Starstruck: A Second Chance Novella

Crazy Desi Love #2.5

by Falguni Kothari

Nothing is as it seems in the movie business, including the love lives of the stars.

Tania Coehlo, an A-list celebrity manager of Mumbai’s Tinseltown—also known as the Piranha of Publicity—certainly has her work cut out for her as she walks into the set of the next Bollywood blockbuster, starring her client Ariana Kapoor.
Ariana is the Indian film industry’s upcoming reigning queen, and her costar and fiancé is Veer Rana, a smooth-talking bad boy … and the man Tania happened to have an affair with last Christmas.

This year, Tania swears she won’t fall for Veer’s charming ways again. After all, he is still unavailable. Still forbidden. Still out of her league ... just like the stars glittering in Rajasthan’s night sky.

But, surrounded by the provocative magic of an active film set and Veer’s wicked determination to win her back, Tania finds herself starstruck all over again, risking not only her heart for a second time, but her career as well.

Genres: Romance

Kindle Edition

Published March 9, 2020

About the author

Falguni Kothari is a USA Today bestselling author of “messy love stories” and kick-ass fantasy tales that are a “good choice for women’s fiction book groups.” Her novels are all flavored by her South Asian heritage and expat experiences, and delve into common, yet unconventional, themes of marriage, romance, friendship, family and parenthood. Her books have been reviewed and praised in a number of podcasts and publications, including the New York Times Book Review, starred reviews in Booklist and Shelf Awareness, Popsugar, Woman’s World magazine and The Times of India. Her essays and short stories have been published in Femina (India), Better Homes and Gardens, Book Riot and Writer’s Digest.
She is also an award-winning Indian Classical, Latin and Ballroom dancer, practices Karaoke in her downtime, is an empty-nester, and loathes flying and deadlines.
Find her online at www.falgunikothari.com and sign up for her newsletter for the latest updates and free stories!

Reviews

[Arti · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story is simple and the characters realistic. The language is simple and the story is fast paced.

[A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple sweet love story

[Ankita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed reading this fast paced story of Veer and Tania....wish there was more to read about their brief affair...

[Ritu Bhathal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tania is an agent to the stars in Bollywood. Right now, she's orchestrating a fake engagement between one of her biggest clients, and one of the bad boys of Bollywood... a boy she's been a bit bad with, in the past.
Things could get awkward!
A quick, cute read with all the drama and glamour of Bollywood, and a little backstory to melt your heart!

[Aarti Raman · Rating 4 out of 5]

These two are perfect examples of neuroses and ambition clashing with and against each other! But my favorite is, for sure, THAT chase. (small spoiler). Love this one, FK.

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read Starstruck: Take Two by Falguni Kothari.
This PG13 Bollywood comedy of errors takes less than four hours to read.
I read an Advance Reader Copy and this voluntary review is my own opinion.

[Kristin Kent · Rating 4 out of 5]

A novella in the Once Upon A Wedding anthology. Embroiled in a Bollywood stunt wedding, an A-list manager is torn between doing what is right for her celebrity client or seizing a second chance with the bad boy groom herself.