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  • 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 by _talesbytaruu_
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    Do anjaane ajnabi Chale bandhne bandhan Haaye re dil mein hai yeh uljhan Milkar kya bolein Kya bolein, kya bolein Re milkar kya bolein. MIHIR X VANYA 1. FOUND FAMILY 2. STRANGERS TO LOVERS 3. INTROVERT X INTROVERT 4. GRUMPY X GRUMPY 5. MARRIAGE OF CONVIENCE 6. ARRANGED MARRIAGE 7. HE FELL FIRST, SHE FELL HARDER "Somewhere between shared meals and soft laughter, they stopped being an arrangement and started being home." He agreed to the marriage thinking it was simply the right thing to do-a decision made with logic, not emotion. A requirement, nothing more. Love wasn't expected... but peace was. And then there was her. She slipped into his life so gently that he didn't even notice when she became his favorite part of the day. Her presence felt easy, her smile familiar, her care unspoken yet constant. He fell first-quietly, steadily-through shared meals, soft laughter, and the comfort of knowing she was there. She fell later. But when she did, she fell harder. For her, he became home. Not because of the marriage, but because of the way he chose her every day-without pressure, without hesitation. There was no force, no fear, only warmth and gratitude for a decision that turned out better than they imagined. SECOND COUPLE TROPES-: 1.BROTHER'S BESTFRIEND 2.CHILDHOOD SWEETHEARTS 3.SUNSHINE X SUNSHINE 4.CHAOTIC DUO 5.SHY X FLIRTY 6.SLOW BURN ROMANCE 7.AARU X LITTLE MOUSE 8.MATURE X CHILDISH An arranged marriage where love grows naturally, happiness feels effortless, and two hearts meet with certainty instead of doubt. A soft slow-burn romance filled with warmth, trust, and the kind of love that feels like peace. 🤍✨
  • A Family Built Again by Vaishnavi0805
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    He lost the love of his life. She escaped a marriage that nearly destroyed her. He is a widower raising his little child with memories of a love he can never replace. She is a survivor raising her child while hiding a painful past behind the mask of a widow. Their children are best friends. But they are strangers forced into a marriage neither of them truly wanted. For him, this marriage is only to give his child a mother. For her, it is only to give her child a father. No love. No expectations. Just two broken hearts trying to protect their children. But when four wounded souls begin living under the same roof, walls slowly start to break, and hearts begin to heal. Will they remain strangers bound by responsibility? Or will they learn that sometimes the most beautiful families are the ones built again from broken pieces?
  • The Blind Binding by Monster-Romance
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    They fell in love without ever seeing each other. One conversation. One choice. One marriage before sunset. Lark never expected to marry a stranger. Krogal never expected anyone to choose him. But when the Blind Binding Festival matches them together, they take a leap of faith and say, "I do." The next morning, the blindfolds come off. And everything goes wrong. A cosy fantasy romance featuring an orc blacksmith, a stubborn herbalist, small-town matchmaking, accidental marriage, hurt feelings, slow-burn healing, and two people learning that being chosen is very different from believing you're worthy of love.
  • His Unwanted Bride | Completed ✓ by Insane__feelings
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    𝐀𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬... 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬. Once, he was a boy who believed she was far too chaotic for his peace of mind. She was the little menace who somehow always found a way to disrupt his carefully ordered world, and he was certain he didn't even like her. Years later, fate forced them into a marriage neither of them wanted, binding them under the same roof despite the distance that had grown between them. But she is no longer the loud, carefree girl he remembers. Life took everything from her, including her laughter, her innocence, and her parents, leaving behind a quiet woman who hides her pain behind a calm smile. Before their marriage, he made one thing clear: "Don't expect love from me." So she didn't. As they begin sharing a life together, he slowly starts seeing her differently, noticing the sadness she conceals and the strength she carries. Yet one question remains: if he remembers her so well, why doesn't she even know his name? A story of heartbreak, healing, and unexpected love, where old irritation gives way to feelings neither of them ever imagined. ×××× Tropes: Grumpy × Sunshine | Marriage of Convenience | Forced Proximity | No Cheating | She fell first (or so she thinks) × He fell harder and harder.. It's just my first book pls don't judge my writing.. because there's noway I can be perfect.... . . .
  • I Married His Brother by Belleame001
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    She was meant to marry the Younger brother. Meera's wedding to Aarav was supposed to be simple - a match arranged by two powerful families. But hours before the vows, Aarav disappears, leaving behind whispers, disgrace, and a broken bride. To protect their name, Veer Pratap Singh - the elder brother no one ever expected - is forced to take his place at the mandap. Cold. Commanding. A complete stranger. She became his wife in a moment of shame. He took her hand in silence. But his eyes? They never asked permission. Now, in a marriage born of duty, she's trapped with a man who doesn't speak of love... But watches her like she's already his. And the scariest part? Maybe she already is. Tropes🌟 Age gap romance Marriage of convenience Intense slow burn Fiancee elder brother Family honor Replaced groom Protective husband Healer to each other Shy FL X Calm Composed ML I am yours
  • The Tales of Revenge by Arpit_writes
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    Akhand Chaturvedi lost two years of his memories after a tragic accident. When he returned home to Banaras, he remembered nothing about the woman who once became his wife... or the little daughter waiting for him. Mugdha spent those same two years searching for him while raising their child alone. A simple village woman with a quiet heart, she survived humiliation, loneliness, and endless waiting only because she believed her husband was still alive somewhere. Then fate finally brings them face to face again. But Akhand remembers nothing. Nothing about their marriage. Nothing about their love. Nothing about the night that changed both their lives forever. Yet strangely, every time Mugdha stands near him, his restless heart feels calmer. And little Nandini - their innocent daughter - recognizes him as her father before his own memories do. Now living together under the same roof, Akhand and Mugdha slowly begin rebuilding a relationship balanced between awkwardness, care, and unspoken emotions. Through shared meals, family prayers, soft late-night conversations, and tiny domestic moments, Akhand unknowingly starts falling for his own wife all over again. But while love slowly blooms inside the Chaturvedi haveli, old wounds and painful truths from Mugdha's past continue to threaten the fragile peace she has finally found. A story filled with emotional healing, motherhood, family bonds, second chances, and soft slow-burn romance - where love survives even when memories fade. Because sometimes... the heart remembers what the mind forgets.
  • A Love That Took Its Time by iiAnkitasharmaii
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    Sandhya Sandhya, the youngest of her family, is a vibrant spirit, full of life and unspoken dreams. Despite her outward cheerfulness, she has learned to stay quiet in the face of familial expectations, choosing silence to maintain peace in a home that never fully understands her. Her accomplishments, though significant, go unnoticed, and her older sister's achievements often overshadow her. Sandhya, however, harbors a secret: a part of her soul that flourishes in ways no one knows. To escape the suffocating grip of her family, she agrees to a marriage of convenience, not seeking love, but the freedom to live as she chooses. Arjun Arjun, the eldest son in a family with expectations as high as the mountains, has always been the dutiful one. Pressured to follow a path that never felt his own, he's a doctor not by choice, but by duty. In his heart, he longs for a partner, someone with whom he can share the quiet moments and the wild dreams, someone who will choose him just as he chooses them. When he marries Sandhya, he hopes for more: an emotional connection, a bond that goes beyond the surface. Yet, despite their physical closeness, something feels missing, a distance he can't bridge. The Love That Took Its Time Two souls, each running from something they can't face alone. Sandhya's world is a quiet one, built on layers of unspoken truths and dreams left hidden. Arjun's world is one of unrelenting expectations and a life he never chose. When they marry, neither expects the other to change everything. But in the stillness of their shared space, they discover that sometimes, the quietest moments are the loudest. Their journey won't be easy, but in the places they never thought to look, they find something unexpected, something that was always there, waiting to be uncovered. In a marriage built on silence, can they find the voice to truly understand each other? Or will they remain strangers, even in love?
  • THE PROFESSOR'S WIFE  by author_viiidiiii
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    Story 2 of THE WIFE SERIES This book will have some mature seense in future marriage never meant to happen. A husband who refuses to accept it. When a wedding collapses at the mandap, Ishita Khanna is forced to replace her runaway sister and marry Aarav Malhotra-a strict university professor bound by family pride and political pressure. For Aarav, the marriage is a secret, a burden he wants erased from his life. For Ishita, it becomes a silent prison. Living under one roof yet worlds apart, Ishita must hide her identity while Aarav ensures no one ever knows she is his wife. In classrooms, he is her professor. At home, a stranger she is bound to. In a world ruled by control, silence, and unspoken rules, what happens when a forced marriage begins to crack the walls of power, ego, and denial? Because some relationships aren't born out of love- they are survived.
  • Let me Love you | TK by ReveriesByZR
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    [INCOMPLETE] Taehyung never imagined that marrying a complete stranger to save his company would be the easy part. But life had a surprising twist in store... What he doesn't know is that his soon-to-be husband, Jeon Jungkook, has been harboring a high school crush on him for years! Admist the chaos of life--true love found it's way to a hopeless romantic. _⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠________________________________ "Our love was made for movie screens" 💖🎨📖🥀🦋 _____________________________________ Starring: •Cinnamon Roll Top (Jungkook) •Power Bottom (Taehyung)
  • Beware of the Bride by Laraz_
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    An unexpected merger forces two rival empires into an uneasy alliance, with Cassian Orville and Azalya Clark at the center of the deal. With the Orvilles convinced she has an ulterior motive and the Clarks keeping a watchful eye, how will they navigate a marriage where trust is the ultimate gamble?
  • Happiness Not Included by EllieJordan
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    Alanna did everything in her power to gain her parents' approval: wore the right clothes, dated the right men, attended the right parties, and made enough money to get them through the doors of high society that had long been out of their reach. Instead of a thank you for all she had done, she was blamed for reacting the wrong way to finding out her husband had been cheating on her with her younger sister-and her family wanted her to accept it because it was "true love." When Alanna decided she was done vying for her parents' approval and started feeling isolated, an old classmate came to her with an offer she couldn't refuse: marry him and join one of the most powerful families in town. The catch? Intimacy was off the table. Any plans for future children would be done through surrogacy or artificial insemination. Deciding this was the only way to regain her dignity, she agreed. But her growing attraction to her new husband made the no-intimacy rule all the more unwelcome.
  • Swadhinta - Naam se Bagawat  by Bahaar62
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    𝓘𝓼𝓱𝓺 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓱𝓪 𝓱𝓪𝓲 𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓲 𝓶𝓮𝓱𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓲 𝓶𝓮𝓲𝓷 𝓷𝓪𝓱𝓲, 𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓲 𝓿𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓲 𝓴𝓮 𝓵𝓪𝓱𝓾 𝓶𝓮𝓲𝓷. She smiles too much for someone who doesn't sleep at night. Dr. Swadhinta Arya - the junior surgeon, the good girl, the one who fixes everyone else. But there is one night in her past she never wrote in any diary, never told her family, never told her God. A secret that still wakes her up at 3 AM, sweating, breathless. She calls it a nightmare. The world would call it a crime scene. He doesn't smile at all. Dr. Siddharth Rathore - India's youngest cardiothoracic surgeon to the world. A billionaire's heir to India. But his real resume has no name on it. Only files that burn after reading. He saves lives where there are no operation theatres. He bleeds where no one can see. He works for the country, and the country doesn't even know his real name. She saves lives with a scalpel, in white light. He saves lives with a gun, in the dark. He looks at her and sees a girl who is hiding too much. She looks at him and sees a man who is hiding everything. He thinks he knows what pain looks like. Until he sees her nightmare up close. She thinks she knows what danger looks like. Until she sees him disappear at midnight with blood on his shirt and a lie on his lips. SIDDHARTH x SWADHINTA A love story written between an OT and an operation.
  • Maybe Hers. (Underwork) by realbuddy
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    Amelia Numita Buck, a woman with dark and hurtful past, growing up to be a closed off, emotionless woman. Her daily job as a foundation researcer requires her to relive parts of her past, bringing her more trauma and troubles. Molly collingwood, a cheery research who befriends the closed off woman, despite her attempts to push Molly away. But Molly has her own secrets and past she cannot show. What happens when an important part of it is revealed in an experiment with a new anomaly? What would Molly do when she is imprisoned by the same organization she works for? How will Amelia recover with the fact that her best friend is not who she thought she is?
  •  𝕱𝖊𝖎𝖌𝖓𝖊𝖉 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕱𝖔𝖗𝖈𝖊𝖉 - 𝓐𝓷 𝓘𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓑𝓛 by IriYuto
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    Rajveer had been settled in America for about five years now, living comfortably away from his toxic family. Listening to his late bua's advice, he rarely ever visited but always kept in contact with his lovely cousin, Kirti. Out of the blue, he was informed that his cousin, who shared every detail of her life with him, had picked a man for herself and now was getting married. Surprised and shocked, he called multiple times but was met with no answers, only an ominous message that said "Come to India. I'll explain everything there." Reluctant, but not wanting to miss his only loving cousin's wedding- he booked tickets and was off to India. More shock followed him as he found his usually bitchy family unusually sweet and welcoming. With Kirti nowhere to be seen in the name of a ritualistic visit to a temple that every engaged woman in the family had to do- Rajveer's worry piqued. The family explained she'd be back the night before the wedding and Rajveer believed them. Huge mistake. Kirti's wedding did not happen. It wasn't ever Kirti's to begin with. It was Rajveer's. Set without his permission or consent and that too with...A MAN!? [Yes this is a rewrite of my original story since it was getting very messy. I will try my best to make it better and keep updating time to time. All of these characters, cities and events are purely fictional and are my own. Any resemblance to anyone alive or dead or a work of writing by another writer or author is a pure coincidence. NOTE- I am aware that same sex marriages are illegal in India and aren't recognised, though for the sake of the story I would like you all to think that same sex marriages are legal, just a little taboo to talk about. Thank you very much.]
  • Bound by Rivalry, Tied by Fate by ZJxDreamWeaver
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    "Bound by Rivalry, Tied by Fate" Ishika Mehra has always dreamed of a fairytale wedding - grand, filmy, and filled with love. But on her wedding day, her groom runs away, leaving her humiliated in front of hundreds. In a desperate bid to save families' respect, her father's best friend proposes the unthinkable: marriage to Aarav Rathore - the arrogant, strict, and devilishly handsome CEO she has hated since childhood. Aarav Rathore, the disciplined and ruthless businessman who swore he would only marry for business, never expected to be tied to his fiery childhood rival. The same girl who could make his blood boil with just one look. The girl he took endless pleasure in irritating. The girl he could never stand. Now forced to live under the same roof in a traditional joint family, the two sworn rivals must navigate a marriage neither wanted. Every encounter sparks a battle - sharp words, childish pranks, and sizzling tension. But beneath the fights and endless teasing, something dangerously addictive is beginning to bloom. Will their lifelong rivalry destroy them? Or will the same hatred slowly turn into an intense, unforgettable love? A story of forced proximity, family drama, sharp banter, and slow-burn romance - where hate has never tasted so sweet. ---
  • Stepmother to the Third Protagonist by pasoaresr
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    Yang Liu ends up in a novel as the stepmother of the third male lead. The character is briefly mentioned at the start and end when she marries and divorces the male lead's father. Yang Liu is strong and funny, just wants to enjoy life and spend money. She plans to live freely, embracing her new role. The male lead's father is thirty-five years old this year-mature, wealthy, and refined-but he has never been in love before. Yang Liu doesn't want to be forced to work anymore. So, if that means having a son and a husband along with it, she's fine with it. She plans to do whatever she wants.
  • SWAN 🦢 by Sasiora_writes
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    Burning fire flame always says a lot........u just need to hear 🍂 HE DID !!!! She becomes everything she hated once.... It just take a minute for everything to turn upside down Lonely, alone, and empty are the words to describe her UNTIL she decide to have a feeling............... feeling of REVENGE !!!! HE WAS DEVIL IN HUMAN FROM. BLOOD HE WEARS. Emotions is a word, but not in his life, business is what he breath..... He wanted something from you, that's something was never belonged to you..... Smile, only.........for the dieing one's..... He was breathing untill SHE CAME........ He is blood, she is cut... She is psycho, he is murder..... She yells, he orders.... He manipulates, she play dumb.... Repulsive, it sounds like they meant to hurt each other....... Just to HEAL EACHOTHER.... just to KILL EACHOTHER.... just to LOVE EACHOTHER..!!!!! JOIN THE JOURNEY OF TWO' INSANE coming together to make own benefit,,,, Not knowing that HATRED IS GOOD FEELING SOMETIMEs !!!!
  • Only Yours by courtneyrush756
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    Like every other book worm, Tamina used to have that dream where a man would swoop in and buy that desired book, and that is how she meets Brandon. Never believing a sweet gentleman like himself could exist outside the pages of a book, doubting how long it will be for their time to come to an end, and if this handsome man can prove her right. . . or wrong. Brandon is a man who has all he desires-apart from the right woman to spend the rest of his life with. With a one in a blue moon trip to the library, timid girl Tamina catches his eye, and he knows she's the one he wants regardless of the path chosen for him. Promises of delicious romance, luxuries, and heartache meet her on every bend, and if Brandon isn't careful, he may lose her for good.
  • Sweet Peek (HSS 1) by archvice
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    Heart Skipper Series 1 Rikko & Gissel's Story Rikko has concealed his true self for a long time. But now, his grandfather's last will has resurfaced, bearing a demand he never imagined facing. Marriage... it was never on the table, never part of his plans. Not once in his life had he considered binding himself to anyone. Yet now, bound by the terms of the inheritance, he has no choice but to seek a suitable bride. Then comes Gissel, a kindergarten teacher. His nephew's teacher, to be exact. She is practically a stranger, someone who should have nothing to do with his already complicated life. But through a series of unexpected encounters and an enticing scent that always seems to draw him back to her-he might just begin to consider her...