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INHERITED SHADOWS  by Lumoswrts
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1996.. It was the society that decided a widow no longer deserved one, not just grief... For years, she lived as a reminder of misfortune silenced by traditions she never chose and judged for a fate she never controlled. He had no room for love. A little boy thrown into legacy, his life revolved around power and responsibility Marriage is nothing more than another political alliance. When circumstances force them into a marriage of convenience, they agree on one thing: No love As two strangers begin to understand each other's wounds, the shadows of the past rebirth themselves.. A decades-old inheritance and a friendship tested by loyalty. Then there's a family divided by greed. A secret which is powerful enough to destroy relationships and an entire political legacy. Can a marriage born out of necessity become the home two broken souls never knew they needed? Come, witness the price of power they inherited..and the shadows they never wished to carry. Tropes : Marriage of Convenience Widowed FL × Gentleman ML Archaeology student × politician Slow burn Tit for tat couple He fell first × She realised it first Political Family Saga Brotherhood Beyond Blood Grief & Healing Justice vs Power
✿ 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐈 𝐊𝐈 𝓚𝓪𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓲 ✿ 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 ✿ by nannii_77_00
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❖ ── ✦ ──『✙』── ✦ ── ❖ 𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐱 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫? ❖ ── ✦ ──『✙』── ✦ ── ❖ ꧁༺ 𝕋ℝ𝕆ℙ𝔼𝕊 ༻꧂ ✿ 𝑨𝑮𝑬 𝑮𝑨𝑷 (5) ✿ 𝑵𝑶 𝑶𝑾𝑫, 𝑪𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑮, 𝑺𝑬𝑿𝑼𝑨𝑳 𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑼𝑨𝑳𝑻 ✿ 𝑺𝑯𝒀 𝑮𝑰𝑹𝑳 × 𝑩𝑶𝑳𝑫 𝑩𝑶𝒀 ✿ 𝑽𝑰𝑳𝑳𝑨𝑮𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝒀 ✿ 𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑬 1950𝒔 - 𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑳𝒀 1960𝒔 ✿ 𝑻𝑶𝑿𝑰𝑪 𝑴𝑰𝑳 ╚════ ≪ •❈• ≫ ════╝ 𝙎𝙊 𝙄 𝙃𝙊𝙋𝙀 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙂𝙐𝙔𝙎 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙔 𝙏𝙊𝙊! 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙔𝙀𝘼𝙃 𝙋𝙇𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙀 𝘿𝙊 𝙑𝙊𝙏𝙀 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝙄𝙁 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀! #𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄:- 𝐃𝐎 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐘 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊!!!!!
1947: SLOGAN OF SILENCE by lost_intranslation11
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[PARTITION ROMANCE] 18+ She is a mute. He is a politician. And 1947 is burning around them. After surviving a brutal assault and losing her only family, Vrishty, a voiceless Hindu girl, is left alone in a town tearing itself apart. Hunted by the man who first claimed her, she hides in silence, until Meer, an emerging Muslim politician, becomes the only barrier between her and the chaos outside. Bound by guilt and an unexpected pull, Meer begins to realise his vicinity with the girl. But the nation which divided amongst the communal hate, will it be able to save these burning interfaith hearts, alive? __________________________ "In Islam" he continued quietly. "You cannot marry unless both agree... and unless both are Muslim" His expression twisted, a deep aching conflict. I shook my head, looking at him. As if almost pleading him. Noo...please....
𝐀𝐑𝐉𝐔𝐍 𝐉𝐈 𝐊𝐈 𝓙𝓪𝓪𝓷 ┊┊𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗚𝗘┊┊ by nannii_77_00
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Village story~1990s ꧁༺𝗔 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱,𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗼 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀༻꧂ ❖ ── ✦ ──『✙』── ✦ ── ❖ It is a simple yet spicy story involves two souls with different opinions and demeanors. What happened when they got tied together in an arranged marriage by their parents. The girl is very shy and innocent one. And the boy seems to be preserved and has slight anger issues. It's a romantic story with smut🔞 and fluff also.... Fluff>>>>>>smut✨ NO TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH!! (Hindi dialogues are there!!)
Suryachandran [90's Series book 2] by Manyata_Always
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In 1991, when silence was expected from broken women, Chanda chose to walk away. Escaping an abusive marriage should have meant freedom... but her village answered with curses, judgment, and exile. Cast aside by the very people who once called her their own, Chanda believed life had nothing gentle left to offer. Then fate placed her path beside Surya Deshmukh - an IAS officer known for his discipline, but not for the quiet kindness that lived in his heart. In a world that tried to break her, Surya, Her Husband and his parents did something rare: they chose compassion over gossip, dignity over doubt, and love over fear. What begins as shelter slowly becomes healing... and what starts as kindness begins to bloom into a love neither of them expected. But can a woman scarred by the past believe she deserves happiness again? Set in the India of 1991, this is a story of courage, second chances, and a love that rises where the world once tried to bury hope. Sometimes, the bravest thing a woman can do... is begin again. #secondmarriage 2 #marriageofconvenience 3 #2 Romance #1 India #3 Indian #4 India # Marriage #4 Marriage #3 Secondchance #romance 4 #indian 2 #india 1
SWARA : HIS HOME by Lumoswrts
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He found his home in her He fell first , Both fell harder It's a typical 90s arranged marriage between two strangers bound by family, tradition and expectations. He is calm and carrying scars from a past he never talks about. She is fierce in her silence, doubtful of marriage after seeing how society treats women. But somewhere between shared glances and unspoken care ,love found its way. She healed his wounds and he became her safe place. This is their journey of two souls learning that sometimes, love doesn't come by choice, it just happens.
The Unveiled Gaze                                  (Ignored Tale Of Indian Wife) by whyisthisfictional
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1968..ᝰ "𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 '𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥' 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥." Her face was veiled however her gaze remained unveiled, revolting to see stars of her own sky which laid 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞. वो नारी है , लहरों सी वो पैर छूना जानती है तो कश्ती डुबाना भी An arranged marriage between a woman desperate to belong to herself and a man who belonged more to revolutions than to love. Born with privilege but disgusted by the society around him, As a criminal lawyer, he fought for widows, young girls, and women whose voices were buried. Marriage was never meant to be part of his life until a promise brought them together as husband and wife. He belonged to nobility, precise in words, calm in demeanor and observant. She belonged only to herself, spoke words of her shadow. Stepping into his grand haveli as his wife forced her to face harsh customs, lingering judgments, and a marriage filled with quiet tension, stolen glances, and feelings neither of them were ready to name. And when society tries to break her spirit, will he stand beside the world he swore to change or set her dreamson fire for his family ? Tropes • Soft gaze × tough exterior • Feminist ML × Feminist FL • Shawl × cotton saree • Very slow burn • Curious FL × calm ML • Mutual yearning • Secured Masculinity • "Let me cry on your lap and cover my face with your pallu ( I'm terrible at writing description
O Re Piya [90's series Book 1] by Manyata_Always
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Taran Saxena 26 Working in A Bank, from a Village, gets arranged marriage to Pallavi who is 20 years old ! (1990s time period). Taran Fights with the Patriarchy system when he witnesses his Wife suffering from it, He fights with his Family for her, He Gets Cursed for her, He Curse people For her ! He Makes her Strong, They grow Together in their marriage, They Learn, They Respect each other and the Old 90s Romance is what you will enjoy the most ❤️ You will Not only fall for Pallavi's Piya, but also for Pallavi too, as she might be a Relatable character to many. I promise it will be worth it to read the book ❤️ (Book started in 13 May 2025, completed on around august - sept 2025) Copyright :- this is my original work and this Shouldn't be Copied by anyone not a Bit of it, or else I can take actions against the one who will do it. #rank 2 Arrange marriage #rank 4 Indian #Rank 80 Romance #rank 6 Village #rank 10 1990s #rank 18 India #rank 20 Indian #rank 30 India #rank 18. indian #20 Rank India #4 Rank Arrange marriage #10 rank Romance #romance rank 18 #indian #india #desi #1 Rank India #3 Rank Indian #15 Rank Romance #2 Rank India #Indian 4 #3 Romance #4 India #10 Romance #4 ArrangeMarriage #2 Husbandandwife #3 Romance #2 Indian #1 India #2 India #3 Indian #4 Romance #2 Romance #Indian 1 #2 India #3 indian #4 Romance #7 Village #3 romcom #2 In India #10 Romance #3 Romance #4 Arrangedmarriage
𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐠 -𝐀 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲, & 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. by Arpitique
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Set in the 1980s, in a village where traditions hold more power than dreams. Tara-a young woman trapped by societal expectations, burdened by rejection, and scarred by loss. With nowhere left to turn, she finds herself at the edge of despair, questioning if there's anything left to fight for. Then there's Dhruv-a man who refuses to accept the world's injustices as fate. Practical yet defiant, he challenges the very beliefs that have kept Tara caged. When their paths collide on a fateful night, neither of them realizes that this meeting will change their lives forever. This is their story-a tale of love, defiance, and the struggle to break free from a society that refuses to change. But in a world where rules are set in stone, can love truly rewrite destiny? ☆ Warning - This story explores themes that may be sensitive or uncomfortable for some readers. It is entirely fictional and based on my imagination. Given its setting in the 1980s, in a rural village, certain events may reflect harsh societal realities. Reader discretion is advised.
Saanjh ~ his Pure Devotion    by talesincrimson_
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Saanjh, a bright and ambitious young girl, had her life all planned out - she would become a teacher, gain independence, and explore the world beyond her village. She longed to inspire young minds and live life on her own terms. But before her dreams could take flight, her family forced her into marriage - right after 12th grade - with Vijay, a quiet 25-year-old farmer's son. Vijay, too, had once dreamed big. He wanted to study further. But like Saanjh, his fate was sealed by tradition and responsibility. As two strangers bound by a forced marriage, Saanjh and Vijay struggle to reconcile their broken paths. He respects her. She resents him. But what happens when patience meets passion... and silent sacrifice starts to look like love? This is a story of rural love, second chances, and a woman's fight to reclaim her voice - set in the heart of 1990s India