Author Archives: Simi K. Rao

MY NOVEL ‘INCONVENIENT RELATIONS’ NOW AVAILABLE!

SEASON’S GREETINGS!

My novel ‘INCONVENIENT RELATIONS’ is finally here!

Buy a copy for yourself and or give it as a gift –who wouldn’t want a little ‘spicy’ romance over the holidays? 😉

Its a New Title, New Cover and a New Series.

‘INCONVENIENT RELATIONS’ originally published as ‘An Incurable Insanity’ – a novel about finding love after arranged marriage with a particularly feisty heroine which received rave reviews- ‘An often intoxicating-will they-won’t they-tale’– KIRKUS REVIEWS is now out in a new avatar. You can read more reviews and sample a couple of chapters here.

It’s the first book in the ‘ARRANGED MATCH’ series—is now available for purchase!

It has some wonderful extras—a recipe and the chapter of my upcoming book ‘THE ACCIDENTAL WIFE”

eBook Store links for various countries. All you need is to download the free kindle app.

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And I Need Reviews! So I’ve decided to give ebook copies of my next novel ACCIDENTAL WIFE away to the first 5 readers who buy this book and post reviews on Amazon. And everybody else will be entered in a raffle to win a free copy also. And if you tell your friends to buy this book and post a review- they also get to enter the giveaway and you earn another entry. Remember, the more entries, the higher the chances to win. And let me tell you will love the book– you will love both the books 😀

All you need to do is post the link of the review here on the blog or on my page on Facebook.

Thank you and have a romantic holiday!

Simi K, Rao

Rhythm & Blues Chap 19: Ironic

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19: Ironic

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“TISH!”

A peal of insane laughter. “Gotcha! You and your dirty little secrets!”

Yes it was Shan’s neighbor, who having designated herself as his unofficial girlfriend had conveniently pocketed a set of his house keys.

She was looking at both of them right now with a wily smile plastered on her painted face, standing, no leaning against the studio door seeming at any moment ready to tip over and land on her face.

I need to get those keys back! Shaan thought.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Horse had her pinned to the ground in a jiffy and appeared to be wondering whether she would make decent breakfast material.

“Get this bloody monster off me!” She shrieked.

Shan ignored her. Horse needed to polish his aggression skills. Lately he had become too soft after being overly babied by Khanak.

“What in Hell are you doing here at this hour?! He demanded while reluctantly letting go of his dance partner. Kabab mein haddi had to drop in at this time! Just when I felt I was attaining a different plane with Khanak.

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It’s here! An Incurable Insanity 2nd edition Cover Reveal!

Yes, its finally here!

The cover of the brand new edition of my first novel–and I must say I simply love it! Thank you Eddie–you are amazing!

And the book will be out next week! More info soon!

So plan to get it! Here are some sample chapters to whet the appetite 😉

Part 2 is in the works.

Like and Share if you care for #Women’sRights

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This is not a movie or a TV show, this is real. Two young sisters were molested in broad daylight in Rohtak, a city in the Indian state of Haryana and they had to fight back alone while everybody watched in silence.

If this isn’t shameful what is? For us to have to fight for our dignity in the 21st century?

And this happens everyday. Women are abused and tormented not just by strangers, but by their own family- fathers, husbands, boyfriends, sons and they are expected to bear it quietly because it is their lot. They are the ‘weaker’ and ‘subservient’ species. They are treated as sexual toys and the act is celebrated as in ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ and the like– yes there are takers for such stuff but what about those women who don’t want to be used and abused? Who just want to be able to go to school, to travel alone, wear jeans and carry mobile phones? Who want to be treated as regular human beings?

Don’t they have rights too?

Rhythm&Blues Chap 18: Love is in the Air

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18: Love is in the Air

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WOOF!… WOOF!

“WATCH OUT!”

Khanak turned just in time as a huge fur ball flew across the roof garden and hurtled itself on top of her nearly knocking her over.

“HORSE!” Khanak laughed struggling to maintain her balance as the overgrown pup placed his forepaws on her shoulders and proceeded to lick her face clean with a very wet tongue.

“Horse…I missed you.. and looks like you missed me too! How have you been?” She cried burying her face in the warm thick coat hugging the furry body which shook from side to side along with the happy tail.

Shan watched silently as girl and dog met like long lost friends even though they had been apart a bare couple of days. He made no attempt to curb his pet’s enthusiasm. She needed the distraction as well as the unconditional affection that she was willing to accept.

I don’t think she’s ready to accept mine..not yet.

“Hey Horse! Down boy!”He shouted when he saw Khanak bulldozed to the ground.

She convulsed with laughter holding a hand to her stomach when she saw Shan roll around on the flagstones floor wrestling with his Akita for control.

“That’s enough alright!” Shan yelled at the point of being overpowered..

“Phew! Bless my stars that he still recalls some of the training he’s been through.” He said getting up and embarrassedly running a hand through his hair.If he was trying to impress her by a demonstration of his machismo he had failed miserably.

But Khanak wasn’t paying him any attention, instead she was thinking aloud as she scratched the Akita’s throat. He had slunk away to her seeking consolation. “Only Horse loves me for me. He never wanted to know my name..nor was he curious about where I came from. He could care less if I was an escaped convict on the run from the law. He just decided that he likes me..that’s all. He didn’t judge me..nor did he publicly humiliate me. Then why..why does everyone else?” She cried out before bursting into tears.

“Oh my poor Khanak!” Shan rushed to her side. He pulled her into his arms, rocking her gently as she sobbed.

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First Snow of the Season

Icing on the Cake 🙂

‘A Book must be the Axe for the Frozen Sea Inside us’ – Franz Kafka

When Franz Kafka wrote to his friend Oskar Pollak ‘ I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us…We need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into the forests far from everyone, like a suicide.’ He was probably referring to his works, and the one which stands out the most is THE METAMORPHOSIS.

To attempt to analyze this short literary marvel would be a mistake, it’d be enough to say that every ‘thinking’ person should check it out at sometime or other. The tale in true Kafkaesque style brings our worst nightmare to reality, thereby making us realize that there exists another life that we all lead–the one in our dreams that we seldom give much importance to. Anyone could relate to this at once beautiful, comical, painful and wistful story of an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself transformed into an insect.