Title: The Heart's Deception
A novel where love is an illusion, truth is a ghost, and fate... a blade cloaked in silk.
Synopsis:
She was born in the hush between thunder and silence.
Asa Keynat - a name whispered in high halls and hidden rooms. Orphaned by an "accident" that smelled too much like smoke and secrets, she inherited an empire soaked in elegance... and shadows. But Asa is not a girl who cries over graves. She is a storm wearing velvet.
Every room she enters, hearts hush. But she isn't here to dazzle. She's here to uncover a truth stitched beneath silk sheets and power plays - the truth that took her parents, and maybe, will take her too.
Two men step into the spiral of her world.
Zayn - quiet, watchful, his loyalty folded deep within silence. He watches her like a prayer, but speaks like a warning.
Edwin - wild fire with a glass smile, a man who knows her past too well, and dares her to forget it.
But this isn't a love story. This is a war disguised as one.
Beneath every sweet touch is a hidden blade. Every confession, a lie rehearsed too many times. And just when Asa begins to believe in light, she's dragged into the dark.
One night.
Rain on marble.
A man with no name.
A gun raised.
A voice she trusted.
"I can't believe you did this."
His face is hidden, but his betrayal slices open something in her soul.
And behind her, voices rise-
"You were never supposed to know."
"Step back. She was never yours to protect."
This is not the tale of a girl choosing between two men.
This is the story of a woman walking through fire with diamonds in her eyes - burning, not breaking.
In The Heart's Deception, love is a haunting melody, and every heartbeat echoes with betrayal. The deeper you fall, the less you understand who's the hero, who's the villain... and whether Asa was ever meant to survive.
This isn't just a book. It's a spell.
And once you open the first page, it won't let you go.
"He was never meant to be hers, but she'll break the world to make it so".
~ ~ Kashvi Sharma ~ ~
She has never begged. She has never known the taste of rejection, the sting of defeat, or the ache of longing-until she saw him.
She isn't the kind of woman to fall. She hunts. She takes what she wants, and she never asks twice. But Vardhaan? He is the only thing she has ever truly desired.
At 23, she is a name spoken in whispers, the leader of an empire built on blood and power. Beautiful. Ruthless. Unstoppable. A queen who bows to no one.
~ ~ Vardhaan Tripathi ~ ~
A man who isn't meant to be owned. A man who builds empires with a signature and destroys legacies with a whisper. A man who walks through life untouched, uninterested, and immune to the idea of love.
At 27, Vardhaan has spent years crafting his empire, turning his wealth into a legacy untouchable by any force. He has been chased by women, feared by men, and respected by those who know he does not play games.
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And yet, Kashvi is a storm he never saw coming. A woman who doesn't understand the word 'no.' A woman who doesn't just want his love-she demands his soul.
"You don't love me, Kashvi."
"I don't love, Vardhaan. I claim."
What starts as a dangerous obsession turns into a war of control. He refuses. She persists. He resists. She ensnares. She chases, he resists. She controls, he defies. But when the lines blur and Vardhaan starts to fall-will it be love, or will it be war?
" Not all love stories are soft.
Some are dark. Some are deadly. "