The Second Coming

Mini plans fairytale weddings, but she knows thereare no fairytale marriages. The initial magic of herown marriage with Shyam has vanished, leavingbehind a hunger that she tries to assuage with chocolates.She fantasizes about a 'dream lover', but she is over the hill,overweight and unconfident. The chances of tumbling into apassionate intrigue with a gorgeous man are bleak,she thinks. Or are they? For, not so far away, in Mumbai, the glamour capital,the scion of an erstwhile royal family has decided towed a Bollywood starlet, and Mini is soon on herway to plan this 'no-budget' wedding with theenticing Rustom - head of the city office, handsome,sophisticated, and every bit the ladies' man. It doesn'ttake Mini long to decide that if Rustom is a skirt-chaser, she isgoing to shape up and get into the kind of skirts he likes to chase.Is Rustom the 'dream lover' she has been hunting or isSicko Shyam going to drag her back to the dregs oftheir marriage? Either way, the Second Comingpromises to be steamy and full of trouble andhilarity - not always at her expense.

Shubha Menon is a copywriter with a leading advertising agency. A practising Buddhist, she dreams of living in the hills where she can read,write and grow climbing roses. She lives in Delhi with her husband, daughter and two dogs. This is her fi rst book.