💔 "She waited her whole life to confess... but he kissed someone else." SHIVIKA MALHOTRA - 22, hopeless romantic, secretly in love with her childhood best friend SIDDHARTH SINGHANIA. She had loved him for years - through every heartbreak, every late-night call, every silly fight. And finally, one day, she gathered the courage to tell him... But what she saw shattered her. Her best friend. His lips. And not a single word left her mouth that day. But fate isn't done with them yet. Now, years later... destiny ties them together in the most unexpected way: a forced marriage. Will old love find its way back? Or is she too broken to believe in second chances? --- 💥 Tropes you'll love: 💔 Best friends to lovers 💍 Forced marriage 💞 Childhood love 💫 Second chances 🔥 Love triangle + betrayal

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

╰┈➤"𝙃𝙚'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 - 𝙎𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨." ˗ˏˋ 🕊︎ ☁︎ ⸝⸝ ★ ⋆｡ﾟ☀︎ ☀︎ARNAV MORE X ☀︎IHA TIWARI BLURB He was left at the altar-not because he was cruel, not because he was wrong- but because he was mute. And the girl who ran away... was replaced by the only person who didn't get a choice. Her middle sister. They had spoken only once in childhood. Then life happened. Cities changed. Silences grew. Now, they're married. Not out of love. Not out of choice. But out of fate's twisted mercy. She speaks in storms. He listens in silence. And somewhere between broken families, buried trauma, and middle-class chaos- They must learn what it means to be heard without words... And loved without language. Because some love stories aren't loud. They're unspoken-yet still yours. ✿ TROPES ✿ ﹅romance rooted in silence, spice, and stolen glances 𖦹 Personal Assistant × Professor ☼ Maharashtra × Uttar Pradesh 𖤓 Non-brahmin × Brahmin ☀︎ Sunshine × Sunshine ❛ Elder son × Middle daughter ❜ 𓂃 Replaced bride ✧ Selectively mute male lead ⎯ Slow burn ❁ Desi household ⌕ Family drama (served daily) ☁︎ Soft romance ₊ Middle class love ⚘ Wounded past ✦ Indian romance - nostalgic & real

[ This Book is under editing] Niharika Verma is a stunning semi-classical dancer who wants nothing more than to travel the world, but the shackles of her dreadful past keep her grounded. On the other end, Asia's well-known businessman and CEO of Rajvanshi Industries, "The Maanveer Rajvanshi," is the most rude and arrogant person to outsiders while being the most loving and dear to his family and friends. He is somehow connected to her traumatic past, but they are both trapped in a forced marriage in which, due to a misunderstanding, he shatters her to the point where she is unable to return to him, but will this marriage work or will fate separate them for eternity? However, Shaurya and Disha, who were meant to be together forever, their relationship shattered to the point where she begs for his pardon and he don't even look her in the eyes. What had she done that made him not want to see her face? Wanna know more? Let us delve into their love, and betrayal journey. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 : 𝐈𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒.

𝐘𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐗 𝐃𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐢 She doesn't speak. Not because she can't, but because the world never deserved her voice. He's a storm in human skin - arrogant, loud, dangerously charming. A player in every sense. But when he meets her - the girl who looks like silence and feels like art - his games start to lose meaning. She's his calm. He's her chaos. And yet, they collide like they were written in the stars. But love isn't simple when secrets are louder than words... And silence? Sometimes it hides the darkest truth. In a world full of noise, their story begins with the quietest heartbeat.

𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤-𝟐 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐚 & 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐫 "𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥"he said coldly, his voice a blade. "𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭," she hissed, trembling with rage. "𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐥𝐲. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮." He was the man she once loved-the same man who now wants to break her. To him, she's a liar. A traitor. A woman who sold her soul and shattered his trust. So he forces a ring onto her finger, not out of love-but punishment. What he doesn't see is the girl beneath the guilt: broken beyond repair, hollowed by choices she never wanted to make. She hides it all behind clumsy laughter and sunshiny smiles, hoping he'll never notice the tremble beneath her touch. But behind his cruelty is a storm even he can't control. And buried in her silence is a secret that could ruin them both. In a world where hate is easier than love, will their masks fall before their hearts do? What will happen when he will know the truth? Will he leave her or regret every word he spilts on her? 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬- 𝟏𝟖+ 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 : 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: ..... 𝐍𝐨-𝟏 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝟐𝟓 𝐃𝐞𝐜 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐭𝐨 𝟔 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟎

In a world bound by traditions, power, and prestige, Bilal Jahan Alamgeer was a man who commanded authority with just his presence. At 28, he was the eldest heir of the Alamgeer legacy-a man of towering strength, both in stature and will. With a chiseled face framed by sharp cheekbones, a neatly kept beard, and piercing dark eyes that held an intensity only few could withstand, he was the embodiment of dominance. A man feared by many, yet obeyed by all. He walked the earth like a king, his silent gaze enough to command respect. For him, loyalty was absolute, faith was unshaken, and honor was never to be compromised. And then there was Anaiza Juned Mallik, a delicate storm wrapped in silk and grace. Barely 21, she was the epitome of elegance-petite, with a fragile frame that seemed almost too soft for a world so ruthless. But behind those shy hazel eyes lay a quiet strength, a dignity that never wavered. With long, dark curls cascading down her back and a voice so soft it barely reached beyond the walls of her own heart, she was untouched by the chaos of the world. Sheltered, yet not weak. Obedient, yet not submissive. A girl raised with values so deeply embedded that even her silence spoke of grace. Two souls-one carved from fire, the other from the quietest breeze. He was her storm, and she was his calm. Bound by fate, their story was not of choice, but of destiny. In his world, she was sacred, something no other man was worthy to even lay eyes upon. And in hers, he was the protector, the one she would obey without question. A tale of possession and surrender. Of power and softness. Of a love so intense, it burned beneath the surface, waiting to consume them whole.

I was about to marry my true love, filled with joy and excitement, when the unthinkable happened. My best friend, who had vanished for two excruciating years, burst onto the scene and shot him right in the head. Panic took over as he forcefully married me, transforming my life into a nightmare in mere moments. What now? --- **Adhushrit Rathore** At 27, he's the epitome of danger and intrigue-standing tall at six feet with mesmerizing brown hazel eyes that could captivate anyone. Known as the Lion's Cage, he reigns as the ruthless mafia leader of Rajasthan. *"Touch her, and I will ensure you'll regret ever existing."* **Niyati** A 26-year-old author and dancer, Niyati embodies kindness and an insatiable love for nature. Working in a small company to support her family, she balances life in her middle-class world. With long hair cascading to her hips, she effortlessly rocks both traditional and Western styles. A slim figure and a passion for reading make her enchanting. *"I was content until one incident spiraled my life into a beautifully twisted nightmare."* What secrets lie behind the man she is now bound to? How will the future unfold for both of them? What shadows linger from their shared past? Why is this tale titled "Broken Souls"? Discover the answers within the pages of this gripping story. All rights reserved. Any reproduction of my work will not be tolerated.