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𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 by Avi_writess18
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𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧? 𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. She became his wife by fate. Loving him? That was never part of the deal. Veer Malhotra doesn't believe in love-only loyalty, silence, and control. A single father with a guarded heart, he agrees to a marriage that's nothing more than a formality... until she walks in. Radhika never dreamed of being a wife to a stranger, let alone a mother to his child.But destiny had its own plans.Soft-spoken, stubborn, and hiding a storm of her own, she steps into his world-not to change him, but to survive him. But the moment Krish held her hand, she knew-some bonds are written by fate. As Veer battles feelings he swore he buried, and Radhika learns to stand tall in a house that was never meant to be hers- a fragile, unexpected love begins to bloom... Not just between a man and a woman, but between three broken hearts trying to find home in each other. No.1 in #Family-drama ( Date: 11 July 2025) No.4 in #India (Date: 21 July 2025)
THE BRIDE HE LEFT BEHIND by Novelinkss
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She was never meant to be the bride. Raised in a family that never truly accepted her as their own, she spent her life trying to earn the love she was never freely given. On the day of her sister's wedding, everything changes when the bride disappears just hours before the ceremony. To save the family's reputation, they force her to take her sister's place beneath the bridal veil. With no choice left, she marries a man she has never met. Before she can even understand the life she has been pushed into, her husband leaves on their wedding night without a single explanation, abandoning her in a house full of strangers. For six months, she lives as a wife who has been left behind facing whispers, judgment, and loneliness while carrying the burden of a marriage that was never hers to begin with. When he finally returns, he expects nothing more than a marriage that exists only on paper. Instead, he finds her she is no longer the frightened girl he left behind. She has learned to live without him, to hide her pain behind quiet smiles, and to find strength in the life she never chose. As they are forced to live under the same roof, misunderstandings slowly turn into understanding, cold silences give way to unspoken feelings, and two strangers begin to see each other in a new light. But the truth behind that wedding day is still waiting to be uncovered. When long-hidden secrets finally come to the surface, they must decide whether to let the past tear them apart... or fight for the future they never thought they would have together.
𝐈𝐊 𝐀𝐔𝐑 𝐊𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐈 by whtyyyyyy
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#2 𝑰𝒏 𝑨𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝑨𝒇𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 (Can be read as a stand-alone) There's a beautiful saying set from the ancient times "Patience is a bitter plant, but its fruit is sweet." What if the answer of the patience is a marriage? 34 year old Aditi sharma is set to marry her Ex bestfriend due to her families pressure after returning back from london with her 5 year old daughter, Divya sharma after the death of her husband due a car crash 38 year old akash Raizada, A politician raised to love thorns yet build himself to kill flowers after his first wife, Sahiba Khandelwal ran away with her lover. He distanced himself with the one he loved the most, With his family, with his 13 year old son. Suddenly they are forced into an arranged marriage. Will aditi and akash mend their old wounds? Will Arsh accept a new stepmother and step sister? Will the 2 different families turn into one? Read to find out
Meeti - Sarpanch's Little Wife | 18+ by authormili
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#1 TOP 10 in India on [18,19/09/2026] 𝗧𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. Because even in the darkest times, honour can bloom into love and love into freedom. ⚠️ This story contains mature and explicit content. Read at your own risk (18+). --- Set in 1960s Bengal, Gunjan Saha, a girl whose eyes still hold the innocence of monsoon skies, yet whose heart knows only fear and silence. After her mother's death, she endures her stepmother's cruelty, dreaming only of kindness, freedom, and being seen as someone worthy of love. Riddhiman Roy Chowdhury, the son of the village sarpanch, returns from London as a gold-medalist barrister determined to reform his village. But destiny has another plan... one that ties his fate to a fragile, innocent girl. One night, Gunjan runs barefoot through the lanes, escaping the men her stepmother sold her to, and destiny leads her to him... the man who would rewrite her story. When whispers taint her name for taking refuge in his house, Riddhiman does the unthinkable... he marries her. Before the same eyes that condemned her, he takes her hand and gives her honour. Bound first by duty, their marriage slowly becomes a sanctuary of trust, hope, and forbidden desire. As Gunjan learns to smile again, Riddhiman fights the one battle he never expected... the battle of his own heart. A man of reason and law. A girl of innocence and faith. Bound not by romance, but by righteousness and something far more fragile... unspoken love. But what happens when duty starts to feel like desire? Will he ever see her as more than a responsibility? And will she find the freedom she's been longing for... in the heart of the man who became
BANDHAN🩷 by teranaamjapdiphiraan
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Shivaansh Oberoi has burnt his heart along with the only woman he ever loved. After losing her, he built a life around silence, work and walls, determined that no one would ever get close enough to hurt him again so when his family forces him into an arranged marriage, he treats it like nothing more than a contract with a name on a piece of paper and a stranger occupying one of the many spare rooms in his penthouse. He is not cruel to his new wife, he keeps his distance. He gives her everything she needs, except himself. Enter Paakhi Sharma. A shy schoolteacher from Shimla, Paakhi arrives in his world with trembling hands, nervous smiles and absolutely no idea how to survive the cold, intimidating man she has been married to. She tries to follow every unspoken rule, stay out of his way and take up as little space as possible. But Paakhi has one problem. She is impossible to ignore. Beneath her timid exterior is a woman overflowing with warmth, laughter and hope. Her clumsy little habits, soft smiles and endless attempts to bring happiness into a house that has forgotten what it feels like slowly begin to chip away at the walls Shivaansh spent years building. He wants a quiet, empty house to keep his ghosts safe but she brings color and light to his world that forgot how to live. They are supposed to live as total strangers sharing a roof, keeping things strictly formal and distant. But little by little, her sunshine starts melting his endless winter. Before long, a guarded man who swore he would never love again finds himself completely, helplessly obsessed with the woman he never wanted.
She Never Waited for Love by Sindhuwrites26
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💕💖A story that proves... love never arrives late. It arrives exactly when the heart is ready. Some women dream of becoming brides. Indira Kumar dreamed of becoming a mother. At twenty-three, she chose to raise her orphaned nephew as her own son, sacrificing the life she could have had without ever looking back. Thirteen years turned into eighteen, and somewhere along the way, she forgot that behind the word Amma was still a woman with a heart capable of being loved. Now thirty-six, plus-sized, soft-spoken, and hiding her insecurities behind warm smiles and graceful sarees, Indira believes love simply isn't written in her destiny. Until one Sunday morning... A cricket match. One accidental hand gripping a stranger's leg. One whistle she innocently demands from the man sitting beside her. One dimpled smile that shatters the walls around a billionaire's guarded heart. Vijay Varma buried his heart with his wife a decade ago. He never imagined that the woman who would teach him to live again would be the one who never believed she deserved love. As one son quietly becomes Cupid for his mother's happiness, two lonely hearts discover that sometimes... The greatest love stories don't begin in your youth. They begin when you've almost stopped believing in them.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (Completed) by storiesbyroy
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Widowed at thirty-four, Kabir Rathore is a successful businessman, but a lost man at heart - a single father drowning in guilt, duty, and a past he can't let go of. When his newborn twins daughter and son, need stability, his conservative family urges him into an unusual solution: a marriage of convenience. Enter Shruti Roy - twenty-seven, quiet but resilient, reeling from her own heartbreaks, and fiercely protective of her independence. She agrees to the arrangement, not for love, but for the children who steal her heart the moment she steps into Kabir's chaotic world. What begins as a practical decision slowly unfolds into something neither of them expects - laughter in shared silences, sparks under casual touches, and a home built from gentle moments. But ghosts of the past are not easy to bury. When jealousy strikes, old lovers reappear, and trust is tested by twisted intentions, Shruti and Kabir must ask the hardest question of all: Was this just an arrangement? Or the beginning of something real? ✧・゚: ✧・゚: 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 STANDALONE.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 by Hscribbles
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#𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 1 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐊 𝐗 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐊𝐀) "𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫."👑 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒉 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒂, the crown princess of Karela and a powerful CEO, is a woman who commands attention. Fierce, intelligent and untouchable until the night she asks 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒌 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒉 𝑮𝒂𝒖𝒓 to be her fake boyfriend at a grand party. What begins as a fleeting arrangement spirals into something much deeper, pulling them into a whirlwind of passion, power and obsession. Advik, a man who fell for her long before he even saw her, will stop at nothing to make her his. But in a world where power is a dangerous game, love is never simple. As secrets from the past begin to unravel and enemies plot against them, will their love survive the storm, or will their kingdom of trust come crumbling down? A tale of ambition, love, and the price of wearing the crown. 📚✨ 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬! 🙏 📖 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮... 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭! 💖
The Assistant Problem♥️ by teranaamjapdiphiraan
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Kashi Sharma has exactly three goals in life: raise her twelve-year-old brother, keep her job and survive each day without forgetting anything important. Unfortunately, she's failing at the last one. Between missed alarms, school projects, overflowing inboxes and a brother who remembers deadlines at the worst possible moment, Kashi's life is already chaotic enough. The last thing she needs is another problem. Then Arth Singhania arrives. As India's most powerful Kingmaker, Arth is the man politicians trust, billionaires listen to and entire industries fear disappointing. He is disciplined, controlled and always ten steps ahead of everyone else. For years, he has run empires from behind closed doors. Now he's moving his operations to Mumbai and somehow, out of hundreds of employees, Kashi Sharma ends up becoming his assistant. Arth likes order, Kashi attracts chaos. He plans everything, she survives one crisis at a time. Working together should be impossible. Falling for each other should be worse. But when late nights, impossible deadlines, and shared flights begin turning into something more, both of them discover that the biggest problem in their lives might just be each other. And neither of them knows how to solve it.
Fire Under The Dupatta  by EternalLoveInk
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📖 STORY DESCRIPTION She writes love stories under pen names, hides behind words, and guards her privacy like a shield. A 27-year-old bold Punjabi writer, loud in laughter, sharp in anger, and fearless in life - she never believed marriage was meant for her. Not until family pressure, a fragile father's health, and a little Punjabi drama pushed her into a wedding she never wanted. He is 29, rich, successful, and emotionally distant. Indian by blood, American by life. A businessman who doesn't believe in love, barely speaks Hindi, and agreed to marriage only to keep his uncle and aunty happy. Two strangers. One forced marriage. On their wedding night, when he coldly says, "I don't consider you my wife." She shocks him with a laugh and replies, "Relax. Whether you accept me or not, I don't care. Now help me take off this lehenga - I'm exhausted." No tears. No expectations. No love. What starts as a compromise slowly turns into companionship, laughter, arguments, and moments neither of them planned. As her loud Punjabi soul crashes into his silent American world, he begins to see the strength behind her jokes - and she starts to see the broken boy behind his calm eyes. But what happens when he discovers that the woman he married unwillingly... is the writer whose stories he secretly admires? A story of forced vows, slow love, healing hearts, and a bold Punjabi woman who never begged for love - but earned it effortlessly. ✨ Enemies to lovers ✨ Forced marriage ✨ Strong female lead ✨ NRI × Punjabi girl