A Romance with a surprising plot
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Joseph Chacko:
“A romance novel with a surprising plot by Cécile Rischmann. A conservative Indian girl on the verge of getting into an arranged marriage ends up having sex with a Frenchman. The Frenchman, who is purely looking for sex ends up getting married to her. Although Romance is the theme of the book, it oozes with sex.
This is probably the first Romance novel involving an Indian woman and a French man. The story is set in conservative but contemporary Chennai, where the soon to be divorced Jean Leclerc, a young French billionaire, is setting up a huge glass product making factory. He meets with a dusky Indian lady, Katrina Santiago, who is in her late 20’s and is still a virgin.
The initial chapters deal with the emotions of the lady torn with her conservatism and sexual magnetism of the lusting Frenchman. The later half shows the emotions of the Frenchman, who now has a change of mind and opts for marriage. The in between chapters describe the transition of Katrina getting ready for sex with the Frenchman knowing she will not get married to him, as well as the Frenchman’s transition from pure lust to semi-platonic status.
There are graphic descriptions of the sexual encounters and hence we have put this romance novel in 18 + category.
We think, the author has a flair for writing and this is a good read for the folks who like romance novels.
As per the authors bio, this is her maiden novel. She is an Indian and married to a Frenchman. She has won a nationwide romance writing contest in 2014 and her short story JILTED was chosen by Anuja Chauan and was published in an anthology titled, An Atlas of Love, by Rupa Publications.”
Joseph Chacko:
“A romance novel with a surprising plot by Cécile Rischmann. A conservative Indian girl on the verge of getting into an arranged marriage ends up having sex with a Frenchman. The Frenchman, who is purely looking for sex ends up getting married to her. Although Romance is the theme of the book, it oozes with sex.
This is probably the first Romance novel involving an Indian woman and a French man. The story is set in conservative but contemporary Chennai, where the soon to be divorced Jean Leclerc, a young French billionaire, is setting up a huge glass product making factory. He meets with a dusky Indian lady, Katrina Santiago, who is in her late 20’s and is still a virgin.
The initial chapters deal with the emotions of the lady torn with her conservatism and sexual magnetism of the lusting Frenchman. The later half shows the emotions of the Frenchman, who now has a change of mind and opts for marriage. The in between chapters describe the transition of Katrina getting ready for sex with the Frenchman knowing she will not get married to him, as well as the Frenchman’s transition from pure lust to semi-platonic status.
There are graphic descriptions of the sexual encounters and hence we have put this romance novel in 18 + category.
We think, the author has a flair for writing and this is a good read for the folks who like romance novels.
As per the authors bio, this is her maiden novel. She is an Indian and married to a Frenchman. She has won a nationwide romance writing contest in 2014 and her short story JILTED was chosen by Anuja Chauan and was published in an anthology titled, An Atlas of Love, by Rupa Publications.”
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