Lakshmi Menon's Blog

My latest novel titled "Vanished Girl", published by Quintus, a reprint of Roman Books, is out in the market. It is a suspense novel and I hope you all will enjoy reading it.

This is the blurb -
No matter what happens, Akila has to reach home in Kerala to have a glimpse of her dying father before he leaves this world. She boards a night train from Bangalore and lets her younger brother know of her coming home. But the train reaches the railway station of her home town the next day without her, and no one knows what has happened to her. Where did she disappear mysteriously? Did she vanish into thin air?.

Please check out in amazon.in

https://www.amazon.in/dp/9383868325

I am happy to announce the release of my new novel - BEFORE THE SUNSET. It was released on 24th June 2017.

Blurb:
It is the family story of a man whose wife dies at childbirth and the children get separated. Fate brings them together again after 25 years at the same place. Will they recognize each other? Will the father's wish to see his daughter be fulfilled?

An introductory offer of 35% discount is given till 28th June 2017. This is the link -
http://amzn.to/2tg161s
You can read more about it here -
http://travel-muse.blogspot.in

I have just self-published my new eBook - Sweet & Sour-1. It is a collection of ten short stories, written over the years.

More details are here in my blog -
My Blog

The first Sunday of the year 2014 came with a pleasant surprise to me. "Cherished" was reviewed by Deccan Herald. It starts like this ...
“Fathers, like mothers, are not born; Men grow into fathers and fathering is a very important stage in their development.” How true! Lakshmi Menon has aptly brought out this famous saying of David Gottesman to strengthen her novel Cherished. The story revolves around a family of two — husband and wife, but it is the daughter Jyoti who adds colour to this novel presented to the readers in fluent expressive language and unambiguous relevant conversations. " To read the full review, please check this link -
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/3...

The first page of my new novel - Cherished - is here on my blog. http://travel-muse.blogspot.com

As per the recent announcement in the smashwords blog, the ebooks published through smashwords are going to be available with flipkart, soon. You can read the news in their blog.

http://blog.smashwords.com

It means that people in India can buy the ebooks in rupees, and the smashwords authors have better opportunity to sell their books.

My second novel "Cherished" is getting ready and is expected to be available by Sept. 15th.

"Cherished" is the story of Jyothi, a young girl of 19. Her parents were separated when she was just 4 months old, and she grew up with her mother, missing her father's love. Now she feels that she has every right to get the love and support of her father like any other girl of her age, and she is searching for him despite her mother's dislike.

Will she able to find him, and if so, will he accept her?

Hope all of you will enjoy reading this touching story.

It is exciting news that amazon has opened their kindle ebook store in India too.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse?cor=I...

Indians can buy books now in rupees, and also can get our royalty in rupees (EFT).

Print copy of The Second Choice is available in junglee.com for Rs.237/-
http://www.junglee.com/The-Second-Cho...

and

ebook in kindle store for Rs.235.16
http://www.amazon.com/The-Second-Choi...

From today for 3 days, my short story book (ebook) is free on KDP. Please check it out.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00722ZOGY

Even if you don't have an eReader you can read it on the computer. It is a small book of just 3 short stories and can be finished fast.

A Difficult Decision –
This is a book of three poignant short stories.
You can read a review about it here.

It is available on amazon.

Your own Su - Another poignant story.
Also available on amazon.