
The next book I wrote was a rom com with white main characters in it. I couldn’t find a home for it (even though I got some very nice rejection notes). So why the two names? Well… I’m British Sri-Lankan and the first book I wrote was about a bunch of middle class Sri Lankan people. I also write under the pen name Rhoda Baxter.

I write women’s fiction and contemporary romances with a hint of British cynicism. It’s nice to meet you, I’m Jeevani, but you can call me Jeev. Will they choose love, or carry on living a lie?Īn emotional, page turning read about love, family and the secrets we keep, for fans of Amanda Prowse, Ayisha Malik and Susan Lewis. But when both Chaya and Gimhana find themselves falling in love outside of their marriage, they’re left with an impossible decision – risk everything they’ve built together, or finally follow their heart? Together they have everything - friendship, stability and their parents’ approval. When Chaya and Gimhana meet, a marriage of convenience seems like the perfect solution to their problems. But it’s getting harder and harder to turn down the potential brides his parents keep finding for him. It’s easy enough to pretend he’s straight when he lives half a world away in the UK. Gimhana is hiding his sexuality from his family.

While her traditional Sri Lankan parents want her to settle down into marriage, what they don’t know is that Chaya has turned away the one true love of her life, Noah, terrified of their disapproval. It was the perfect marriage… until they fell in love.Ĭhaya is a young woman torn between her duty to family and her life in the UK.
