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Kohinoor - A famed precious gem A Mythological tale claims that it was worn by Lord Krishna and it was stole from Him when He was asleep. Another story claims that it was found in a river bed in 3200 B.C The first reliable evidence is from Barber, The Mughal Emperor, who named it as a part of the treasure won bu Alauddin in the 14th century. The Mughal acquired it in the year 1526. Right from the start this gem was claimed and hunted by India, US,Afghanistan and Taliban. Now in the present times, the same countries are on the look out for the Kohinoor but this time, its not the gem that they are after, but it is a set of critical documents that decides the fate of the country and its people.... This is the outline of  Manreet Sodhi Someshwar' s second book -  The Hunt For Kohinoor  . This book is the second of the Thriller series featuring  Mehrunisa Khosa. A very thrilling book and I loved it. Read the review here .. Happy browsing... ...

This is one the books that I love to re-read. In fact most of my books fall into this category. This story is about a woman's life which is shadowed by two most powerful men and she is attached to both of them for various reasons. Jennifer Parker is a young and beautiful woman who happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time thus ending her career as an attorney in a very shot period of just a few hours!! Because of her tryst with the Mafia of which she had nothing to do, she meets the handsome attorney Adam Warner who has been sent to investigate her ties / relationships with the mafia due to which a highly sensitive case had to be closed.Adam sees her living condition and her behavior and concludes that she was in no way involved. All charges are dropped against Jennifer but no one is willing to hire her because of the sensation the case had created. She struggles to live and ends up in an office with two men - Ken Bailey and Otto Wenzel. These two men help her bu...

This is yet another book that really touched me! This book, along with another 2 books,is from the used books sale I went to a few weeks back. I am so glad that I picked up this title from among the 1000's of books there. This story is about a lady who has everything that she wants - a good life, a beautiful family and loads of wealth.But there is one small yet important thing missing- love and affection from her husband! She finds another guy who treats her like she wants her husband to treat her, respects her and thinks of her highly. But she can never really leave her husband for this guy she falls in love with. It is struggle of mind and her decision that makes this story so touching and very interesting to here.Here is the gist.... This book is about Deanna Duras, a lady married to Marc Edouard. Denna grows up in a rich family where her father is always traveling in the plane he owned and flew himself and has little time to take care of her or any of other things. So...