This book bundle contains the first two books, Love Muffin and Chai Latte and Goodness Gracious Gracie, in the Monsoon Series. Love Muffin and Chai Latte follows the journey of Tabitha Lee Timmons as she deals with financial stress, loony relatives, some crooks, an unhappy bride to be, a grumpy old man and two heartbreakingly handsome men.Grace Dixie, a young woman from a small town in Texas, has … town in Texas, has had her heartbroken. She decides that the best way to deal with such a situation is to pack her bags and move to a new country. Luck is on her side, and she quickly gets a job as a runner on a documentary being filmed in India. Thus, begins her roller-coaster ride filled with mad decisions and forbidden romance.
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A wonderful immersion into Indian culture and the wealthy.
Plot predictable , if you like girl meets rich man lives happily ever after you will enjoy these .
silly
I read this pair of stories separately the first time. They are a great pair of entertaining stories.
Love Muffin and Chai Latte
When I get a book by this author, I prepare to laugh. And wouldn’t you know it, the giggling commenced before I was off the first page. Her humor is the madcap style with an under layer of wit. This was her first contemporary and I confess that I enjoyed it more than her historicals. Maybe it was the background of West Meets East or the endearing persona of the heroine on her adventures of love and life with her favored Chai Latte in hand or maybe it was a bit of both and more. I began with an amused laugh and ended with a satisfied smile.
The story is more character development than romance. So be warned in case your expectations are different, that this one is slower developing and mostly sweet when it comes to the romance. I was confused about the direction of the romance for the longest time, but then it made sense and I enjoyed what I got. The story gave a strong nod to Bollywood and I enjoyed that. All the traditions, rituals, culture, society, and family dynamics were in-step with what I have seen in Bollywood movies.
All in all, this was a delight and a fun romp. Those who enjoy humor spread on thick, quirky characters and plotting, colorful and diverse settings and a blend of romantic comedy and women’s fiction should give this one a try.
Goodness Gracious Gracie
A comedy romance set in India while a documentary film crew interview and film one of India’s big rags to riches success stories was as sparkling and entertaining as I have come to expect from an author gifted for bringing the heartwarming and humor together in one place.
Goodness Gracious Gracie is a follow-up standalone story to the earlier Love Muffin and Chai Latte. In fact, the main characters in that one make cameo appearances in this one, but this is a whole new situation comedy for intrepid, yet bumbling Gracie Dixie who crushed on her best friend all her life only for him to get engaged to someone else back in their small town.
I enjoyed the friendship that sprang up between Grace, ice queen Mia, and fiery Natasha. All three are different and must find their way through their issues. They have some fun girlfriend moments especially their night out in Goa.
The romance is back burner, but there with several memorable encounters for Grace and Vere. She needs to learn the difference between settling and confusing friendship with attraction and love while he needs to finally do something for himself beyond family expectation and responsibility.
There are some laugh out loud funny moments, bittersweet and heartwarming that I found captivating and engaging. I had a good time as I generally do with this author’s writing and recommend it to those who are looking for something light and fun
Great escapist entertainment that I can highly recommend!
I forgot I read this a while ago and got to enjoy it a second time. There are some lessons in this ‘Bridget Jones’ type story if you really look. Fun.
I do like a happy ending!
Interesting reading about Indian culture.
Gives an insight into wealthy Indian families
The heroines were rather annoying at first but they grew on this reader. Interesting characters and locations.