⭐ Leylah Attar 🌺 CASTE IN THE STARS 🌟

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CASTE IN THE STARS

Leylah Attar

• 16 December 2025

• Standalone ... 

★★★★★

4.8 Stars

For fans of Becka Mack and Lauren Asher comes a heart-stopping and utterly romantic story about two people from opposite worlds who dare to risk the odds to be together.

She did everything right—until her life fell apart.
The last place Priya Solanki wants to be is back at funeral home her parents have run for decades—a place tied to a caste legacy the world says is long gone, but that her family carried from India to Canada and never let go of. Her traditional parents call it fate—proof that her path was written in the stars, just like the generations before her. But to Priya, it’s a life she never chose, and one she’s spent years trying to outrun. Her plan is simple: regroup, reset, and finally break the cycle.

Then Ethan Knight reappears.
Once the reckless, motorcycle-riding boy next door, he’s now a full-blown Hollywood star—older, incredibly handsome, and impossible to avoid. Adored by millions and followed everywhere by flashing cameras, he’s renting out the funeral home to prepare for a role—and flipping every piece of Priya’s plan upside down.

And finally, the stars align.
Trapped in close quarters with the boy she once loved in silence, Priya can’t escape the heat, the history, or the ache she’s buried for years. But falling for Ethan doesn’t just mean risking her heart; it means stepping into a world that was never built for someone like her—and daring to believe she belongs in it anyway.

But even if she takes the risk, what happens when Ethan leaves? Because, inevitably, he will.

Loving him wouldn’t just destroy her—it would destroy everything she’s trying to rebuild.

Priya + Ethan

Priya is 28 and living back home with her parents in Toronto.

She was living a pretty content married life in Calgary until things happened and now she's back home.

And instead of concentrating of starting a new life and searching for a job she's supposed to save her parents' ailing funeral home.

Also back home for work is former boy next door and Priya's first crush/love Ethan. Yup. Hollywood superstar Ethan!

And he's not staying next door - nope (he hasn't spoken to his dad since he left for Hollywood!) - he's paying to stay at the funeral home to prepare for a movie!

That was so adorable.

And a bit sad and heartbreaking.

It must be hard to come from a family with so many rules and roots and beliefs. Pryia loves her parents but they just expect too much of her. They don't understand her life and job and they just want to marry her off to the next guy from the right caste.

And Ethan. He's been her secret dream guy since she was just 12 years old.

And he was also fascinated by this girl from the funeral home. They had a connection back then. But he was older and he wanted out of there asap.

But now he's back.
And it was so adorable and funny and so Indian and I so want Priya's mom to come and cook me all those things!

CASTE IN THE STARS was a beautiful and funny and heartwarming Indian/Canadian second-chance-ish love story.

A dying Funeral Home. Hollywood. Outdated Indian customs. New hopes and dreams. Paparazzi. Best Friends and Cats. And so much more. Read it!

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Stalking Leylah:

Leylah Attar is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance and women's fiction. A recipient of the Writer's Digest Award (for Moti on the Water) and the Indie Reader Discovery Award (for Mists of The Serengeti), Leylah writes unique, emotionally compelling stories that range from rom-com to dark romantic suspense.

👼 Avenging Angel: Bad Medicine (Avenging Angels #4) 👼 Kristen Ashley 👼

Willow Knightley has just been through it with her ex-mooch of a boyfriend. But sadly, he’s just the latest in a long string of men (starting at birth) who didn’t treat her right.

She decides her only recourse is to give up on men forever.

The problem is, her friend/acquaintance/one-time bodyguard, member of the Nightingale Investigations & Security team, Gabriel Stark, has targeted her as His One.

Gabe’s been through it at the hands of women too, so he knows exactly what he wants.

And he wants Willow.

Willow states her case against them being an us, but she doesn’t count on the fact that not only does Gabe love a challenge, he lives for them.

Up against an onslaught from a man who rinses his own whiskers out of the sink, Willow might not stand a chance.

But then, while the Angels are trying to figure out what’s got one of their informants very jittery, she gets a hint that there are demons in Gabe’s history, and she has to know.

The bets are on…

And luck favors a Stark.

Bad Medicine took me back to the days when I started reading the OG Rock Chicks series.

I mean, another Stark man claiming his woman? Hells yes!

I still haven't gotten around to reading the first 2 Avenging Angels books, however this takes up where Tenderfood ended, so I have a lot of what's going on, but missing a few of the nuances.

Like, how Willow got to be how she is today.

However, that did not affect my reading or enjoyment of Bad Medicine at all (and it was a good reminer to pull my finger out and get back to books 1 and 2!)

To me, Bad Medicine was a lot more character driven that the book I had read, Tenderfoot.  Willow and Gabe (sigh, man oh man those Stark men do something to me!)  Their burgeoning relationship took centre stage, whilst the Angels and their case were a lot more of a side story this time.

Which I would have liked either way, but I loved getting to know the MCs more.

Plus, being a Stark means that we got a lot more of the OG men and women to read about.  

After that ending, I neeed the next book, STAT!

Thank you Kristen and team for my advanced copy

 

 

 

 

❤ Colliding Hearts (Rainbow Redemption #3) ❤ Jax Calder ❤

 

 

 

One voice kept me alive in the darkness. One Halloween night changed everything. One secret threatens to destroy it all.

When my car plunges into a ravine, a stranger's chocolate-cake voice becomes my lifeline in the endless dark. But after I’m rescued, the mysterious paramedic vanishes without a trace, leaving me with nothing but scars and memories.
After year of avoiding mirrors and first dates, I manage to hook up with the hottest Darth Vader in existence while dressed as a surprisingly seductive Yoda. But the morning light reveals my one-night stand is not only my new neighbor but also my long-lost rescuer.

Jared and I try the just-friends route, but who can resist a guy who bakes brownies and gives great massages. When our connection extends into a friends-with-benefits arrangement, things become complicated. Especially since I’m still learning to navigate a world where my face no longer opens doors and my wit has become my armor and my greatest weapon.
Before the crash, I was the guy who could charm anyone with a smile. After? Let's just say Frankenstein would think I'm having a rough time.

I'm falling hard for the man with the chocolate-cake voice, but every time we get close to something real, Jared pulls away. Are my scars holding him back?

Or is Jared hiding secrets of his own?

Colliding Hearts is a novella set in the Rainbow Redemption universe, but can be read as a standalone book.

 

 

 

ARC received from Neon Rainbow Reviews and author for an honest review. 

 

I have one word for this book.

 

Phenomenal.

 

From the first word to the last, I was hooked on Felix and Jared's story. It reaches into your chest and grips your heart, and just doesn't let go.

 

It is not always an easy book to read, and at times I was sad, I was mad, I had tears. But there was always that warm ball of hope in your chest, just like there is with Jared.

 

And in the usual Jax Calder fashion, there was a twist in the tale that had me yelling at my Kindle.

 

Captivating characters, a moving story and a little scene stealer that I wanted to take home for my own - we have it all.

 

Thank you Jax for giving us characters that are not all perfect, beautiful beings, ones that are getting on with life but have their struggles.

 

Now to go back and read the other Rainbow Redemption books - again.

  

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Bestselling author of MM Romance.

My stories are all about light-hearted conversations and deeply-felt connections. I love exploring exactly why two characters are the only ones who’ll make the other truly happy, and the journey they take to reach their happily-ever-after.

I live in New Zealand with my family and a wide assortment of animals. I’m a rabid sports fan, a hiking enthusiast and have a slightly unhealthy addiction to nature documentaries. I have also been known to read the odd book on occasion.