[ a desi best friends to enemies to lovers story ] Miraya lands the envied opportunity to do a feature story for the popular magazine MIRROR. When she realises the celebrity she has to work with is the one who ruined what could've been the best years of her life, things don't seem very enviable. Shray Nivas is the hot, rising youth star of South India. His irresistable charm isn't exclusive for the cameras and Miraya knows that first-hand. Having more than ten years of history between them, it becomes hard to stick to the itinerary when they are forced to work together. Set in southern India, watch Miraya and Shray's lives take an unexpected turn, bringing them together in a troublesome fake-dating arrangement and making them the talk of the town with eye-opening truths and secrets from the past to keep them entertained. [80,000 - 90,000 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?

This is a story about yearning. This is a story about finding home in a person. This is a story about Inaya, a lonely accountant, meets her first love after many years. This is really just a story about two losers in love. ──── [ standalone ] wordcount: 53k words unedited © ade 2025

•• a short story •• I found him, but...

When a pampered tech prodigy is temporarily loaned to the police department like expensive software nobody knows how to install, chaos gets Wi-Fi. Across the room stands a thundercloud in human form -- steady, unsmiling, and absolutely unimpressed by his cheerful attitude.

Where she confidently slides into his dms thinking he's her dating app match, only to realise two messages too late that he's not; just a very random, very willing stranger who decides to play along anyway. Here names don't matter, truths are optional, and flirting is a little too easy for two people who are absolutely not supposed to be talking.

[𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗗] ꒰ mystery + teen fiction ꒱ Sarayu swears Risa pushed her. The police agree. The whole school agrees. But when time rewinds, Risa has one chance to clear her name, and catch the real culprit. ⛦ 1st at #teenmystery 1st at #teenproblems 1st at #schoolproblems 2nd at #teenthriller 5th at #thrilling 23rd at #chicklit 𖤐 cover INSPIRED by holly jackson's 'reappearance of rachael price'

Sana and Shrest have hated each other's guts for as long as they remember. Until they didn't. Until they felt unfamiliar feelings bloom between them. ──── part 3. of the UTS series total wordcount : 24k starlane © 2023

꒰ desi soft romance novel x winter vibes ꒱ ──── On a hazy winter season, many years ago, they met. Now they meet again. And it's another winter season. "The answer to my life's puzzle is you." ──── wordcount : 22k part 2. of the UTS series ade © 2023

Anu and Vineet's relationship can be summarized in many ways - tutor and student, friends, grade-mates, neighbors. After 10 years, they can confidently add another to the list - lovers. ──── part 1. of the UTS series wordcount: 28k words starlane © 2023