Kindle Edition Amazon Category:  Romance Publisher: publish nation Type: Fiction Pages: 145 Copyright: 2014 ISBN-13: 9781326126070 Price: $6.99 (eBook) Leena’s parents arrange a marriage to a local boy, Rajput Gowda, but Leena’s best friend, Pretti, elopes with Rajput. So Leena goes off to University where she meets Alum, but they always argue. Interwoven into Leena’s story is that of her neighbours, the Prices, who have a difficult relationship and a family secret. Excerpt Excerpt from Leena Purri’s diary (April 25th) I can’t believe it, how could they do this to me - and Rajput Gowda of all people? Why, all he thinks about is cars and computer games. Bloody hell, he gets on better with my brother than me and Seth is only thirteen. Well, that makes sense, Rajput acts about thirteen most of the time. I don’t want to get married. I want to go to university. And if I did want to marry, which I don’t, not for years, it would not be to a stuck-up childish idiot like Rajput Gowda. My parents must be crazy, well his family are rich, Dad is probably thinking about the business opportunities they can bring him. Are they living in the dark ages? Arranged marriages are so old. I won’t do it. I won’t, I won’t, I won’t. How could they agree to this; it’s that meddlesome busybody Aunty Roopa, the bloody matchmaker; I knew she was up to something when the other day, she asked me what I was planning to do next …’

The Arranged Wedding
wedding for her with an Asian boy in whom she has little interest, a fascinating sequence of events is set in motion which shows how very different such family arrangements are within the culture and context of modern-day England with a lively, sparky young female who has ideas of her own about her future. The twists and turns of the ingenious plot, the well-observed characters and the pace of the writing will keep the reader captivated and absorbed throughout, while the novel’s resolution comes as a delight and a surprise. Strongly recommended".
(Robin Squires, author and scriptwriter.)