In a city ruled by fear and power, one name controls the underworld - Ira Malhotra. Cold, intelligent, and dangerously untouchable, Ira is the woman criminals respect and enemies pray to never meet. She built her empire with strategy, silence, and a heart that forgot what softness feels like. Love was never supposed to exist in her world. Until she meets Aarav Mehta. A simple, kind man who walks into her life without knowing who she really is. While the world sees Ira as a monster, Aarav only sees a quiet woman who looks tired behind her strength. For the first time, Ira feels something unfamiliar. Curiosity. Warmth. Something dangerously close to love. She falls first. But Aarav... falls harder. Because once he learns the truth about Ira Malhotra, the most feared woman in the city, he doesn't run away. Instead, he chooses to stay. Even if loving her means stepping into a world filled with danger, enemies, and darkness. After all- the mafia queen may rule the city... but Aarav Mehta will be the one who holds her heart. 🖤 please support me 🥺🥺🥺

This the first book of series *Love Lies and Redemption* Also this is my first book Three best friends living in the same cities with the promise of meeting each other again and never leaving . They are not in contact currently , why you ask ? Number bhul gaye ek dusre ka , aur koi social media platform chalate nhi hai toh contact kaha se aayega *sighs* ye bache bhi na . This story dated from the year 2022 just after covid when schools and colleges first started , officially new session . Staying in different schools is difficult especially for them but what happens when they fall in love like real wala love not that one time crush ya trauma , lekin zindagi main dukh dard na ho toh maza nhi aata hai . What will happen when the lies and truth of past threaten to come before those who are their whole lives now ?

The room was completely quiet; the only sound was our breathing. According to my nature, I couldn't endure the stillness for long, so I softly spoke, which was obviously not my nature to him... "aap kaha rehte hai" he kept his gun in his jeans pocket and looked at me with the same deep and dark gaze he had for the past hour and said, "kanpur, utter pardesh" Getting an answer from him, my confidence level suddenly rose, so I asked again... "aapka naam kya hai aur aap yaha kya kar rahe hai". He looked at me for a second... oh okay! So I pissed him off this time. Oh god! In just one hour I got used to his stare. And suddenly he said in a dark voice... "Tum sawal bhaut puchti ho?" "Aap jawab kyun nahi dete"? I asked, and again, the room went silent #36 gangster 2/06/2026 - 1st in #gangster