Empire of Ashes
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He rules empires. She hides in shadows.
Armaan Virani is the 26-year-old CEO of Virani Global Holdings, India's most feared corporate empire. Ruthless in boardrooms and colder in relationships, his past is buried under blood and business.
Anaya Sen, 23, is a fiercely independent artist with a secret. Her life intertwines with Armaan's during a mysterious corporate charity gala where she witnesses something she shouldn't have.
When Armaan decides to keep her close to silence her, he doesn't expect her to ignite everything inside him he thought he'd killed.
But she is not just a girl from nowhere. She is the daughter of the only man who ever dared to betray Armaan Virani.
And in Saanjhgarh, nothing is ever as it seems.
Love is not the answer here-it's the curse.
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