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It is love at first sight. Stevie King bumps into Alex,the son of a famous Greek painter,at a studio. She is soon taking off to the Kapsos Island,which happens to be Alexs home,for a holiday. As expected,romance blooms. But misunderstanding and separation follows. Yet,its hardly a surprise when the tale ends with the talks of their forthcoming wedding.
Island of Secrets has all the trappings of pulpy and mushy romantic plots,popularised by the likes of Mills and Boon barring the story-telling format. Its part of a three-in-one graphic novel volume,where more romance unfolds in the form of Hopeless Heart and Earthquake. Though these novels arouse an uncanny feeling of familiarity about the way these love stories shape up and end,their introduction to the Indian readers has just happened. The credit for this goes to Euro Books. They have launched 24 titles under the Star Love Stories series,which were originally brought out by the Scotland-based DC Thompson publishers.
Their earlier association has helped spread the delights of Commando Comics as Euro Books has been marketing them in India for some time now. We discovered that they have nearly 100 titles of romantic graphic novels. Out of them,we have selected 24 for the Indian market, says Uday Mathur,managing director of Eurokids International. The titles in three-in-one volume are priced at Rs 250 and the single ones are available for Rs 100.
Euro Books has added colour to these love stories with a European setting. The original series was in black-and-white. We have converted them into colour, says Mathur. The publishers are trying to woo the readers with a loony heart (officially the target audience are teenage girls) with titles which make an unadulterated proclamation of pure mush. Sample these: A Dangerous Love,Heartbreak Melody,Star-crossed Love,Under a Lovers Moon,Till Death do us Part and Playing with Fire.
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