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Bombay Girl - Kavita Daswani (2012)
Sohana Badshah comes from a super-rich Indian family and has always lived a charmed life without worrying or caring about a thing. After spending her time partying and practically doing nothing, one day Sohana decides to move to London to pursue interior designing but life has other plans. She falls deeply in love with Jagdish Sachdev and never expected that one day her true love would leave her over business rivalry among their families. After being dumped, Sohana returns home to find out that her family is not as perfect as she thought it was. The family business is on the verge of being sold off, her cousin is cheating on his wife, her brother is in love with the wrong girl while two of her cousins have set their hearts on the same girl and her best friend has morphed into a tantrum queen. When out of the blue, her grandfather decides to give one last shot to save the business and throws the challenge to the male heirs of the family to come up with a creative and profitable plan, the game becomes dirty. This novel is a great read and hooks you from the very first chapter with its rivalries and romance, scandals and a secret which can change everything. There are two more books in the series which will be released over the next two years and I already can't wait to read them. (SS)
Bombay Girl is the first book in a trilogy from Indian author Kavita Daswani. The summary says: "Sohana Badshah has led a charmed existence carefree, wealthy and from a close-knit family (at least as far she knows). And then she moves to London on a whim to pursue an interior design course, where she meets and falls passionately in love with Jagdish Sachdev, he of the compassionate heart and matchless brains. But Jag leaves her, citing irreconcilable differences between their families. Sohana returns home to the news that the business empire her grandfather had built over the years will wind up either in the hands of the highest bidder or with the grandson (but of course) who shows the most mettle. As her brothers race to inherit the business, Sohana is wooed, and her ethics and loyalties tested. With secrets tumbling out and dramas unfolding all around her, Sohana must make up her mind about what and who she is in the scheme of things."