Saz Vora is a writer, wife, and mother. She was born in East Africa and migrated with her family in the ‘60s to Coventry, Midlands, where she grew up straddling British and Gujarati Indian culture. Her debut novels, My Heart Sings Your Song and Where Have We Come, is a story in two parts of love, life, family, conflict, and two young people striving to remain together throughout. Where Have We Come, Finalist - The Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2020, is based on true events that have shaped her outlook on life’s trials and tribulations. Her short story, Broad Street Library, was long listed in Spread the Word, Life Writing Prize 2020. ( you can read it and many of her other writing in a password protected area of her website for free to newsletter subscribers). Before she started writing South Asian melodrama, she had a successful career in Television Production and Teaching… But her need to write stories has led to what she is doing now—writing stories about people like her in multi-cultural Britain. She gets inspiration from listening to music, cooking and watching Bollywood, Hollywood and Independent films, hence the references to songs, food and films in all her books. Visit her website to read her blog and sign up to newsletter where she will share, short stories, missing scenes, recipes, playlists and all things book related. Follow her on social media, where she will posts news of her writing.
Where Have We Come
Series: Reena & Nikesh University Series
Series Number: 2
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Blurb: After an unexpected pregnancy, Reena and Nikesh announce the birth of their first child, but all is not well.
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An honest insight on how a couple growing up in multicultural Britain deal with depression, bereavement, child loss and misfortune while straddling both their British and their Indian heritage. Finalist, The Wishing Shelf Book Awards, 2020 A story of a British Asian couple at the birth of their severely disabled son, who struggle to embrace their Indian heritage and their Britishness. The book is teeming with Gujarati culture and how friends and family gather around in adversity. It provides an honest insight on how a couple growing up in multicultural Britain deal with depression, bereavement, child loss and misfortune while straddling both their British and their Indian heritage. When Reena and Nikesh discover their child has had a severe brain haemorrhage at birth their family and friends rally around to help. The family matriarch, Sarladevi reminds Reena of the predictions of the Guru and Reena struggles to deal with her past. To cope with the fate of their child they both try to seek ways to help their child, while Nik seeks help from Sarladevi with religious rituals and customs and Reena resorts to finding alternative medicine and support groups. Truths are revealed and a wedge develops in their relationship. Will the chasm created by their differences in dealing with the stresses and strains of looking after a sick child pull them apart? Or will their love for each other and the love of their child overcome the additional prejudices and customs observed by Nik's family? Where Have We Come, from the Reena and Nikesh University Series, is an autobiographical retelling of our experience at the birth of our son over thirty years ago. Author Note
True Love Again
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Blurb: A fake dating pact, meddling aunties, and a dating app—will Meera and Krishan’s romance stay pretend or turn real?
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True Love Again is a slow burn, second chance at finding love, set in the Midlands, England, between a single parent and an independent app developer, full of longing, adorable kids and opening your heart to love after grief and betrayal. At a Gujarati wedding in North Devon, the interfering aunties are in full force, scheming and pairing off the single people. Normally Meera avoids these gatherings, but for this wedding she can’t say no. Krishan, a widowed single parent, struggles with the idea of moving on - especially when no one can compare to his late wife. And the Aunties' suggestions for a perfect match aren't helping. Then he meets Meera. When an accident with the floral arrangements sends the pair off on a mission for replacements they develop an easy friendship. Krishan suggests to Meera that they pretend to date for the rest of the summer's events, and she agrees as long as he promises to join as a Beta tester, for her dating and new experience app. Krishan is reluctant, but Meera promises him it will only be a couple of times. What could possibly go wrong? Perfect for fans of multicultural romance, fake dating tropes, and stories full of heart, family, and hope—this is a feel-good British South Asian romance about second chances, self-discovery, and the magic of unexpected connection.
Made in Heaven
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Blurb: What if Mr Rochester was Rahul Raichura? A retelling of Jane Eyre with a British South Asian twist set in South of France and England.
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Travel to the south of France as orphaned Hema, a burns victim, finds herself drawn into the secrets of wealthy Raichura family and the enigmatic Rahul. Red Ribbon Winner, 2021, Wishing Shelf Book Awards Escaping her unhappy home by taking a job as an au pair, orphan Hema Pattni thinks of her new post in southern France as a dream come true. The family welcomes her with open arms, and her bright, inquisitive pupil, Amelie, is a delight. But a series of strange happenings threatens the summer’s perfection as a mysterious sighting of a lady in black increases. And to add to the tension, she’s drawn to her Rahul Raichura, Amelie’s guardian. Will Hema find out what the Raichuras are hiding? Can she hide her secret as she develops feelings for Rahul? Determined to uncover the truth, Hema suspects the Raichuras may hide a secret – one even more serious than her own.