Blog Tour -A Convenient Marriage by Jeevani Charika

Chaya is a young woman torn between her duty to family and her life in the UK. While her traditional Sri Lankan parents want her to settle down into marriage, what they don’t know is that Chaya has turned away the one true love of her life, Noah, terrified of their
disapproval. 

Gimhana is hiding his true self from his family, terrified that revealing his sexuality will lead to them disowning him. But it’s getting harder and harder to turn down the women that his family introduce as potential brides. 

When Chaya and Gimhana meet, it seems that a marriage of convenience would be the perfect solution to keeping the lives they have built in the UK, whilst fulfilling their family’s wishes to see them married to a Sri Lankan partner.

But when both Chaya and Gimhana find themselves falling in love outside of their marriage, they’re left with an impossible decision – risk their family’s anger, or follow their heart? 

Will they choose love, or live a lie? 

A page turning read about love, family and the secrets we keep, for fans of Amanda Prowse, Ayisha Malik and Susan Lewis. 

'A Convenient Marriage' is Jeevani Charika's latest release. I really like Jeevani's books, they feature ethnic minority characters and I really enjoy learning about their lifestyles and customs.

'A Convenient Marriage' features a very real situation where two people are bought together to marry but each have their own secrets which mean they don't want to marry but also know that they can't tell their parents why not for fear of upsetting their family and potentially alienating them from their community. There are many other themes throughout this book and the one I was most interested in was the mental health aspect with both characters struggling as they try to understand their own feelings, accepting who they are before they ask others to accept who they are too.

I really enjoyed 'A Convenient Marriage' and think it is one of those books that all should read and could help others in a similar position to understand their thoughts and realise that it is possible to live how they want and be accepted by others.

Thank you to Hera Books and Sarah Hardy's blog tours for inviting me to take part in the blog tour and for a copy of the book in return for an honest review.