![]() ![]() It gave the whole story a very interesting feel, and I had a fun time learning about Diwali–the Indian Festival of Lights. I really loved the multi-ethnic aspect of this book. But no matter what he chooses, he doesn’t think it is possible to go back to the life he was living before Oscar and his sweet poetry. Torn between trying to be everything his family wants him to be, and everything Oscar is offering–things he never thought he could have like love and romance–Kunal doesn’t know what to do. Until he runs into Oscar at a gay club and is unable to resist the guy’s charms…after a little persuasion. But at least he has his family, so that has to count for something. ![]() What he doesn’t expect is a slow seduction, or to have to decide what it is he really wants in life.Ĭonvinced that being gay is going to lead to nothing more than loneliness and pain, Kunal has spent his whole adult life trying to pretend that he is anything else–at least in public. Out of town at a gay club one night, he bumps into Oscar, proprietor of Harmony’s only sex shop, and figures his secret is now officially out. ![]() ![]() That should be enough to keep anyone’s mind pre-occupied, but Kunal can’t really ignore that he’s nearly thirty, single, and still buried in the closet. Kunal, relative newcomer to the strange town of Harmony, has his hands full preparing for Diwali. ![]()
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