ten couples. ten problems. solutions? not the same for all. or perhaps they are. / / a collection of short stories to restore faith in love and marraige. / /

#3 in General Fiction [17-08-2018] BOOK 2 OF THE HEARTS SERIES. THE FIRST BOOK IN THE SERIES IS RECOMMENDED AS IT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE SECOND ONE BETTER. _______ "Time has brought me ahead and left you behind. There's so much distance to cover. So much that you'll never reach my heart again. You are gone." Shaking of his head shook her wall. His slow footsteps pounded in her heart. "I will claw your heart, tear it to get inside again," his breath fanned her cheek. Calm tone haunted her soul. "But it won't come to that when I am already there in your stubborn heart." Tears hung at those thick lashes. "My heart doesn't want you. Not anymore." "Your heart lies." His finger slid down her neck. A sinister smile made those tears fall, "And when the heart lies," the finger replaced by a strong fist held the back of her neck. His lips reached barely inches away from hers. "There are consequences." ______ AN INDIAN LOVE STORY

Meera Gupta, daughter of Niyati and Manish is an architect who comes back to India, after a long interval to visit her ailing grandfather, Prithviraj, whom she is most attached to. Her grandfather's last wish is getting her married and even though Meera is commitment phobic she knew she couldn't rest without fulfilling her grandfather's last wish. Arjun, son of Shantanu and Pratibha Goenka is a young man, working with his father and brothers for Goenka Constructions. He isn't ready for marriage, especially not arranged as he considers all the girls considered for his marriage to be immature and materialistic. The real fact is also that he isn't ready for marriage owing to the baggage from his past. Arjun's younger brother is Aakash is married to Divya who is Meera's cousin and confidante. To make matters worse for Arjun and Meera, Shantanu gives his word to Prithviraj to ensure that Arjun and Meera are married. To headstrong characters, who aren't ready for marriage are woven into a relationship, will they ever fall in love? Is love the only thing you need to make a marriage work?

"Shut up, stupid! Do you want to pay that huge amount of fine?" "As if they're standing outside our door with their ears pressed to it." "They could be." "Are you for real? What kind of psychos do that? People can be doing God knows what in their rooms." ❝In which an arranged couple falls in love while being stranded on a deserted island.❞ ━━━━━━━━━ Detailed summary inside. COMPLETED | Adventure | Romance | NA Although the characters are Muslims, the story itself is just a fun read, and doesn't fulfill the purpose of highlighting Islam. Ranked no. 1 in #pakistan on 06/15/20 & 08/12/20 Ranked no. 1 in #stranded on 10/17/20 & 07/24/22 Ranked no. 1 in #jungle on 12/04/20 Ranked no. 2 in #muslim on 01/29/21 Ranked no. 2 in #ambassadorspk on 06/18/21 Ranked no. 2 in #bickering on 01/16/23 [Total word count between 70,000 to 80,000] WARNING: If you're reading this story on any platform other than wattpad, then you're at the risk of malware. This book is only available on wattpad in its original form by the author @_shinja_

Highest ranking: #1 [Blurb] "I... I will kill you," She raised the gun at me. "Sanjana-" "I am Trishana," she whispered, "you know me." I took a step forward. "Did you want to kill me?" I asked. "Is that why you approached me? Is that why you acted as if you were in love with me? Is that why you got close to me?" I was near her now. "Did you plan to kill me all along?" "Don't... don't come near... I will... shoot," Her voice shook slightly. "Look me in the eyes and answer me first!" I didn't move back and took the last step. The gun pressed on my chest, Just above the heart and I looked at her steadily. "Shoot me then," I said. "If you want to kill me... If you never had any feelings for me and If you don't even want to give me a chance to explain anything, Shoot me." I said. Her hands were trembling and her eyes were still filling and flowing down. "SHOOT ME, SANJANA!" I shouted and she looked startled and took a step back. "Why?" I was not ready to back down. "Sanjana, Why hesitating? Don't you want to kill me?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trishana, A young reporter is dead set on Exposing the evils of one of the biggest corporations in the nation; the Surya group. After a lot of setbacks, she, Along with her perfectly selected partners (A gang of youngsters who were targeted and victimised by the Surya group), Devise a plan to get revenge on them and to Seduce the youngest heir of Surya group-Arjun Surya Narayan. Arjun, Who is the brain of Surya group with his own strange sense of ethics is met with a surprise when he meets the reporter who hates him to death but Acts lovingly. He knew it was a trap, He knew who she was and why she was around him and decided to play along... But what will happen to the love game when so many lives are on the line? And worse; When he starts to fall for the girl he is supposed to "silence" for the stability of his firm? [Contains mature scenes, violence and lots of swearing, You have been warned]

❝ gravity doesn't always pull you down. sometimes, it attracts two people together. ❞ Usually, arranged marriages are forced. For them, their parents just gave a slight nudge and their fate decided to turn them into a living joke. They had an option to say no, move on and see someone else. After all, arranged marriage is a dreadful process of narrowing down potential candidates through very polite interviews. Only neither of them had the patience to go through that dreadful process so, they soon found themselves saying yes to each other - just to speed up the process, you know. Unknown to their parents, they had a plan of their own. The famous businessman found himself laying the proposal of a lifetime to his soon to-be bride. Not all arranged marriage stories start after the marriage, some journeys are in between. The Spring Awards 2018 Chicklit Winner | Aesthetic Awards 2018 Chicklit Winner | 3rd in The Creative Mind Awards 2018 for Chicklit | 3rd in The Adventure Awards 2018 for Romance. Part of Project Trilogy. 「Summary inside!」 Started: August 8th 2018 Ended: November 11th 2018 ➳forewarnings: soft, vanilla, slightly cliche, Indian, fighting stereotypes. ➳Not rated Mature, but common sense maturity req. © Copyright 2017, All Rights Reserved by Monal Patel @little-flaws/wattpad Cover by, yours truly!

Highest Ranking: #1 in chick-lit for more than 60 days :) [Blurb] "I clearly warned you before the marriage, you can't treat her like this! you said you love her-" "Not anymore, I don't even want to look at her." I cut across Sachin angrily. I was still half-drunk. "That's why you are the biggest loser in this world Nivin, nobody can help you if you keep doing this to yourself." Sachin sounded furious. "She planned everything to destroy me!" "If you think Riya would do something to hurt you, I don't have anything to talk to you!" "Don't talk like you know everything, Sachin, she knew everything before the marriage, but she kept it from me!" "And why did she do it? Did you even give her a chance to explain?" he asked me, "I saw the CCTV footage Nivin, She was following you, trying to explain and you nearly ran over her in the parking lot-" "Shut up, Sachin, shut the hell up-" "Hear me out you heartless jerk, she waited for you in that apartment for 48 hours, not even taking a drop of water, in that same chair, waiting for you, Nivin Aldrick, she's now unconscious, still in the emergency room, I hope you are happy." I froze then, my mind going blank. The words affected me more than it should and part of me felt the pain. Jeez! she betrayed me and I am still worried about her! ~~~ family? For Riya, who is brought up by the orphanage, it's the most precious dream. For her, a family is a group of people who will stand by you in all situations. And for Nivin, the heir of Aldrick corporation, it's where the most poisonous people in his life is at, it's where the twisted and calculated mind games start from. While Riya would do anything to get a family, Nivin would do anything to get out of it. Can Riya prove to him that love does exist in the world? Can she succeed in opening the cold heart of Nivin Rosh James aldrick? ------------ **A story of love, Friendship, Family, and of course adventure with lots of twists & turns and a HAPPY ENDING!!!**

Most Impressive Ratings #1 in Web3 #1 in Blockchains #1 in First attempt #6 in Coding #6 in Metaverse #21 in Drones #25 in Engineering #35 in Artificial Intelligence #36 in Tech #125 in Cute love Sanvi: Beautiful ,hardworking ,introvert girl.You can't take yours eyes off her eyes because she's blessed with beautiful eyes. Boys fall for her beautiful eyes and girls wish even they had eyes like her. Many boys tried their luck but she just ignores because she doesn't wants unnecessary trouble and distraction. She has promised herself that she will mary the person her parents select for her because she doesn't wants to take such a big decision of her life by herself.She is happy with her girl gang. Until our hero makes entry..She went aww....when she first saw him.Will she be able to keep the promise she made to herself? Siddhan : Handsome , cute and extrovert. He is the only prince of his family but with very childish nature. He is blessed with good physic and is code freek.His classmates adores him for his humble, down to earth and helping nature. He also made a promise that he will marry the girl his parents will select because he is scared.... scared of his mother.He doesn't wants to create unnecessary trouble for himself. He is happy with his life.Eat, laugh,code, sleep. Until our heroine enters ...he was lost in her deep olive green eyes when he saw her for the first time.Will he be able to keep the promise he made to his mother? " Siddhan please try to understand it's difficult for me". Sanvi said nervously. "Ary you rejecting me!" Siddhan asked with moist eyes and shaking voice. " No no ....you are getting it wrong.. it's not about you... but, it's about me." Sanvi said hurriedly. Unknowingly they played in each other's life,the role of a catalyst to follow their respective dreams and passion. Let's dive into the journey of our tech couple from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0 and their one of a kind digital metaverse wedding 💍

This amazing cover of the book is done by @TrendCazie. Thank you so much!!❤️❤️ Smriti Sharma- She is a 25 year old agent in Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) India. She is assigned a covert operation in New York to neutralise the terrorists attack in India which are being planned there. Not even her parents are aware about her mission. She lives in Delhi. Christian Grey- He is the usual arrogant billionaire. Owns Grey Enterprise. Loves his family and work. His great grandmother is an Indian. He loves her a lot and can do anything for her. Ladies drool over him. He has been into numerous relationships but none has been serious. Both are tied into an arranged marriage. Smriti did it for her country and Christian did it for his great grandmother. Will this arranged marriage survive or will they separate their ways after the completion of her mission. Stay tuned to find out more. PS- In the initial chapters, Christian will be unaware about Smriti being a RAW agent.

Available now as Audiobook on Audible India. #1 on Indian #1 on Forced Marriages #1 on Billionaire #1 on Romance #2 on Arrange Marriages #4 on Romance #13 on Romance Marriage is one of the greatest blessings in life, and choosing your spouse is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. But not her Samaira, she never wanted to marry like that. She wanted to achieve something first, being from a middle-class family, growing up without a parent's love. She wanted to become a doctor but her all dream got broken the day, when her uncle asked her to do something in return of his year's love, he had given to her. She could not refuse. Unwillingly she becomes his replaced bride. Someone's replacement. Abhimaan Rajvansh, a man of pride, arrogance, traditional values. He is the pride of his family. The most handsome and one of the eligible bachelor. Every girl dreams to be with him, he's enjoying his life fullest and suddenly he got to know that he's getting married. Will he accept his replaced bride? When her family was the reason for his family's embarrassment. Will he ever understand her? Will they ever find their soulmate in each other? Join their journey of trust, respect, compatibility and love. Unedited, with lots of grammatical errors. Cover by @Aarya_25