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The Love Arrangement by Ruby Basu

Absolutely Charming

The Love Arrangement by Ruby Basu is an absolutely charming contemporary novel that will warm your heart and make you smile.

All the characters are wonderfully drawn and soon become your friends rather than characters in a book.

Love and friendship pervade the whole novel, enveloping the reader in wide arms.

Family is important. Our families want the best for us. We see that different children have different dreams. Our parents just want us to be happy and to live our best lives.

We follow a daughter who does not want to disappoint her parents. She creates the relationship she thinks they want to see in her. Lines soon blur between reality and illusion leaving a character confused as to what she really wants.

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The Twelve Wishes Of Christmas by Ruby Basu

Christmas In A Book

The Twelve Wishes Of Christmas by Ruby Basu is the most delightful contemporary novel that will warm your heart. It is definitely Christmas wrapped up in a book. As you snuggle into its pages, you will feel the warmth and love.

Christmas is snow and candy canes, Christmas trees and hot chocolate, peace and goodwill. Christmas is The Twelve Wishes Of Christmas. It is positively charming and I am sorry it is over.

All the characters were warm and welcoming. There was a wonderful community atmosphere that helped to divert potential disasters.

Christmas is a time for family. Not all family is blood related. Sometimes family are those with whom we have a connection. Age is no barrier. Distance is no barrier. Connection remains even beyond the grave as we look back with fond memories.

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