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Catagory: Romance

The Cheating Husband

Emma finally has a fresh start—a new boyfriend, a place of her own, and a little distance from her overprotective sister. Sure, she’s struggling to find a job, and her apartment isn’t in the best part of town, but it’s hers. And for the first time in a while, she’s happy.

Until she uncovers a devastating lie.
Her perfect boyfriend? He’s already married.
Emma knows she should walk away, but something keeps pulling her back. There’s more to his secrets than just a hidden wife. He is not who he claims to be.
And when Emma finally learns the truth about his wife, everything takes a terrifying turn.
They are not a normal couple.

  • A Gripping Psychological Thriller
  • A Deceptive Love Story
  • A Mystery That Unfolds with Shocking Twists
  • A Final Twist You Won’t See Coming
  • Perfect for Fans of Freida McFadden & Kiersten Modglin

The First Connect

The past crashes into Kareena’s present as her first love resurfaces after eighteen years, awakening desires she thought were long buried. As she struggles between two worlds, two men, and two versions of herself, her inner turmoil deepens when a stranger enters her life, further blurring the lines between loyalty and longing.
Meanwhile, Mouni, a teenager, witnesses two contrasting expressions of love—one driven by persistent pursuit, the other by selfless, serendipitous surrender.
Will the intense implications of love weigh upon the fragile heart of a woman and a girl on the cusp of understanding love? The First Connect explores love’s unpredictability, unravelling the complexities of lost love, being lost in love, and love lost in translation. Through delicate moments of magic and fleeting waves of whisper, it asks: does love thrive through conscious effort, or does it find its way through fate alone? And most importantly, what makes a First Connect truly flourish and feel real?

Police Affairs

IPS officer Arjun Kumar has always played by the rules—a decorated officer, a devoted husband and a high achiever with a perfect life. But when he meets the captivating singer Madhushree at a police event, his carefully constructed world begins to crack. Stolen glances turn into whispered conversations, and before he knows it, he’s entangled in an affair that he never saw coming.

Passion turns to peril when an untimely death threatens to implicate him in murder. As he scrambles to cover his tracks, the walls start closing in—his wife’s growing suspicion, an unscrupulous Godman tightening his grip on power, and a faceless stranger lurking in the shadows. But what began as a personal transgression has drawn him into a dangerous conspiracy—one that could destroy not just his life, but the very system he swore to protect.

With the police closing in, enemies circling, and his conscience weighing him down Arjun realises he is no longer just hiding a mistake—he is caught in a deadly game of power and deception where every choice has consequences. As the truth edges closer, he must decide whether to keep running or fight. The line between duty and betrayal has never been thinner—and the clock is ticking.

White Nights

“I don’t know how to be silent when my heart is speaking.”

Set in the enchanting streets of St. Petersburg, this is a story of a young man who is a dreamer, and wanders on the city’s deserted lanes during long summer nights.

On a foggy night, under the hazy streetlights, a young man met Nastenka, who captured his heart with her beauty and innocence. They spent four consecutive nights together, as he becomes increasingly besotted with Nastenka, sharing his innermost thoughts and feelings.

Just as he was beginning to feel safe in their oasis, he discovers that Nastenka is in love with another man; a prince who has promised to return to her after a long absence. Yet, he is certain that even Nastenka is drawn to him, each grappling with their own sense of longing and desire for connection.

Through this vivid narrative of the intoxicating power of hope, the young man’s monologues reveal his absolute yearning for love, while Nastenka’s vulnerability and romantic idealism add layers of emotion to the story.

Through these fragile yet sublime characters we witness the beauty and pain of unrequited love.

Daughter of Two Rivers

Undergoing a ravaging drought, the riverside settlement of Rohitaka is at odds, struggling to recover from their losses. When a request from Babylon to trade weapons arrives as a blessing in disguise, a trade delegation, headed by prince Arjuna, and the grizzled veteran, Shrutasena, sets off for the faraway kingdom.

An encounter with Lilith, the fierce bodyguard to the Queen, and more importantly, a woman who is hell-bent on despising Arjuna, leaves him flustered. But there’s more to Lilith than meets the eye. The woman is a formidable soldier, but something about her reminds Arjuna of home, Bharatavarsha.

But as fate would have it, Arjun and Lilith find themselves entrenched in a political ploy to overthrow Babylon’s King, Sin-Mubalit. Will they be able to stop the usurpers to the throne? And can they trust each other to have their backs as they do so, even as they’re uncovering new secrets on the go?

Inspired by the twentieth century discovery of a Sumerian tablet off the coast of Mumbai, Daughter of Two Rivers is a homecoming story.

And like all good homecoming stories, it’s a story of learning what home means—across countries, and across time.

Can We Be Strangers Again?

In the electric haze of college life, three friends are bound by laughter, late-night talks and unspoken promises. But when two of them cross the line from friendship into love, everything changes. Betrayal shatters their world, leaving one friend to pick up the pieces while navigating her own complicated feelings. As friendships fracture and love grows tangled, hearts are broken, and choices become irreversible. Caught between the ache of lost friendship and the bittersweet pull of love, Dev must decide if he’s willing to risk everything?again.

Izmirli, My Last Love

The last love, is like the last hanging threads of hope; at times dearer than life. Can it ever be forgotten?

Eylül, a young lawyer, within the turn of a night moved to Istanbul from Germany, after her mother’s sudden drowning. Her beautiful mother left behind a prestigious law firm; and a daunting legacy.

As life pulls Eylül in tethers, the demands of the law firm highlight her unpreparedness, but she can only obsess over her mother’s unconvincing drowning thanks to an old letter which seems to belong to her mother.

What begins is a complex odyssey as she chases after an Izmirli with one thought: did Izmirli cause her mother’s death?

As Eylül delves deeper into the mysteries of her mother’s past and her love life, it becomes unclear, what is Izmirli? Is her mother’s past and Eylül’s present one of the same, has memory and reality merged into one. Each discovery reveals a bigger and darker hole in a seemingly endless tunnel.

Izmirli is a compelling psychological thriller and romance, and a gripping narrative of personal discovery but also an exploration of the complexities of human relationships.

  • Highly gripping psychological thriller
  • An engaging read with unpredictable twists and turns
  • An intense drama transporting away from reality
  • Perfect for reads who enjoy books like The Gone Girl and The Silent Patient
  • Perfect read for the weekend nights and a reading group

Die For You

Twilight meets The Vampire Diaries in this new steamy romance.

A human searching for her sister, a grumpy vampire bodyguard in charge of keeping her alive, and a malicious creature hunting them down. What could go wrong?

THE SURVIVOR
The death certificate says my sister died two years ago in the accident, but her body was never found. I was the sole survivor. Then I saw her. Someone lied. Now, I must travel across the country to find answers from a bloodthirsty vampire with one thing on his mind. I will find out the truth. Even if it kills me.

THE PROTECTOR
I didn’t mean for this to happen. I didn’t mean for any of it to happen. Now Raya is here. She is mine, and I must protect her at all costs. If she dies, I die. It doesn’t add up, and it’s all a mess. It’s my job to fix it and find my brother. She knows I’m hiding something, but I’m terrified to tell her the truth.

THE PREDATOR
It’s been years since I had a lead. Now, I have one. I will watch. I will wait. I will strike. He will be mine.

The Outsiders

For some people, home is nowhere. They feel out of place—they are adrift, the stranger in the crowd. It’s as if they are forever walking around in shoes that don’t fit.

Can they find a home, imperfect as it may be? Sometimes, all it takes is a place at the other end of the world—or a person. Nita, a teacher in Kerala, is desperate for a better-paying job and accepts one in Dubai. It is the 1990s, and Dubai is just becoming a boom town. Everything is changing. But Nita struggles to adjust to the city as an immigrant. Her job as a live-in tutor for a young girl puts her in an unfamiliar, servile role with a wealthy family. Nita starts telling the child’s mother a story from ancient India, where Darius, a sailor, arrives at an Indian port seeking his fortune. As she tells this tale, making it up as she goes, she finds that she’s no longer alone.

This is a two-headed story—the narrators Nita and Darius are nested inside each other like Russian dolls. They are both outsiders in unfamiliar places. They make dangerous choices that take them to the breaking point. And as Nita feels her safety unravel, it does for Darius as well.

Happy Place

‘Hilarious and wise… Another knockout’ Taylor Jenkins Reid
‘One of my favourite authors’ Colleen Hoover
‘A must-read book of the year’ Lauren Asher

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Two exes. One pact.
Could this holiday change everything?

Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple – they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.

Every year, they take a holiday from their lives to drink far too much wine with their favourite people in the world.

Except this year, they are lying through their teeth, because Harriet and Wyn broke up six months ago. And they still haven’t told anyone.

But the cottage is for sale so this is the last time they’ll all be here together. They can’t bear to break their best friends’ hearts so they’ll fake it for one more week.

But how can you pretend to be in love – and get away with it – in front of the people who know you best?

Brimming with characters you can’t help but fall for and off-the-charts chemistry, HAPPY PLACE is Emily Henry doing what she does best!

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‘Another Emily Henry masterpiece’ Hannah Grace, ICEBREAKER

‘Heartfelt and hilarious. This book is my happy place!’ Lucy Score, THINGS WE NEVER GOT OVER

‘Smart, sunny, sexy and also a gorgeous story of female friendship‘ Beth O’Leary, THE FLATSHARE

‘The master of witty repartee’ Daily Mail

‘A heart-tugging masterpiece from the queen of romance‘ Ali Hazelwood, THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS

‘One of the current stars of romantic fiction‘ Independent

‘If I could climb inside any book it would be this one‘ Culturefly

‘Emily Henry’s books should be prescribed. Not only will they make you happy, her latest may just make you fall in love with falling in love again‘ Woman’s Weekly

‘Tender and sexy, bittersweet with Henry’s trademark warmth‘ Bolu Babalola, HONEY & SPICE

Happy Place, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, May 2023

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