BENEATH THE SKIN
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BENEATH THE SKIN
Genre: Psychological Thriller • Mystery • Dark Romance
Love is rare. Obsession is natural.
HIMANSHU ARYAN is a charming, articulate bookstore assistant with a gift for reading people-literally. What begins as infatuation turns into a masterclass in manipulation as he falls for AARA, a lonely aspiring author with secrets darker than his own.
Through a spiral of surveillance, deception, and calculated violence, Himanshu must navigate the blurred line between protector and predator-constantly questioning whether he's the monster or the savior in a story that never stops shifting reality.
But when Aara starts to play the same game, everything spirals.
How far would you go for someone you love?
When the person you're chasing becomes the hunter...
> Nothing stays real-not even you.
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