Having escaped an unhappy marriage, Zarleena Shankar is picking up the pieces of her life. With the successful Indian bridal wear shop, Bindis and Brides, she's proving herself to be a astute businesswoman - someone who can stand on her own two feet, and survive without a man.

So when she meets Joel Winters in her local supermarket, Zarleena remains immune to the handsome playboy's charms. She doesn't need another man to wreck her life. And with this his penchant for blue-eyed blondes, Joel seems blind to the sex appeal of dark-eyed Zarleena.

But an unlikely friendship forms - and Zarleena certainly needs a friend when her predatory ex-husband turns up, intent on causing trouble. Together, Zarleena and Joel plan a spectacular revenge on the man who wants to bring her down. Will they succeed? Will the bullying Armin get his comeuppance? And will romance ever blossom between this mismatched pair of schemers?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

In her early thirties, Nisha Minhas lives in Milton Keynes with her partner and two cats. A former employee of the Inland Revenue and a avid reader, Nisha couldn't find any novels that really appealed to her, a young woman born in the UK to Indian parents. So she decided to write a book that she herself would really like to read. The result was Nisha's first novel: the hilarious 'Chappati or Chips?'