When Dimple Met Rishi (Dimple and Rishi, #1)

by Sandhya Menon

His eyes reminded her of old apothecary bottles, deep brown, when the sunlight hit them and turned them almost amber.

You have to be strategic with poetic prose in a romantic comedy. People are there for the hijinks and the drama and the swoony moments, not necessarily to hear an author wax on about the way the moon glinted like a silver coin in the velvet padding of the sky. So this one was a compromise—I got to leave it in if I promised not to go overboard in other parts of the book! Also, side note: I totally got the inspiration for this metaphor from a photograph while making a Pinterest board for the book!