Set in colonial India, in the 1910's when the Nationalism movement arose, Ann a beautiful, smart, young woman, is constantly bashed by her step mother and the society, for being a half-caste. She is an offspring from her father's first marriage to a British woman, who was killed during the early riots, when she was just a babe. Her father retired from his service as a British Official and suffers from early dementia.
Supporting the family, proves to be difficult, despite Ann's work as a governess at an Indian British official's household. Her step-mother finds a perfect match for her sister Gauri with the family of an Industrialist to secure her future and the family's wealth. Kalyani Singh Oberoi, the Oberoi family matriarch, finds Gauri simple, beautiful, traditional, and perfect choice for her grandson.
The most eligible bachelor in town, who had returned from Cambridge, to run his family Business, Shivaay. He is ruthless, arrogant and he returns to India with a secret mission in hand. Marriage is the last thing on his mind. But when he meets Ann, he is intrigued by her, and most of all he sees an opportunity.
Shivaay and Ann embarks on an epic journey of love, loss, and vengeance, amidst socio political calamities.
*𝙏𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢.*
Book 1 of ᴄʜᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇs.
A Royal Romance story.
"Every curve of you is made to fit into my hands. My hands and my hands only."
He lowered his mouth to her shoulder again, trailed moist lips to the nape of her neck.
"Don't worry, My Angel," he whispered. "I'm made for your hands, too."
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Nikolai Ivanovich Petrov isn't just the youngest son of the Russian royal family-he's a mafia lord, a storm in human form. With the looks of a Greek God, he's a dangerous blend of beauty and power. His empire stretches across continents, built on fear, loyalty, and blood. Power is his addiction, and he's willing to do anything to claim it. To solidify his control, he needs one thing: a marriage. Not for love. Not for desire. But as a strategic weapon. And Radhika Bhardwaj, the naive daughter of a broken family, is the perfect pawn.
Radhika was never meant for this world. A girl who once dreamed of freedom, now trapped in a marriage that serves nothing but Nikolai's ambitions. She didn't choose him. She didn't even get a say. Nikolai didn't care for her innocence or her life. For him, she was just another piece in his game.
But in her, Nikolai sees something no one else has ever dared to show him: vulnerability, and a spark of light that might set fire to his world.
Two worlds crash.
Two souls collide.
He doesn't care if she hates him.
But he will own her anyway.
"I hate you," she said.
"I hate you too, baby," he replied.
A man whose control over everything is absolute, can a single woman change the rules, or will she be crushed under his weight?