Never Meant to Stay: A Novel
£2.80
A bighearted romantic comedy about family and finding the perfect match set against the exuberant backdrop of contemporary Delhi.
Home has always been a temporary arrangement for Samara Mansingh, a wayfaring wedding photographer and the daughter of a diplomat. When her father is uprooted once again, Samara needs a place to stay in Delhi. Next stop: the Khanna family. Samara’s memories of the Khannas are vague at best, but she doesn’t remember their home feeling so much like a war zone. And the last thing their surly eldest son, Sharav, wants is a houseguest eavesdropping on the chaos.
Sharav has a melodramatic sister pushing back on an arranged marriage, a withdrawn lead-singer brother who won’t sing, and a widowed mother hiding her grief in the garden. Sweeping into the household like a tornado, irrepressible Samara is a practically perfect distraction. She has a mind to help a girl find true love, push a young man to find his voice, and bring a lonely and loving widow out of mourning. Maybe Samara can even get on Sharav’s ruggedly handsome good side.
The only sure thing is that the Khanna family will never be the same again. Neither will Samara, who may finally find what she’s been missing her entire life: a home.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Amazon Crossing (1 Dec. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 5484 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 280 pages |
by Noreen Gray
I wasn’t too sure about this book when I began reading but one I read a couple of chapters couldn’t put it down. I completed it in a day.
by Lucy
This book is captivating. I felt myself transported in to the story and the lives of the characters, and left with a desire to know what happens in their lives next! I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone looking to get lost between the pages of a book club style romance.
by Mary Hay
Trisha Das has clearly set out to cheer us all up! This has been very much appreciated by me after a run of miserable books….
‘Never Meant to Stay’ is a novel with huggable characters, many of whom possess infuriating characteristics resulting in events that made me laugh. This makes it a lot of fun to read and I whizzed through it.
I won’t say how it all pans out, just read it and see!
by Closet Romantic
I really enjoyed this story centred around a traditional Indian family in Delhi with traditional practices clashing with modern day ones. Samara and Shareev are very different people, she is bossy, pushy and doesn’t give up, he is set in his ways as he copes with taking over the business from his deceased father. Will it work out? He’s engaged to someone else and his strict upbringing is so well written. I thoroughly enjoyed going through his battle with his conscience with them.
by Reel Life Photos
This book had me laughing out loud, almost from cover to cover. What a happy, hilariously funny, and exciting concoction the author has created! I defy anyone not to absolutely adore reading this book! The characters zing with life, so you feel you are there with them, bursting into delicious laughter, page by page: what a story!