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SPECIAL: INDIE BLOG HOP [REVIEW + GIVEAWAY]

2/14/2015

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Happy Valentine's Day! I'm really excited because I get to participate in the Spread Some Love Indie Blog Hop. The Blog Hop was initiated by the lovely Debdatta at b00k r3vi3ws, and several of us indie book bloggers will be featuring reviews, posts, interviews and giveaways of indie- and self-published authors.

I've chosen to review a short story by Meredith Bond. "Under the Mango Tree" is a story in the anthology Love Least Expected. In addition to the review of "Under the Mango Tree," I'll be featuring a giveaway of Love Least Expected. In order to be entered into the drawing, leave a comment below with the title of your favorite romance or love story. The giveaway will run until Feb. 21, and then I'll draw for the winner!

"Under the Mango Tree" tells the story of Lakshmi, a young Indian woman who runs into Lord Huntley, a young Englishman who befriend's Lakshmi's brother. Lakshmi is immediately taken by this Lord Huntley, whose eyes are an intriguing cross between green and blue. She tries to stay away, but she can't resist him.

In addition to being a compelling story, "Under the Mango Tree" is an interesting look at the dichotomy between English and indian marriages. Lakshmi is completely thrown when Lord Huntley talks about his sister's "presentation" into society, about how she'll find a husband by meeting several eligible bachelors and deciding for herself who to marry. In Lakshmi's culture, her parents find a suitable young man and make the arrangements. Lord Huntley's sister and her future husband will live on their own, in a house with the children they will one day raise. Lakshmi will move into her husband's family home and continue the homemaking traditions her mother-in-law has established.

"Under the Mango Tree" is a prequel to An Exotic Heir, Bond's novel about Lakshmi and Huntley's son, Julian, that is available wherever you buy your favorite books.

So there you have it! Be sure to check out Meredith Bond at her website (meredithbond.com) and Facebook (facebook.com/MeredithBondWriter), and Twitter (@merrybond). Also check out An Exotic Heir (linked to Powell's Books) and enter the giveaway for Love Least Expected. Remember to leave a comment with your favorite romance or love story by Feb. 21 to be entered in the drawing.


Here's a list of the other blogs in the blog hop:

Airicka Phoenix
Alecia Stone
Alicia
Amber McCallister
Anna Hub
Arlene Schindler
Ash
Ashley
Beth
books are love
Carol Burnside + Annie Rayburn
cassandra giovanni
Cassie Hoffman
Catalina Egan
Catalina egan
Charlene Jones
Cheri Magnus
Claudette Alexander
Cora
Cremona
Cristina Georgescu
D. Drache Dragao
Danielle Kincaid
debra
deea
Deirdre Riordan Hall
Devi Nair

Dianne Bylo
Gillian
Hazel
Hope
iris
J.D.R. Hawkins
Jen Martin
Jodi Bowersox
K.R. Morrison
karie deegan
Kate Larkinson
Kate Wrath
Kelly
Kimberley Court
Kristen Noel
Kristy Gillespie
Kyra Dune
Laura Roth
Lena Bourne
Linzé Brandon
Lissette
Lu Ann
M. Latimer-Ridley
M.J. Austin
Madge
Marilou George
Massimo Marino

Meredith Bond
Michaela Miles
Molli Moran
Morgan
Nicole Angela
Nikki Godwin
Peni Jo Renner
Privy Trifles
Renee Kennedy
Robin Leigh Morgan
Roland Yeomans
Ruth Hill
Siobhan Davis
Sofia Lazaridou
Solange St. Brice
Stephanie Barko
Susan Arden
Susan Haugland
Tara Mills
The Indie Bookshelf
Tianna Holley
Tina
Tristina Renken
Vesper
vicky
zoe Forward
7 Comments
M.C.V. Egan link
2/14/2015 06:29:49 am

Spreading INDIE love, and THANKS for mentioning me on your list!

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Laura link
2/14/2015 06:57:16 am

Thanks for sharing all this wonderful Indie Love!
I discovered Indie Author Dori Lavelle with a short novella that continued into a great love story. She thought it would end with 3 books but her readers loved them and demandded more!
Her novella can be found free on major retailers.
http://www.amazon.com/Entangled-Moments-Time-Book-ebook/dp/B00H93QA2S/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1423947405&sr=1-1&keywords=entangled+moments

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Kristy Feltenberger Gillespie link
2/14/2015 08:40:32 am

Thanks for spreading indie love! Feel free to enter my contest at kristyfgillespie.com

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Airicka Phoenix link
2/14/2015 01:28:12 pm

Dropping by, admiring your site and thanking you for sharing the indie love!! Keep being AMAZING!! <3

Best wishes,
Airicka Phoenix
*✿༻| www.AirickaPhoenix.com |༺✿*

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bn100
2/16/2015 02:44:48 pm

pride and prejudice

bn100candg at hotmail dot com

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Toi Thomas link
2/17/2015 02:39:13 am

Still making my way through this hop and here I am. Love Least Expected sounds like a good anthology and Under the Mango Tree sounds like a very unique story. Thank you for being part of this hop and good luck with your giveaway.

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Claudette Alexander link
2/18/2015 09:57:39 am

Stopping by on the indie Blog hop

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