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the zamindar's bride  بقلم authoryuvi
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✿✿。・:*:・゚✿・:*:・゚✿✿✿✿。・:*:・゚✿・:*:・゚✿✿ To the women who were told to be silent, and chose to speak through their strength instead. To the men hardened by life, but brave enough to let love soften them. And to every soul caught between tradition and dreams- may you find the courage to live both. 💫 The Zamindar's Bride - Blurb She dreamed of white coats and stethoscopes. He ruled fields and farms with silence and steel. Varnika Kashyap, a bright 20-year-old aspiring doctor, had her whole life planned - until the sudden death of her parents shattered everything. Orphaned and vulnerable, she's coerced by her controlling aunt into a marriage she never wanted. Her groom? Vardhan Singh Rana - a 30-year-old village zamindar, feared by many, respected by all. Vardhan is everything Varnika is not - uneducated yet worldly, stoic yet intense, powerful yet rooted in tradition. He never asked for a bride, but his father's condition for inheritance forces him into the shackles of matrimony. Thrown together by circumstances neither of them chose, Varnika and Vardhan are strangers bound by a sacred vow. She is too naive for his world; he is too hardened for hers. And yet, amid the dusty courtyards, whispered secrets, and stifling expectations, a delicate tension brews. Will she find herself caged or cherished? Will he lose himself in love or keep building walls? A tale of forced beginnings, emotional awakening, and a love that neither of them saw coming.
The Sarpanch's Shakti بقلم kaivrasorel
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She came to Devgarh broken, carrying silence where her voice should have been. He was the Sarpanch-feared, distant, and a man who never crossed his own lines. What begins as protection slowly turns into something neither of them names... until care becomes habit, presence becomes comfort, and love grows quietly between them. This is not a story of saving. It is a story of choosing-again and again. A love built on respect, restraint, and the courage to stay. ~~~ 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐒: Soft Romance Dark Themes Set in the 1980s Age Gap (25 × 30) Rural Royalty Rescuer Hero × Survivor Heroine Protective & Possessive (Healthy) Powerful Man × Quiet Strength Devotee Hero × Devotee Heroine Slow Burn Romance Found Family Feminine Power Rising Courtroom Justice Arc
Books and Hearts  بقلم ficuniverse_00
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ARNAY VEDANSH, a 32-year-old professor at Seranova University. He loves his work deeply. He is smart, confident and known for being an amazing professor. He is the favorite of every student and at the same time, students fear him. He is really a calm person, very mature and silent, until someone provokes him. His personality is really attractive, if someone looks at him, they'll either admire him or maybe feel jealous of him. He is a professor with a touch of bad-boy habits. He doesn't believe in love and has no interest in it. AVYRA RASTOGI, 22, is in her second year of MBA at Seranova University.She's an ambivert with a life full of dramas. She's both a backbencher and a good student. But she always stays in the background, never showing others what she's truly capable of. She has no filter, she says whatever comes to her mind and later regrets it. She is soft-hearted but she also knows how to put people in their place when needed. What will happen when these two personalities collide? What will happen when they meet each other? Will they fall in love or not? And if they fall in love, will society accept their relationship? Let's dig into the story (the way you dig one pani puri after another) and see what will happen.
Hitched Together بقلم authorvie
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Two wandering stars colliding, suddenly hitched into the same orbit, bound for eternity. THE SINGHANIA SAGA Book-1 (A standalone) ༻❁༺ I didn't ask for a husband. He didn't want a wife. When I was pushed into an arranged marriage with Vihaan Singhania, who made it very clear he wanted to do nothing with me, I swore, I'd survive it. Keep my head high. And my heart out of it. Except staying out of his way was impossible when he was everywhere. At my midnight dinners. In my bedroom. In my head. Our deal was simple: no love, no feelings, no strings. But the closer I got to him, the more dangerous it became. Because in this game of power and pretense, someone would break. And I was terrified it was going to be me. ༻❁༺
An Alliance Of Love بقلم Amour_Aanya
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Book 1 of "The Alliance Series" Can be read stand alone. •••••••••••••••••••••••••♡♡♡♡•••••••••••••••••••••••• "Marry him, or I'll ruin your company and destroy your career," his words echo in my mind like the toll of a relentless bell. How can a father do this to his daughter? Sacrificing me for power and alliances... Now, here I am, marrying a man I barely know-Ranveer Singh Rathore. ~~~~~~~~~~~|••••••••|~~~~~~~~~~~ "'Remember one thing, Mrs. Adira Ranveer Singh Rathore-you're married to me now. You bear the responsibility of being a Rathore and will always follow my orders." His words hit like bullets, each piercing deeper, and there's no way for me to escape. "'Sweetheart, your only crime is being a Rathore. And I'm here to destroy every last one of them." ••••••••••••••••••••••••♡♡♡♡♡••••••••••••••••••••••• A marriage without love is bound only by an alliance. Adira and Ranveer are tied together in this sacred bond for the sake of their families. But will love ever bloom between them? Will this marriage thrive, or will it remain a cold, calculated arrangement of convenience? Will they grow apart, or will fate bring them closer? ☆☆☆☆☆ Join us as we witness a union built on deals and alliances, not affection. What does destiny hold for Adira and Ranveer? And who is the mysterious figure determined to destroy the Rathores? ___________________________________________ Tropes:- Arrange marriage Forced marriage Pasts and betrayals Mafia leads Billionaire x Millionaire CEO X CEO Businessman x Businesswoman Strong female lead Slowburn romance Green flag leads
one obsession step makes one life living hell بقلم shan_ku
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"The prince of cricket, Shubham Gill, captain of the GT team, lives for cricket and family. But one match against SRH flips his world. Amidst the chaos, he spots a clumsy, shy girl in a pink kurta, cheering for SRH with a 'Go SRH' flag. Her nervous laugh with friends captures his heart. Gill falls hard, obsessed with a girl who doesn't know he exists."
Signed, Sealed, Trapped | Forced to marry. Trapped forever. | بقلم Hazel_1322
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A signature on a contract. A seal of approval. A trap she never saw coming. Anaya Bansal had always known she was just a burden to her family. So when her parents sold her off in marriage to the ruthless billionaire Rudra Malhotra, she didn't flinch. A loveless, cold marriage was still better than staying in a house where she was never wanted. Rudra Malhotra is a man who built an empire from nothing. He rules with power, wealth, and an iron heart. Marriage was never in his plans, but his mother's ultimatum gave him no choice. Now, he's stuck with a fragile-looking wife who doesn't belong in his world. He wants distance. She wants freedom. He is cold as ice. She is fire wrapped in silk. But in this game of control, who will break first?
REPAYMENT WIFE (Short Story) [THE MARTYR WIVES BOOK 2] بقلم Rachayetria
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THE DIMENSION ONE : A Debt repayment. She was embezzled on the day of her wedding. Manyata had lived her existence with the drizzle of gold all her life. Protected and kept safe, pampered and cherished. Had she known? The day she believed should be the happiest? She would be running in the middle of nowhere to be saved by a monster who had previously crossed her path once. Prithviraj was no prince, yet he had a borrowed throne. He sat high, but someone's seating position doesn't make one's sense that heightened. He took what was his, in the worst form. A girl. The one who stumbled on his chest, and now fell in the dungeon of his house. Was he the storm that took her away? Or was she the flood he never thought would come across? And never to forget the fact, That storm and floods are always accompanied by each other. Similarly, were these two meant to be? THE DIMENSION TWO : She was a girl he had witnessed for years. Always more exemplary than his previous encounters. But the more devious her exquisite beauty was the more deviant she managed to make him. But, those days of relinquishing her were bound to end, when the lover of the century was ready to lay himself down to whatever awaited him when he took his first step towards her. The future king of Jodhgarh was set to marry only those who are high-matched with him, to seek gain. But the prince has lost his heart already to the girl from another town. Manyata Daiwar was forbidden to know a man because for her the only one worth it was her brother. She never put forth her desires for her brother's interest. Until someone who sought to break rules was brought to life. But on the cost of what? Her being bounded by another. And not just rule, maybe tied around even with ropes.
FORCED BRIDE. (Darkened Brides Book Series #2) بقلم Rachayetria
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Happiness? Was a word that left Roohi Shekhawat's life long ago. She was the diamond nobody took notice of in the pile of coal. She shone brighter than the eyes of a common man can take notice. Perfection was a word for her. Until, A someone saw her worth, in a good way or a bad? Rudram Mannan was a man who was in a fight with the world and himself. A man is obsessed with everything he owns. Determined to have all. No boundaries, no conscience. He wants it. He owns it. Roohi was suffering in a tomb of devils her brothers were when the eyes of another fiend caught her. The man of obsessions. And may Roohi be one of his obsessions? How will her life take a turn, will her life finally find the happiness it deserves? Or will she suffer in a curse of eternity?
His Arranged Bride  بقلم bhoomi_wrts_13
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Aarav Malhotra - the reserved and soft-spoken CEO of Malhotra Hotels - has always put family above everything else. Quiet boardrooms and grand hotel projects are easier for him to handle than matters of the heart. Sakshi Sharma - a gentle, kind-hearted primary school teacher - finds joy in the laughter of children and dreams of a simple life filled with love and understanding. When their families arrange their marriage, both are hesitant, bound more by duty than desire. But as shy glances turn into warm conversations and small gestures grow into affection, they begin to discover that maybe, just maybe, fate knows their hearts better than they do. A tale of slow-burn love, emotional connection, and two introverted souls learning to open up - one gentle step at a time. Update on Friday and saturday tropes : * arranged marriage trope * both fell harder * strangers to lovers * age gap (4 years) * supportive in-laws