Incense and Sensibility
Book Feature - Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev
HBL Note: Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev is the third book in her Rajes Series, which also includes Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors (which I featured in this roundup for books to read on vacation) and Recipe for Persuasion (which Martha Waters described as “absolutely wonderful” in my author interview with her.) I just adore her books, the titles are so clever with their play on Jane Austen’s titles. I could have sworn I interviewed Sonali, I searched everywhere on this blog before I realized it was an Instagram Live interview (remember when I did those last year?) There was one that didn’t save to IGTV and I’m afraid it was hers, so I clearly need to do an interview with her on the blog. Her books are delightful. Scroll down to read more about Incense and Sensibility.
Book Feature - Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev
From the publisher:
Yash Raje, California’s first Indian-American gubernatorial candidate, has always known exactly what he wants—and how to use his privileged background to get it. He attributes his success to a simple mantra: control your feelings and you can control the world. But when a hate crime at a rally critically injures his friend, Yash’s easy life suddenly feels like a lie, his control an illusion. When he tries to get back on the campaign trail, he blacks out with panic.
Desperate to keep Yash’s condition from leaking to the media, his family turns to the one person they trust—his sister’s best friend, India Dashwood, California’s foremost stress management coach. Raised by a family of yoga teachers, India has helped San Francisco’s high strung overachievers for a decade without so much as altering her breath. But this man—with his boundless ambition, simmering intensity, and absolute faith in his political beliefs—is like no other.
Yash has spent a lifetime repressing everything to succeed, including their one magical night ten years ago—a too brief, too bright passion that if rekindled threatens to destroy the dream he’s willingly shouldered for his family and community . . . until now.
