Meet the Dumpee, Rayna Dutt, who gets drunk on tequila and wakes up with a terrible hangover. She’s dealing with the shock of Sid Verma, the Dumper, breaking up via text message – “It’s over!” But she can’t wallow in peace. She’s got a plane to catch and must be at the airport in twelve minutes flat. It’s her best friend Milee’s wedding in the Andaman Islands, and she is supposed to take her friend’s trousseau with her….

She jumps into the cab and gets going, only to find too late that she is still wearing her cute flip-flops – topped with pink fluffy teddy bears. Aargh! Too late to do anything about it. She has to brazen it out. Hardly the right look for a top model from the megacity Mumbai, but what can you do?

Rayna runs onto the tarmac just as they are preparing to remove the steps, getting into the special chartered flight that is ferrying the very important personages who are attending the wedding. Neel Arora, the hot hotelier hunk whose resort is the venue of the wedding, is waiting impatiently, working up a temper. He hates this job of pandering to stupid people and their egos, doing PR work when he would rather be expanding his hospitality empire. But it is his partner’s wedding and he cannot welsh on the niceties, though he hates them.

Well, this is the spectacular start to Adite Banerjie’s second book, Trouble has a new name. Of course the sparks fly from that moment on. Rayna’s honey brown eyes and Neel’s steel grey eyes clash. He snipes at her, she snarls back. Her stomach roils when they hit an air pocket, she runs to the washroom. And manages to topple over a glass of orange juice the stewardess is carrying onto Mr Surly Hunk’s pristine shirt. Things don’t look too promising, do they?

And then, who should she encounter but Sleazy Shah, the photographer whom she hates? Who invited him to the wedding? He’s in a hideous pink shirt and yellow pants, or is it the other way around? He flashes his camera at her blotchy face and makes cracks about her obviously hungover appearance. Well, Rayna hates all these guys after they called her Sid’s latest squeeze.

But the sad thing was that it turned out to be true. Sid had dumped her when she had been dreaming of moving in with him, getting married, and living happily ever after. God, she hated men and would steer clear of affairs of the heart. And keep away from Mr Steel Grey Eyes.

Well, there’s not much you can do to keep destiny at bay, especially when you are stuck together in the same villa, is there? And when the frangipani and bougainvillea, the silvery sands and starlit skies are conspiring to make you fall in love? The inevitable happens. Rayna and Neel tangle and then tango in a passionate dance. Rayna loses her heart again, only to be dumped when Neel curtly dismisses her and returns to tackle his own personal demons.

What are they? Why he is so secretive? Will she every find out and is there a chance that they will come together again? You have to read the book to find out!

Adite’s second Harlequin romance flies fast on wings of delight, taking you along on a mind-blowing caper. There are the interesting main characters, the cleverly woven back story and the lovely cameos to keep you going. You have Agra Aunt with her cloying rose perfume, who moves to the Gangnam beat, which she calls the dance of the Korean Govinda! We have many other interesting characters and colourful wedding descriptions all set against the lush tropical surroundings of the Andaman Islands.

So, what are you waiting for? Get your copy of the book, settle down and enjoy this emotional rollercoaster!

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