Love with a Dash of Revenge

If love makes the world go round, surely revenge would make it stop in its axis?

Both are powerful emotions—though love is a positive force and revenge its complete antithesis. And like every negative force revenge can provide huge motivation. Especially when you are a victim of injustice. After all, none other than William Shakespeare wrote in The Merchant of Venice, “…if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?”

Think about the times you were bullied at school or college and your heart was filled with hatred and a need for revenge? Or when the cute boy you had a huge crush on didn’t give you the time of the day and chose another girl instead?  Yes, that made you want revenge too! ;) But life is full of little injustices that we get over and move on. What if something so terrible was done to you that your life changed forever, would you be able to turn the other cheek? It’s only human to harbour hatred and ill-will against a person who has harmed you.

On the other hand, the real power of love lies not just in its ability to make a person strive for his/her beloved’s affections but to truly change himself/herself for the better. Imagine how much more powerful that can be. And yet it is so difficult to go with the positive force.

One would think that love and revenge wouldn’t mix in a story.  Yet, readers all over the world have rooted for romance stories with revenge as a theme.  The one thing that revenge and love have in common is passion. You can’t imagine either emotion without passion. And that’s what makes for a good page-turning read till you reach the Happy Ever After ending.

So it was only fitting that having won the Passions Aspiring Authors Auditions, I wanted to write a story with tons of passion in it. As a reader who loves to read ‘revenge stories’ my first choice for theme was—you guessed it!—revenge. My Heroine, Maya, is a strong-willed woman who will do anything to bring down the person who has ruined her family. Even if that means marrying Krish, the son of her enemy. But soon she falls in love with Krish….And thus begins her dilemma. Will her love for Krish override her need for revenge? How will she reconcile her love with her desire for justice?

Do you love a romance story with a dash of revenge in it? Or do you hate it? Would love to hear from you!

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Mills and Boon India is celebrating love this Valentine

The month of Valentine is the month of Mills and Boon and we plan to celebrate it with a lot of love filled surprises. So, we have come up with some really special offers and discounts just so you can use Mills and Boon as your last minute saviour if you haven’t decided your Valentine gift for your special one yet.

Mills and Boon India has a special subscription offer for you. If you subscribe by 10^th February,2012, you will get a Valentine Dinner Date for you and your valentine. If you subscribe anytime this month, you will get an assured branded jewellery. Can it get better than this? You will get gifts for subscribing to Mills and Boon books…for reading something you love to read...We also have our February titles on discount. We know how much you like contests and so we have a lot of contests coming up this valentine month and a lot of goodies to give away.

We also have some exclusive Penny Jordan novels that you can grab this February. You can also subscribe to Love Horoscope by the famous astrologer Dadhichi by vsiting our website. This valentine, get closer to Mills and Boon and celebrate love the ‘Mills and Boon’ style. Mills and Boon books can not only be great companions but can also serve as a source of great ideas for expressing your love to your special one.

So, stay connected for a lot of love, conversations and surprises…

To subscribe and know more : http://www.millsandboonindia.com/       

Happy Happy News!!!

Passions 3 has received a stupendous response till date. Looking at the number of entries we received till January 31, we have decided to extend the last date to enter the Passions 3 contest to February 10, 2012.

Mills and Boon India has always believed in seeing their fans happy. So when we received a lot of mails from disgruntled fans saying that they have missed the deadline, we decided to comply to their request and extend the last date for the contest. So now all you Mills and Boon fans!! Pick up that pen and pour your heart out!!! You still have ten more days to submit your stories for this year’s Passions writing Contest.

If you have a flair for writing, and are serious about making it as a writer,  Passions 3 is a brilliant opportunity to showcase your talent.

Entering the Passions 3 contest is very simple. All you have to do is send in your entries in 1500 to 2000 words to us by February 10, 2012. The winners once selected will  be given an editorial mentorship to help them develop their stories. At the end of the year, the winner will be allowed to publish their first romantic novel under the prestegious Mills and Boon books banner. 

Passions -the aspiring author auditions were introduced two years back. Milan Vohra and Aastha Atray were the winners of the previous two years and have successfully published their debut romantic novels under the tuteleage of Mills and Boon India. We are sure the whole of India is waiting with eager eyes to see the face of the next Indian author to join the ranks of Vohra and Atray.

Send in your entry to the Passions contest, by mailing your stories to millsandboonsindia@gmail.com

NOW SUBMISSION MADE EASY

In this fast world, we are used to shortcuts and simplified things in life. So, we have made some things simpler for you. Now, you have the option of submitting your entries for ‘Passions’ contest directly from our Facebook fan page. You can directly go to our ‘Entries for Passions’ contest  section and submit your short love story of 2000 words directly there. All you need to do is Register, Login and Upload your story in a Word Document file. 

You are all set to become a published Mills and Boon author. Your work is done. But you need to do this ON OR BEFORE 31^st January, 2012. 15 days more for your chance to be a published author for one of the most popular series of novels. After you are done submitting, our panel of judges will pick top 5 entries and voting will take place. You can be that one winner who will become the THIRD Indian Mills and Boon author and have your dream come true. So, do not wait any more and submit your entries. Now, it is EASIER. 

WE LOST A VERY TALENTED WRITER

On 31^st December, 2011, we lost a very creative soul. Penny Jones (Pen name Penny Jordan) was a famous and wonderful writer who wrote a lot of romance novels for Mills and Boon. She sold more than seventy million copies all over the globe. She became a part of Mills and Boon with her novel ‘Falcon’s prey’ in the year 1981.   

Penny wrote over 167 Mills and Boon novels and is one of the most famous and favorite among all Mills and Boon writers. She started reading romance novels at an early age and since then was motivated to create romance with words. Some of her romance works are A Perfect Night, A Reason for Marriage, One Intimate Night, The City-Girl Bride, The Italian Duke’s Wife and Passion and the Prince.

‘The Reluctant Surrender’ is the last book from Penny Jordan that is going to be out this month.  She has given us amazing novels to read and took love and romance novels to a whole new level. Although we will badly miss Penny but she will always be with us through her words. She was a great source of inspiration for everyone. 

LET PASSIONS BE YOUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTION

As  year end approaches, we all start making New Year resolutions. This year, Mills and Boon want their fans to make a different type of resolution. We want you to make Passions your New Year resolution. Yes, we want you to make sure that you submit your entries of 2000 words for Passions with the advent of new year.

Since a lot of us want to follow our new year resolutions but end up not doing so, we went ahead and made sure that we make you follow your resolution. We have created a section called ‘Resolution for Passions’ where you can tell us how you will make sure that you submit your entries for Passions lll this coming year. The best resolution message will receive a surprise gift from us. It is very simple. Just make Passions your New Year resolution. Do not wait anymore and start your new year by being creative. Happy New Year Everyone. :)

TITLES FOR JANUARY 2012 ARE OUT

Every month, Mills and Boon come up with around 20 titles. This coming year, Mills and Boon have come up with 18 new titles. The titles for January 2012 are out and you can check them out on our website.  Just visit the website, select the copy you like and buy it. 

We have a good range of series to pick from like Desire, Special moments, Nocturne, Modern, Romance and Historical. Some of the titles for January 2010 are Terms of Engagement,  One Illicit Night, The Man Who Risked It All, The Talk of Hollywood, Her Vampire Husband, Daring to Date the Boss and The Prince’s Texas Bride.

Different series of Mills and Boon have different flavors and touch of romance in them. Readers can buy their copy online anytime. So, go ahead and grab all the copies you can. 

SHOW YOUR PASSION THROUGH OUR CONTESTS

We are aware of the fact that our fans love contests. So, we keep coming up with new ones every now and then. In the last two weeks, we carried out two contests and received an amazing response. In the first contest, our fans were asked to name the cover models of the second Mills and Boon India book ‘His Monsoon Bride’. We received a lot of responses and three winners were declared. The winners were given exciting prizes.

Our second contest has been pretty recent and is still going on where we asked our fans to take a picture of their very first Mills and Boon cover and upload it on our Facebook page. We all remember the first Mills and Boon that we read since it is close to our heart. So, we wanted our fans to remember their first Mills and Boon novel, take a picture of the cover and upload it on our page. The fan with the oldest Mills and Boon cover gets a very special gratification. More of such exciting contests are lined up. So, look out.