Heena is the author of the award-winning novel Deceived. She works as the novel critic and the chief editor at a local publishing house in Pune, India. She is an animal lover as well as an animal activist.
She loves books, music and wine. Travelling and learning about new cultures is an integral part of her life.
She is presently learning Piano and French language.
She lives in Pune, India with her beloved husband and 6 cats.
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Book Review: Sister Sister by Sue Fortin
Author: Sue Fortin Release Date: 6th January 2017 Series: – Genre: Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Mystery Edition: Ebook Pages: 364 Publisher: Harper Impulse Rating: ★★★★ Blurb: From the bestselling author of The Girl Who Lied Alice: Beautiful, kind, manipulative, liar. Clare: Intelligent, loyal, paranoid, jealous. Clare thinks Alice is a manipulative liar who is trying to steal her life. Alice…
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2017 Resolutions
This is the third year I’m doing a ‘Resolutions’ post, so I feel like it’s kind of becoming a ritual now. And I like it as it helps to be more productive. Every year I complete a few resolutions and forget some, but this year I’ve decided to go through the list of my previous…
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Book Review: Class of ’59 by John A. Heldt
Author: John A. Heldt Release Date: 1st September 2016 Series: American Journey (Book #4) Genre: Historical Fiction, Science-Fiction-Time Travel Edition: Ebook Pages: 293 Publisher: Self-published Rating: ★★★★ Blurb: When Mary Beth McIntire settles into a vacation house on June 2, 2017, she anticipates a quiet morning with coffee. Then she hears a noise, peers out a window, and spots a man in…
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The Birthday Post (2016)
I haven’t been posting here for a while now and, in order to break the bad spell, I want to share with you all how I spent my Birthday this year (or rather my birthday week.) Following are the pictures of the stuff we had for my Birthday week. These are just a few pics…
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RMFAO 2017 Reading Challenges
Hey, everyone. 2017 is almost upon us! It is December, the most magical time of the year, and more so because this is the month we decide and announce the RMFAO Reading Challenges for the coming year! If you don’t already know, RMFAO is my reading group on Goodreads and it is co-moderated by my…
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Book Review: Running: The Best Cure For The Worst Relationship by Richard Cohen
Author: Richard Cohen Release Date: – (ARC) Series: – Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Relationships Edition: E-book Pages: 356 Publisher: Createspace Rating: ★★★ Blurb: Estranged twins Brian and Amy are sixty years old when chance throws them together at a party. A blow-up on Amy’s part sets them on a course that leads to the reconciliation of their love, friendship, and emotional attachment. Years of…
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Book Review: Eden’s Apple by Pamela Blake
Author: Pamela Blake Release Date: 18th February 2016 Series: – Genre: Historical Fiction, Women’s Fiction Edition: E-book Pages: 286 Publisher: Xlibris Rating: ★★★★ Blurb: Prewar Bradford, England, 1937. A sinful act is perpetrated by a father against his daughter that will alter the lives of three future generations. Rose’s troubled past haunts her forever. Lucy seduces a man of the cloth and has…
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Updates!
Hello everyone, I’m so sorry that I’ve been missing entirely from here for almost a month now. It’s been a crazy, crazy month and I’ve been literally running around in 100 different directions. Anyway, I’d like to start by saying THANK YOU to everyone for the heart-warming comments, congratulations, reblogs and shares, re-shares, tweets, and…
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How The World Reads
Here’s how the world reads: By Feel Good Contact Lenses.
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Book Review: The Beauty Of The Fall by Rich Marcello
Author: Rich Marcello Release Date: 25th October 2016 Series: – Genre: Corporate-Fiction, Sci-Fi Edition: E-book Pages: 358 Publisher: Langdon Street Press Rating: ★★★★ Blurb: A TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE CHARTS A HIGH-RISK, UNCONVENTIONAL PATH WHILE GRIEVING THE LOSS OF HIS SON. Dan Underlight, a divorced, workaholic technology executive, suffers lingering grief over the death of his ten-year-old son, Zack. When Dan’s longtime friend and…
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Author Interview: Jasmine Farrell
Welcome to TRB’s Author Interview Lounge. Today, I’d like to welcome author Jasmine Farrell. I’m presently reading her latest poetry collection Phoenixes Groomed as Genesis Doves and I must say that it is a beautiful book! About the author: Jasmine is a freelance writer and blogger. From Brooklyn, NY, she has a Bachelor’s in Communications and she…
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Book Review: Indiana Belle (American Journey #3) by John A. Heldt
Author: John A. Heldt Release Date: 14th April 2016 Series: American Journey Genre: Historical Fiction, Time Travel, Romance Edition: Ebook Pages: 295 Publisher: Self-Published Rating: ★★★★★ Blurb: Providence, Rhode Island, 2017. When doctoral student Cameron Coelho, 28, opens a package from Indiana, he finds more than private papers that will help him with his dissertation. He finds a photograph of a beautiful…
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Cover Reveal: Deceived by Heena Rathore P.
Presenting to you all the Cover of my debut novel, Deceived – Designed by Bhavi Mehta PUBLISHING: FEBRUARY 2017 BLURB: How well do you know your loved ones? A girl who’s trying to cope with the murders of her mother and five-year-old brother. A journalist who is chasing the ghost of a potential serial killer.…
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Deceived Cover Release!
Hello, everyone. Today is a very big day for me, as it is the Cover Release day of Deceived! Without saying anything else, I’d like to present to you the cover of my debut novel – Deceived. Please feel free to share the cover image on your social media accounts and blogs. Reblogs are also…
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Happy Diwali!
Hello, everyone. I’m quickly dropping by to wish you diwali and update you all that I won’t be visitng my blog much for another couple of days as I’ll be a little busy with the pre-ARC preps and writing the Guest-Posts and Interviews my publicist (Em) kindly lined up for me for December and January.…
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Checking In
Due to a really busy month-end, I missed my September Month End Updates post. It was a crazy month end and there was so much to do that I was not able to sit down and pull myself together to write a post. To be really honest, I prepared last month’s Newsletter also on the…
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Book Review: Southernmost by Sarah Sadler
Author: Sarah Sadler Release Date: September 6, 2016 Series: – Genre: Contemporary Romance Edition: e-book (Kindle) Pages: 350 Publisher: Blue French Press Rating: ★★★★ Blurb: Former Alabama beauty queen Kayla Carter is given an ultimatum by her wealthy ex-boyfriend Jackson Winslow – either move to his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina with their seven-year-old daughter or support herself on a waitress’s salary. She…
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Deceived Is Now On Goodreads
Hi, guys. I hope you all are having a great week. I have a big news to share will you all today. My publicist, Emily, has added Deceived on Goodreads and now I’m an official Goodreads Author! As a writer, this is HUGE for me because I’ve been dying to see myself as a Goodreads author…
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Book Review: Dead Lucky By Matt Brolly
Author: Matt Brolly Release Date: January 11, 2016 Series: DCI Michael Lambert Genre: Mystery, Crime, Triller, Detective Fiction Edition: e-book (kindle) Pages: – Publisher: Carina Rating: ★★★★ Blurb: DCI Michael Lambert is back… When a woman is murdered, the twisted killer forcing her husband to watch her slow and painful death, DCI Michael Lambert knows that his next case might be his toughest yet.…
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Point Of Views (POVs)
Point Of View, casually known as POV, is one of the most important literary devices that is used in fiction writing. Determining the perspective from which the story is told is often the making or the breaking point of a novel. If you make a wrong decision, your readers will be highly disappointed due to…
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The Font Effect
While working on my first book, Deceived, I hit the much-dreaded writer’s block at a very crucial time – right when my book needed revising. It felt like I hit the bottom of my creative well and I had to abandon my manuscript for almost 2 months. I was completely devastated and after a few fruitless weeks…
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Sindhu’s success, Feminism and Indian Apathy
A beautiful article that everyone must read.
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Month End Updates: August’16
Hello, everyone. This is a monthly post in which I share about my writing, reading and life in general. My month in: WRITING– I’m done with the Developmental Editing of Deceived. We’ll be starting with Substantive Editing in 2 weeks. I finally(!) have a date for when I’ll have my ARCs in my hand –…
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Netflix Affair – Stranger Things
So… finally, NetFlix is available in India. And now I’m on it… as in I have a Netflix account (why the hell did it sound so weird!?) Actually, my HD cable connection is pretty great and I get to watch a lot of series on Comedy Central, Colors Infinity, Star Word, Star World Premiere, etc.…
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The Courtesan’s Avenger (Desertera #2) Cover Reveal
Check out author Kate M. Colby’s next book’s cover. isn’t it just beautiful?! If you haven’t read her first book and they read it while this one comes out as I’m sure you wouldn’t want to miss either of them
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My NEWSLETTER
Hello everyone, This is a quick shout-out post for all my friends, readers and fellow-bloggers (and… strangers) to let you all know that I’ve started my monthly Newsletter (again!) This time around I’ve really worked hard on these Newsletters by improving the quality of content and material on the whole. And keeping everyone’s interests in mind,…
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How I Started Writing
In the last six years of my writing career (as of 2019 end) I’ve been asked this questions now and again so I thought that I’ll write up a post on it as I am better at writing than verbally explaining my feelings and thoughts. It always irks me whenever someone, generally an old friend…