"Don't contact me if you're dying." When Keith Ingram utters those cruel words to his new wife, he doesn't know how much he'll come to regret them. For years, Ella Bryce has loved Keith from afar. When a contract marriage gives her one chance at happiness, she vows to make him see her-even though the scars of her past make her efforts fraught with pain. But just as her devotion begins breaking through his guarded heart, devastating lies shatter their fragile bond. Broken and discarded, Ella rebuilds her life from the ashes, determined to live on her own terms. She is no longer the unseen girl he left behind. Years later, Keith storms back into her life-colder, harder, and more ruthless than ever. He thinks he knows the truth about their past. He is wrong. Now, Keith must face the reality of what he destroyed. Fate has given him a second chance to see the woman he was blind to, but the road to redemption is paved with secrets. Will he make the same mistake twice... or can he win back the wife he so carelessly threw away? ----------------------------------------- THE MENDED HEARTS SERIES Book 1: The Unseen Bride (Keith & Ella) ← You are here Book 2: The Debts We Don't See (Marcus & Celeste) Each book is a complete standalone with guaranteed HEA. Read in any order, but connect for the full family saga. Trigger warning: This story contains emotional abuse, gaslighting, and family abuse.

Hana Asfand, a beautiful, young and innocent girl of 18 years old, is the daughter of Asfand Shah. She is a hopeless romantic that belongs to an old-fashioned family. All of her cousins are older than her and they do not like her. Even her brothers don't like her. This cute and innocent girl has spent all her childhood in isolation and loneliness because of everyone's ignorance. The only people that love her dearly are her parents, Hiba Asfand and Asfand Shah. This innocent soul has an unconscious crush on her oldest cousin, Rayaan Shah, the son of her first Taya (Father's older brother). Rayaan Shah, a very observant and calm businessman of 28 years old, is the oldest from all of his cousins. After spending all of his teenage years in America for business studies and family business, he comes back to Pakistan to settle the business as well as to settle down. He is a very religious person and also wants his life partner to be a pious woman. He unconsciously notices his youngest cousin that is despised by all the other family members. But Rayaan notices that all the things that he wants for his other half to have are in his youngest cousin. Let's see how they overcome their age-gap and pursue their feelings in a very halal way. You are in for a beautiful ride of innocent love. This story is about a beautiful and innocent love that develops very slowly and develops into a very strong bond. Enter this beautiful ride of love with lots of typical family drama and cuteness of the main female lead. Join us to know how Hana is going to overcome everyone's ignorance and hate into acceptance and love.

Marriage is a no-no thing for Aditya Banerjee, especially when he loves his life full of friends, booze and fun and not to forget, his business, 'LoveBites'. No! That's definitely not that kind of biting business but a famous snacks company that he owns. On his cousin's marriage, Aditya's path collides with the bold, wild and definitely, a Bengali girl, Agni and bad electricity runs through his veins. Is this the traditional 'love at first sight'? Or maybe this is another one of his mother's match making ideas? Agni Mukherjee, she's a famous writer under her pen name and she comes from New York to attend her cousin sister's wedding. She believes Love is a problem and a headache, and she has nothing to do with it. Especially, the involvement with men until she meets Aditya, a funny, jolly gentleman. Join Agni Mukherjee and Aditya Banerjee in their humorous journey with old musics through the wedding... _______ Sorry, I suck at blurbs (unedited) _______ Started: 19th Sept, 20 Ended: 23rd Feb, 21 _______ If you are not a bengali, beware because you're going to be one... Especially, after eating Rosogolla! Very dangerous! ________ All rights reserved Text copyright © Haruka Tachibana™2020

#3 in India (10/10/23) ••• "Listen to me, Do not expect anything from me or this marriage. I only married you because of my baba." His every word pierced through her soul. He didn't wait for her reply, he wasn't expecting any reply from her, she never opens her mouth in front of him. Hayder stood up and was about to go to washroom to change. "I married you because of my mother, otherwise you can never be my ideal choice" Hyra's words made him stop on his track. Turning to her, he saw her standing beside the bed, looking at him with challenging eyes. Her words irked him, going to her, he held her arm tightly in his hand. "Don't you dare to talk back to me otherwise I will cut your tongue." He warned her in a low, dangerous tone. "Ouch!" A soft whimper left her mouth, she tried to free her arm from him. Her eyes brimmed with tears. He was holding her arm very tightly, it might leave bruise later. He left her arm. "One more thing, whatever happened in this room should stay in this room. If you complain to anyone about anything, you will see the worst side of mine." Before leaving, he told her. "You can not be anymore worst." Hyra mumbles to herself, wiping her tears. •••

Yato hastah tato drishṭih| Yato drishṭih tato manah| Yato manah tato bāvah| Yato bāvah tato rasah| "Where the hands go, the eyes follow; Where the eyes go, the mind follows; Where the mind is, there goes the expression; Where the expression is, there goes the emotion." *** If a practical mind had an embodiment, it would be Chandni. Love just wasn't her cup of tea. Or coffee. Or any other beverage. Not even when she's an experienced, expressive Bharatanatyam dancer. And all she could do was entrust her parents with her love life. What they do is find her an intriguing guy with mismatched eyes who wants nothing to do with it. He assumes he'd be ruining a girl's life for the sake of an arranged marriage. And so, she helps him escape. In a twist of fate, his attempt to repay her kindness only complicates things further. As their worlds collide in a series of chaotic and heartwarming encounters, will their initial clash drive them apart, or spark a love neither of them saw coming? Will Chandni's pragmatic heart ever find love? *** Aakash turned towards Chandni, "I'm just helping yo-" "I never asked you!" Chandni shoots back in anger at what he had done. *** A/N: More than being a good book for the reader, the best outcome I could expect would be giving a wholesome Bharatanatyam experience. *** Standalone. Mature language. NOTE: There might be certain scenarios that readers might find controversial. *** 04 / 03 / 2023 : Featured in Wattpad Outreach's "💎 Featured Stories - Best of Outreach Hidden Gems". 28 / 10 / 2025 : Featured in Chicklit's "Diverse Lit". 28 / 10 / 2025 : Featured in Chicklit's "Rom-Com". 28 / 10 / 2025 : Featured in Chicklit's "Ambassador's Picks".

Their hearts were hollow. But he burned and she smiled. Drishti was jilted by her ex-fiance and had recently had had a miscarriage but she looked up and ahead in life. All was not lost. Yet, nothing could shake away the fact that she felt a hollowness inside her and no amount optimistic attitude seemed to fill the void inside her. She meets Samrat when she's on a walk. Samrat had some darkness inside him that he wished to keep it locked. He was known as his father's murderer all around the city even though he was proclaimed innocent by the courts. Everyone around him knew that they had to. His father was a powerful person who had most of the politicians and judges in his pockets. Who would handle the empire after his death? He was the prince proclaimed to be king. He met her on the worst night of his life and she was dangerous than him. Because she had made him almost smile.

"She's crazy but she's mine ." "I can't help but crave his touch." *ੈ𑁍༘⋆ 𝓓𝓪𝔂𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓫𝓸𝓼𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓯𝓾𝓷𝓷𝔂. Cheerful, sunshine and not giving a shit...Shubhlakshmi Adyanthaya is a twenty six year old girl's girl. Despite of her dedication towards her work, she can't help but get distracted by something-someone. He's her boss. She shouldn't daydream about him, right? ●⁠●⁠●⁠ 𓆩⚝𓆪 𝓦𝓱𝔂 𝓪𝓶 𝓘 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝔂 𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮? Ambitious, strict, gentleman...Utkarsh Acharya became the CEO of Archtech at a very young age when his father died. Everything was going fine. But things took a wild turn when he hired his new assistant, the one who never shuts up. She is her assistant, he shouldn't care about her much...but he did.

"Her love was lustrous and naive like a child while his was strong as armour and forever wild." . . A saga of the two souls who are forbidden for one another but are ready to tear apart the world if its comes to their love, a massive clash that follows after that and the lives affected by it. . . {This is the spin-off of Begusarai and cannot be read stand-alone.} . . Cover @kuromi2210