SHADOWS OF LIES
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✦ Title: Shadows of lies
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"He was her captor in every way but name-
and she was the fire that refused to burn quietly."
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📖 Book Description (Blurb):
Dark. Obsessive. Twisted.
In a world ruled by secrets, power, and betrayal-love is the deadliest game of all.
Anvitha Ramaswamy was never meant to survive. Stolen from a life she never knew, she was reborn in blood and fire, molded by the hands of a powerful man who claimed to save her-but owned her instead.
Years later, she's not the broken girl they tried to erase. She's fierce, guarded, and untouchable... until he enters the picture.
Ryan Raichand-ruthless, arrogant, and dangerously charming. He doesn't ask for permission. He takes. And the moment he sets his eyes on Anvitha, she becomes his favorite obsession.
But the past has sharp claws. And when buried truths begin to resurface-about her identity, her stolen childhood, and the people she thought she could trust-Anvitha is forced to choose: burn the world down for revenge... or lose herself in the man who might've helped destroy her.
This isn't a love story.
It's survival.
It's vengeance.
And it's war between power, passion, and past.
🖤 Author's Note :
This story is not for the faint-hearted. It explores themes of power, control, trauma, and healing-layered in a twisted romance that grows in the shadows of pain and obsession.
If you love dark mafia romance, strong female leads, emotionally scarred men, and slow-burning revenge plots with shocking twists-Shadows of lies is for you.
⚠️ Trigger warnings apply: This book contains sensitive content including emotional manipulation, violence, and psychological themes.
- K. S. Vale
control and secrets, can it ever be real?"
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