Bollywood Nights

D é’s sari-ripper stars fictional Bollywood sensation Aasha Rani, a former poor Madras girl who survived years of abuse, abandonment and the underage porno filmi industry. Her relationship with a married superstar, the anything-but-heroic Akshay Arora, sends Aasha running off to New Zealand, where she marries someone else, returns to India, endures more heartache, jets to London—and finally comes to understand her issues and face her destiny. The Bollywood detail is reminiscent of Jackie Collins’s best Hollywood fiction (Dé has been called India’s Jackie Collins), but this steamy saga also includes a bright bindi flash of spirituality that is uniquely Dé. (June)