances
by
Jaya Sri Naga Jyothi P

Print Length: 366 pages

Publication Date: March 28, 2025

Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC

Language: English

Genre: Romance

BLURB

They were never the perfect match. Now, they must decide if love is enough.

Ishana and Dev’s arranged marriage has always felt like a slow-burning storm—filled with unsaid words, unmet expectations, and a growing distance neither of them knows how to bridge. Dr. Ishana Agarwal, an emerging Pediatrician is a hopeless romantic, longs for warmth and affection, while Dr. Devansh Alla, a renowned Orthopedic is distant, overprotective, and impossible to understand. Fourteen months of trying and failing have convinced them that walking away is the only choice.

But fate has other plans. Forced to stay in each other’s lives a little longer, the tension between them ignites—fueled by past heartbreak, lingering attraction, and emotions too powerful to ignore. Every glance lasts a second too long. Every touch echoes with something unspoken. And every moment together makes it harder to let go. The walls between them begin to crack, revealing hidden desires and long-buried feelings, neither of them dared to acknowledge.

Are they truly incompatible and destined to fall apart, or is there something worth holding on to?

Tropes: Workplace romance, Slow-burn romance, Forced proximity, Arranged marriage, Second-chance, Possessive MMC, Secret admirer, Emotional angst & Opposites attract.

MY REVIEW

The emotions are spot on…

I was hooked from the moment I started reading the book, curious to know more about the protagonists. In fact, I wanted to know what made them tick. Why did Ishana and her husband Dev of fourteen months, never shared a bedroom?

The author had made me curious right from the beginning. Both are doctors, young, beautiful, aspirational, and successful to a big extent. The difference is Ishana is a romantic at heart, while Dev is anything but expressive.

She had dreams when she entered the arranged marriage, while he had fallen for her from the beginning. She’s totally impatient, and wants everything to happen speedily. He’s patience personified, non-confrontational, and expects things to work out even if he does not offer his view point.

Things come to a head when Ishana’s frustration gets out of bounds. She only sees her husband as a control freak, and totally fed up, makes a demand which truly shakes up Dev.

As for him, he wants to please her, under any and all circumstances, and agrees to give her what she seeks.

In the meanwhile, something had happened when Ishana lost her cool. She finally found the guts to tell him what she was missing in the marriage, which has a major impact on the husband who loves her.

Will it make a difference to their relationship? You have to read this slow burn romance to find out.

The story is well built, the characters strong (especially the protags), the narrative interesting. A feel-good romance which will warm your heart.

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