In which Sitara orders a milkshake in the middle of the night and Shaurya delivers it to her. ~ a novella [25,000 - 30,000 words]

[a desi college romance] Vijay and Nila have only one thing in common - they take the same bus at the same time everyday. What if this mere commonality steers their life into a whirlpool of uninvited feelings, wholesome conversations and unexpected connections, taking them on a ride they don't recall buying tickets for?

(The second book of SEA: The Empire Game - cannot be read as a standalone. It is a novella.) they say the fire of a man's own making is the one that burns the cleanest.I stood in that library, surrounded by the rotting wisdom of an empire I broke, and I welcomed the heat. I wanted the flames to act as a judge, jury, and executioner. Apparently, I wasn't even worth the price of a burial. I thought death was the ultimate punishment for my sins. It turns out, the real torture isn't dying-it's being forced to wake up the next morning. I owe my life to the one person who should have been twisting the knife. Just because - Someone Dearest to him -called me her "best friend" while the smoke filled our lungs. Now, five years later, I carry her mercy like a lead weight in my chest. Russia is cold, but it isn't cold enough to numb the memory of that night. A new face. A new name. A new life built on the wreckage of a shattered skull and grafted skin. In the underground circuits of Moscow, they don't see the man who lost an empire. They see The Dragon. They see the assassin who doesn't miss, the hacker who can bleed a bank dry in thirty seconds, and the racer who drives like he's already dead-BECAUSE, IN MY HEAD, I AM. Winning a race at two hundred miles per hour doesn't feel like victory. It feels like a taunt. I spent half a decade perfecting this misery. And then, SHE walked in. A girl who barely reaches my shoulder. Dark brown eyes that seem to see through the "Dragon" mask to the charred remains of the man underneath. Long black hair that smells of a home I no longer have. But it's the sound that haunts me. The soft, rhythmic chime of her ghungroo beads against the cold Russian pavement. It's a sound that doesn't belong in a world of gunpowder and grease. It's a sound of peace-a calm I've spent five years trying to outrun. My name is Dev. Or it was. I'm the man who survived the fire, only to realize I'm terrified of the light.

"The SEA was never peaceful." They called it Shivayan Elite Academy, but everyone knew it by another name - The SEA. A place where the rich were born kings, and the rest learned how to drown. Power ruled here. Fear was currency. Status decided everything. And the one who controlled both... was Dev Rathore. He was everything people feared and secretly desired - tall, ruthless, breathtakingly confident. The Rathore heir. The boy whose family owned half the country and ruled the academy like their personal kingdom. They called him The Dragon of the SEA, because no one could get close to him without getting burned. But even monsters have a weakness. Dev's weakness had a name - Pakhi Ghosh. Beautiful. Brilliant. Too gentle for a world this cruel. She was the only one who dared to meet Dev's eyes and not bow. The only one he couldn't break, couldn't scare, couldn't let go of - - because he was already obsessed with her. Pakhi never asked for this life. She wanted books, quiet corners, and peace - not attention, not power, and definitely not Dev Rathore's dangerous kind of love... But she told herself she could endure it. At least, that's what she thought... until HE appeared. He walked in with nothing - no fancy surname, no expensive uniform. Just an old backpack and eyes that saw everything. Shiv Malhotra - the new scholarship student. The quiet nerd no one cared to know. Except... he wasn't what he seemed. Behind those glasses hid Shivansh Roy Singhania - the true heir of the empire the Rathores had betrayed. The real owner of the SEA. But the moment HE saw Her - his entire plan began to crack. And just like that, everything shifted. The SEA trembled. Even SEA Hunters, the academy's deadliest game created by Dev himself, began glitching - Because the Real Hunter had finally arrived. Two kings.One Sea. And a girl who didn't want to be saved -but became the reason neither of them would back down. 'The Sea was never peaceful.'

Shree Lekha Sharma was known for her bright, innocent smile. But behind that smile was a heavy secret she had carried for years. When she was just fifteen, her world fell apart. A terrible accident took the lives of her parents, leaving only her and her younger brother, Shivam, behind. With no one else to turn to, their relatives took them in. But it wasn't out of love. They only wanted the massive wealth and inheritance her parents had left behind. To protect Shivam from their greed and cruelty, Shree Lekha had to make a heartbreaking choice. She decided to hide her true, sharp intelligence. She put on a mask, pretending to have a childlike mental disorder so her relatives would let their guard down. She was just waiting-waiting for Shivam to turn eighteen so she could legally become his guardian and take him away from that toxic house. But the real Shree Lekha never truly vanished. In secret, with the help of her college principal-who was her late father's loyal friend-she was completing her degree in business studies. She also started working at a local orphanage, guided by the kind Dean. Now, at twenty-three, she thought she could keep up this double life forever. But everything was about to change. Adityanath Vardhan was thirty years old, a world-renowned businessman, and a man who held immense power. To the outside world, he was ruthless and merciless. He was a man of few words, deeply rooted in his traditions, and a firm believer in God. For his family, he wasn't just a green flag-he was an entire green forest. He got whatever he wanted, always. Then, he saw HER in the holy city of Varanasi. Something about her caught his attention instantly. On the outside, she seemed vulnerable and childlike. But Adityanath had sharp eyes. He could sense that beneath her innocent mask, there was a fierce, intelligent woman hiding in the shadows. He became completely captivated by her. using his power, he set an arranged marriage into motion...

'𝙄𝙨𝙝𝙦 𝙟𝙪𝙣𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙟𝙖𝙗 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙙𝙝 𝙟𝙖𝙮𝙚, 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙦 𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙞 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙝 𝙟𝙖𝙮𝙚' After crossing the first phase of love, they now stand at the edge of a new journey-one that will test their hearts and devotion in ways they never imagined. "Like the moon awaits the sun after a long night, her heart held onto his light through every shadow and silence."

Hadiya Hafiz was asked by her brother to marry his best friend; Daivik Dewan. Hadiya had suffered all her life and she had no hope with this marriage either. Meanwhile, Daivik agreed to marry her out of pity. What will happen when he gets to know about her wife's past which had nothing but pain? How far will he go to save her from her demons? Will he ever be able to love her or she'll always remain uncherished?

Rabya was unwillingly tied up in a knot of marriage with the only son of a big Zamindar; Adhrit Singh Chauhan. She once had a happy life, trying to achieve her dreams in the metropolitan city by striving to become independent so that she can financially support her family. But then, her one mistake and she was forced to marry Adhrit who's a decade older than her and lives in that regressive part of a small town in Uttar Pradesh where girls are not even allowed to step out of their house. Will Adhrit ever be able to be loved by his wife? Or will she always remain his unwilling bride?

Yaduvanshi Series #3 It is a book under yaduvanshi series. But it could be read as standalone too. Nitya Raghavendra is a telugu businesswoman earning millions but her appearance in news is almost negligible. She is a sweet but sassy lady. She hates to hurt other person but once you are in her bad book, she won't care even if you cry thousand time in front of her. But behind all this, there is a girl who craved for love all her life but what she got in return is betrayal. Her heart always craved for love but fate taught her to live without love. Shivansh Singh Yaduvanshi is the younger brother of the biggest businessman of India. He haven't achieved anything great in his life yet but still he is all over the newspapers and social media, all because of his physique, looks and lavish lifestyle. Every week his name is attached with a new lady. He is known to be the playboy but is he? Let's see how life take turns when they are both tied in an arranged marriage. A beautiful love story with chaos everywhere or a simple married life. PS: All pictures are taken from Pinterest.

Yaduvanshi series #2 A second chance romance If you want to read a story which make your eyes weep and heart bleed but then make you giggle and shy, give this book a try!! He is a prince of a kingdom in Madhya Pardesh and She is wife of a politician. While running from her husband, she met her ex again. "I will talk to my family and we will be married soon" He said lovingly kissing her cheeks as she giggled. "You bitch, don't teach me what to do or what not." He seethed slapping her across her face. "Please God save me. For the sake of this unborn" She cried while running with all her might. How their life will change? Will he accept her again or she will get hurt once again? Will the love flourish again?? Will he protect her from the demon she is running from?