By Sathya Saran

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Durga has tried very hard to leave her family secret behind. The secret she discovered when she came home to India after having been brought up in America all her life. She returned to an extremely protective family. She was not allowed to move out of the house without an escort. Her father told her it was because he and his business were under threat. But then she learnt the truth of the family business in a hail of bullets. Her father was actually a key underworld figure. She and her sister were the only survivors of a bloodbath that wiped out the rest of the family. They fled, and Durga left that life behind.

But her father had told her ‘You may leave the past. The past will never leave you’. Now the past is back. The simple housewife is about to have to make some very difficult choices to survive.

Sheetal Khandelwal discovers the family secret. She is not an only child. She has a twin sister who was lost at a railway station when they were both children. A twin could be a perfect bone marrow match. Her rich father manages to track his lost daughter down – only to discover that she is a prostitute in Grant Road. The girl who has known only the gullies of Grant Road finds herself transported to the world of the super rich. Two sisters meet and find that they have nothing in common – except that one of them can save the others life.

With the shadow of death over them, two sisters struggle to find a bond that will last beyond tomorrow.

Their friendship grew in the girl’s hostel where they learnt to survive the city of Mumbai. Chandni was from the small town of Bareilly but determined to be a star. Manini was a Delhi girl brought up with lots of money and very little love. Iravati  remained a mystery with a past that she refused to talk about. Love found each of them in different ways. It was love that led to the first break in their friendship. But it was their love for each other that drew them back again. Then blood was spilt – and they were bound together for all their days.

A story of living, loving and surviving the hard city of Mumbai. Of following your dreams when no one except your friends will stand by you. This book tells the story of three girls whose friendship sustains them through heart break, loss, and finally murder.

All Our Days

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The three of them met at a séance where the moving coin spelt out the bond that would hold them together – they would be held by friendship, by love and by blood for all their days.

Their friendship grew in the girl’s hostel where they learnt to survive the city of Mumbai. Chandni was from the small town of Bareilly but determined to be a star. Manini was a Delhi girl brought up with lots of money and very little love. Iravati  remained a mystery with a past that she refused to talk about. Love found each of them in different ways. It was love that led to the first break in their friendship. But it was their love for each other that drew them back again. Then blood was spilt – and they were bound together for all their days.

A story of living, loving and surviving the hard city of Mumbai. Of following your dreams when no one except your friends will stand by you. This book tells the story of three girls whose friendship sustains them through heart break, loss, and finally murder.

No More Tomorrows

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The girl on the bed was beautiful, she was young, she was rich. And she was dying. For all the money that her businessman father spent, he could not buy her one more day. Then, suddenly, the past offered hope.

Sheetal Khandelwal discovers the family secret. She is not an only child. She has a twin sister who was lost at a railway station when they were both children. A twin could be a perfect bone marrow match. Her rich father manages to track his lost daughter down – only to discover that she is a prostitute in Grant Road. The girl who has known only the gullies of Grant Road finds herself transported to the world of the super rich. Two sisters meet and find that they have nothing in common – except that one of them can save the others life.

With the shadow of death over them, two sisters struggle to find a bond that will last beyond tomorrow.

In Another Time

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She is a simple housewife, running her home, looking after her husband and children. But in another time she was something else. And the past is about to catch up with her.

Durga has tried very hard to leave her family secret behind. The secret she discovered when she came home to India after having been brought up in America all her life. She returned to an extremely protective family. She was not allowed to move out of the house without an escort. Her father told her it was because he and his business were under threat. But then she learnt the truth of the family business in a hail of bullets. Her father was actually a key underworld figure. She and her sister were the only survivors of a bloodbath that wiped out the rest of the family. They fled, and Durga left that life behind.

But her father had told her ‘You may leave the past. The past will never leave you’. Now the past is back. The simple housewife is about to have to make some very difficult choices to survive.

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