1950sindia Stories

🌸 2025 Wattys Shortlist 🌸 A romance set in India - a love story rooted in Desi culture, breaking silence and redefining devotion ✨ 💫 From the bestselling author of Bride of the Future King (Amazon India #1 Hot New Release - Time Travel Romance, Top 3 Kindle Bestseller) In a land where tradition crushes dreams, eighteen-year-old Aarti is forced into an arranged marriage with Raghav, a brooding 35-year-old widower and heir to a powerful village dynasty. Illiterate and underestimated, Aarti hides a fierce spirit and a desperate hope to break free. Raghav, weighed down by grief and duty, sees their marriage as a burden, not love. But when Aarti dares to defy the rules that bind her, their forced union begins to kindle an unexpected and forbidden romance. Her quiet courage sparks a fire in Raghav's cold heart-a chance at love, healing, and redemption. In a world where passion is forbidden and rebellion punished, can their fragile bond survive the very traditions that threaten to tear them apart? Dil Ki Bandagi is a sweeping, passionate tale of forbidden love, sacrifice, and the courage to claim one's destiny.