Marriage of Shadow and Innocence
Dr. Adithi Rao had always lived by her principles-compassion, integrity, and the relentless pursuit of her dreams. As a dedicated doctor, her world revolved around saving lives, not being bound to a loveless marriage. But fate had other plans. Forced into a marriage with Rohit Sharma, the ruthless CEO of Sharma Industries, she finds herself trapped in a world of power, control, and unspoken desires.
Rohit is everything Adithi despises-cold, calculating, and impossibly arrogant. Yet, beneath his hardened exterior lies a man haunted by shadows of his past. He never wanted a wife, let alone one as fiery and defiant as Adithi. But now that she's his, he refuses to let her go.
As their worlds collide, a dangerous game of passion and resistance unfolds. She fights to protect her innocence, while he struggles to tame the storm she ignites within him. With secrets lurking in the dark and emotions running wild, Adithi and Rohit must decide-will they destroy each other, or will love bloom in the chaos?
A tale of forced fate, simmering tension, and forbidden attraction, " Marriage of Shadow and Innocence" is a heart-stopping romance where fire meets ice, and neither emerges unscathed.
PAUL
I cheated on my fiancée.
Sophie and I were building our future. In love, happy, peaceful. Then she found a lump in her breast and I made the worst choice: I numbed my fear by sleeping with someone else. My worst mistake and my biggest regret. Now I see Sophie around town with him. She's radiant and laughing with people who actually show up. I'm trying to learn how to be a man who does. If she lets me, I'll spend the rest of my life proving I can choose her when it's hardest. If she lets me...
SOPHIE
I thought the promise was in sickness and in health.
But he buried his fear in someone else. On the same night, I walked into a bookstore and meet the gentle giant owner who invites me to his book club full of misfits.
I'm laughing again, I smile more than I ever have, I heal my heart.
My ex says he can learn to stay, but my bookstore owner keeps showing up like it's as easy as breathing. I don't know what the future holds; I don't know if I'll win this battle against cancer, but I do know I'm done wasting time on people that love only when it's easy.
CALLUM
She came in to Rivers & Rhodes Bookstore and asked for books with happy endings only.
I gave her a recommendation, an invitation, and an offer of friendship. Now, this beautiful brave woman is completely under my skin. I'm not here to win a competition against him. I'm here because choosing someone, second by second, is the only way I understand love.
Content Warnings: on page cheating, emotional and physical infidelity, cancer, mentions of vomiting, bleeding, surgery. Please be advised.