In a world where trust is a currency few can afford, Advay Suryawanshi stands alone-unforgiving, ruthless, and cold as steel. His enemies are everywhere, from corporate sharks to the very family that should protect him. His only vulnerability? His five-year-old son, Vihaan. Advay's heart, once capable of love, is now a fortress built on scars, betrayal, and bitter truths. He swore he would never trust again. Mannat Sinha, on the other hand, lives for music. With every note she plays, she dreams of a life beyond the struggles of her middle-class world. After years of sacrifice and responsibilities, her career as a music teacher at an elite school feels like the escape she's longed for. But when fate drags her into a marriage of convenience with the very man who embodies everything she despises-cold, calculated, and broken-her dreams of freedom seem to shatter. Vihaan, the innocent boy who clings to her like a lifeline, is her only source of warmth in this emotionally barren world. But Advay doesn't trust easily, and winning over his guarded heart may prove as difficult as surviving the ruthless game of business and deception that surrounds him. Can Mannat's music heal a man who has forgotten how to feel, or will she lose herself in the dangerous web Advay has spun? When trust is shattered, love is the last thing you'd expect. But in the end, the coldest hearts often hold the deepest desires.

Samhita Maity, a historian, found excitement in discovering long-lost secrets of histories- a perfectionist in her work. However, there was one mysterious figure eluding her expertise-the exploration of the most celebrated king of ancient India, whose name resounded across the world. His unwritten and unfinished books ignited her curiosity, and day and night, her thoughts were consumed by him. Who was he beyond the exterior of a king? How did his empire attain such advanced and flourishing heights that even contemporary science couldn't reach? Why were only fragments written about him? Where did he vanish so suddenly? These questions lingered, morphing into an obsession. Driven by an insatiable desire to unravel his mystery, Samhita set on a daring journey through time, stepping into his kingdom. As the threads of time intertwined, Samhita became Rajadhiraj Vikramaditya's own obsession. She had entered the realm of an eagle, and now, there seemed to be no escape. Would she find her way back to her own time? Would he permit her departure or would she be held captive by the sparks of dominance and power that crackled between them? Could their individual dominances coexist, or would they crumble in the face of each other's compelling forces?

BOOK-1 of THE DEADLY DEVOTION SERIES. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 ,𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲.. 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫. ꧁༒𝐒𝐇𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐈 × 𝐀𝐁𝐇𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐔༒꧂ 𝐒𝐇𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐈 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐀: A bright, innocent girl with a heart full of laughter and eyes full of dreams. 𝔹𝕌𝕋 𝕆ℕ𝔼 ℕ𝕀𝔾ℍ𝕋....𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕕. Hᴇʀ ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ, ʜᴇʀ ʟᴏᴠᴇ, ʜᴇʀ ᴛʀᴜsᴛ- sɴᴀᴛᴄʜᴇᴅ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ɪɴ ᴀ sɪɴɢʟᴇ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜ. And the man standing beside her in the wedding mandap wasn't 𝕊𝕀𝔻𝔻ℍ𝔸ℝ𝕋- ℍ𝔼ℝ 𝔽𝕀𝔸ℕℂ𝔼. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐁𝐇𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐔 -- Her cousin's fiance. Cold, Arrogent. Mysterious. A man who didn't believe in love but still claimed her as his wife. ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʀᴀᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ ɴᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ, SHRAVARI ғɪɴᴅs ʜᴇʀsᴇʟғ ᴛᴏʀɴ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ʜᴇʀ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ ᴘᴀsᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴ ᴡʜᴏ sʟᴏᴡʟʏ ʙᴇɢɪɴs ᴛᴏ sʜᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴡᴀʟʟ sʜᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴅs ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ʜᴇʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ. ~𝑊𝐼𝐿𝐿 𝑆𝐻𝑅𝐴𝑉𝐴𝑅𝐼 𝐸𝑉𝐸𝑅 𝐹𝑂𝑅𝐺𝐼𝑉𝐸 𝐷𝐸𝑆𝑇𝐼𝑁𝑌 𝐹𝑂𝑅 𝑇𝐴𝐾𝐼𝑁𝐺 𝐴𝑊𝐴𝑌 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑀𝐴𝑁 𝑆𝐻𝐸 𝐿𝑂𝑉𝐸𝐷...𝑂𝑅 𝑆𝐻𝐸 𝐿𝑂𝑆𝐸 𝐻𝐸𝑅 𝐻𝐸𝐴𝑅𝑇 𝑇𝑂 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑀𝐴𝑁 𝑆𝐻𝐸 𝑊𝐴𝑆 𝑁𝐸𝑉𝐸𝑅 𝑀𝐸𝐴𝑁𝑇 𝑇𝑂 𝐿𝑂𝑉𝐸...?? #2 in top 10 across the India- 11.03.2026 #1- 12/13.03.2026

warrior princess X unyielding tyrant ..................................................... "why you happen to be at the same place as mine everytime, are you sure you aren't stalking me ?" " I like to watch things pretty closely before i devour it entirely" taking big steps, diminishing the distance between then , making her stumble on her feet but grab her by her waist before falling. 'wha- what do you m-mean by that" bending his head, while holding her in his arms "it helps me figure out the routes- the routes, especially those which makes me breathless " a teasing grin left his mouth. their eye contact was deeper than the cut she made by holding dagger in her hand,hiding it behind her. he broke the eye contact and kissed her neck, not gentle - slow at first then turned into a hungry and desperate kiss. she did not stop him either as she could not . "here, i marked the territory,everyone should know what's mine " she turned sideways ............................................................. this story contains mature content, hitorical drama and dark fiction include torture ,captivity so please do not read it if you are sensitive

" 𝐙𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫 𝐤𝐢 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐟 𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐢 𝐦𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐢, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐤𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐢" ⎯ Zoravar Singh Ahlawat♚ ❣ °•○●°•○●°•○●°•○●☆(◕‿◕✿)☆●○•°●○•°●○•°●○•° ❣ "𝐀𝐚𝐩𝐤𝐢 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐢! 𝐎𝐫 𝐞𝐬𝐢 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐢 𝐤𝐢 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐢 𝐝𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐤𝐡𝐞𝐠𝐢" ⎯ Eshvika Sharma♛ . . . . . . . . . . . . . Do Not Copy My Work! Read trigger warning before reading the book. ❣

1st book of Cursed series in continuation of Shivanya series "You should stop staring at me like I'm some monster," Dhruv said coldly. Taara replied looking into his eyes "Then stop behaving like one, Rawal sa (prince) " For the first time in years... he laughed. But Dhruv didn't fall for her because she was soft. He fell because she walked straight into his darkness without trembling. "I ruin everything I touch," he warned her while caressing her cheeks Taara looked him straight in the eyes. "Then maybe I was born to survive ruin. " What Taara didn't know was - Dhruv had already decided something terrifying. He believed she was the only one who could break his curse. And he was willing to destroy the entire kingdom to keep her beside him. They called him the shadow of the kingdom. A person who doesn't have any identity of his own. Who lives under shadow of someone else. Prince Dhruv - the second prince of mahawargarh. A widower. Most intelligent and interested only in politics . A feared warrior. And the father of a five-year-old daughter who barely smiled anymore. People whispered that something inside him had died the night his wife did. But no one knew his real secret. No one knew the prince locked himself behind closed doors every night, drowning in dangerous addictions to silence the demons in his head. No one knew his hands trembled from withdrawal before battles. No one knew he believed he was cursed. And then came Taara. A maid who was too fearless for her own good. Too confident to lower her eyes. Too brave to fear a broken prince. She was just a maid working in his kingdom not aware of the fact...that she is going to be the curse breaker for him. " I am not innocent at all my little moon " he replied while moving towards her with slow steps " I am cursed " he smirked. Highy mature content

‎‧₊˚✧ Unedited the first draft of the book, ✧˚₊. ꧁ᬊᬁ𝕱𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖑𝖞 𝕽𝖎𝖛𝖆𝖑𝖗𝖞, 𝕰𝖓𝖊𝖒𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝕷𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗 ᬊ᭄꧂ 𐙚 ⋆˚Aakarsh Singh Mehrotra X Ikshita Singhania ⋆˚꩜｡۶ৎ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝑭𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒂~ 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔. 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌, 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑. 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙚𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙍𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡-𝙈𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙨. AN~ The book have the essence of both Soft & Dark Romance. ⌯⌲⋆. 𐙚˚࿔ Bound by the flames of revenge, yet chasing different prey, their worlds collided. She was send to him-nothing more than a pawn, a possession in his ruthless game. 𝜗𝜚˚⋆ ‎‧₊˚✧They tried to shatter them. Instead, they rose-like a phoenix, reborn from the ashes..❤︎‎✧˚₊‧ 𖹭ᴊᴀʙ ɴᴀꜰʀᴀᴛ ᴋᴀʀɪ ᴘᴏʀᴇ ᴊᴜɴᴏᴏɴ ꜱᴇ ᴋᴀʀɪ ᴀʙ ᴍᴏʜᴀʙʙᴀᴛ ᴅᴇᴇᴡᴀɴɢᴀɴɪ ᴋɪ ʜᴀʀ ʜᴀᴅᴅ ᴘᴀʀ ᴋᴇ ᴋɪᴋᴀʀᴇɴɢᴇ. 𖹭 top trending in India at #1 four times , #3 five times; in Canada at #2, #4 & #5 thrice; in UK #2, in US #5 ִֶָ. ..𓂃 ࣪ ִֶָ🪽་༘࿐ Bonus chapters available on stck ! Edited version as well on stck completed ! ꧁ঔৣ☬✞ᯓ ✈︎✞☬ঔৣ꧂

❝𝑳𝒂𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒊 𝑲𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑽𝒂𝒊𝒃𝒉𝒐𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆...❞ ... the verse that once crowned a goddess's choice now wrapped around her like a noose dressed in gold. The nilavilakku flickered. The priests chanted on, unaware the bride before them was already breaking. 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐫 turned to her, hands trembling, the same hands that once pulled her off a rain-soaked street now shook around the thread meant to bind her forever. ❝𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒕𝒊𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒂𝒍𝒊, 𝑽𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒂...❞ But 𝐕𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐫 wasn't there anymore. She was back in that room, the video, the slipping pallu, the watch clasp that turned innocence into scandal. Back in the hallway, her father's voice cracking, the door slamming like a verdict. Back in the midnight rain, soaked to the bone, punished by a sky that didn't care. And then, him. A stranger who knelt on a flooded footpath and refused to leave. A contract signed with him in silence. No intimacy. No love. Protection wearing the mask of marriage, ownership wearing the mask of safety, now sanctified by gods who had no idea what they were blessing. ❝𝑫𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒂 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝒃𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒂...❞ The thaali settled against her skin, cold despite the fire around them. The sindoor pressed into her forehead, not a blessing, but a brand. She didn't flinch. He noticed. He always noticed. For the first time, the lion wondered, had he married her, or simply found a new way to cage himself beside her?

𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 | 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟎𝟑 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐐𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐧 has longed for the day she would finally escape the voices that roam around in her head in the quietness of the night. She's been a burden on her uncle since she woke up in the hospital alive while her parents and brother died before help could reach them. Since then, she has gone through everyday praying, begging that one day she meet her parents and brother again and don't be a burden to her relatives. She shouldn't be asking her Creator to take her back but she has nothing else to pray for except to be in the arms of her loved ones again. 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 has a successful business with a great reputation, works everyday to be a better Muslim and tries his best not to think about the past that still carries the pain and regret. However, there's still one thing he keeps running after every time he finds out she's close. The only thing that he wants, but doesn't know why, is in a form of a woman who was once a part of his past. Every time she slips from his reach, an unsettling feeling settles inside of him. He believes if this lingering thought refuses to leave his mind then his Lord has put it for a reason. So, he makes it his goal to achieve it and finally find out why it matters so much to him even if it takes years. Allah does not keep apart the souls He has destined for each other. When an opportunity finally approaches, one grasps it and pulls the other close. As they slowly soften their way into each other's heart, they discover how deeply they are able to heal the wounds of the past, overcome the thoughts that refused to fade and learn what it means to be whole again just as an obstacle rises to stand between them, testing their bond. NOTE: This picture in the cover do not belong to me, credit goes to the real owner. Started - 20 September, 2025 Finished -