The family’s hunting lodge in the beautiful village of Shaya is all the refuge that shy, introverted Rose, the Maharani of Manon, has ever needed. The craggy mountains, the deep forests, the clear streams– all give her a sense of peace. But when her husband passes away, leaving her the lodge and no money to maintain it, she must gather the will to sell it. Rose moves into the house of her neighbor Leela, an affectionate, whimsical woman, and finds the lodge a buyer: self-made billionaire Sandy Mehta. Tall and charming, with a dimpled smile, Sandy turns out to be just the wrong sort of man for the place. His family is loud and inclined to party. And he’s building a helopad in her beloved Shaya. Love and Learning Under The Magnolia is a witty love story that captures the friction in a clash of cultures with surprising deftness and lightness of touch.