Il Cuore Series by Shilpa Suraj

There are no second chances, only missed ones...Five years ago, an accident changed Maya's life forever. From an engaged, MBA graduate with her entire life in front of her, she'd ended up dumped, bedridden, and in enough debt to drown her and her family.Five years ago, Yash had been looking forward to marrying the woman of his dreams. Then his father died, he lost his job and his fiancee dumped him over a text.Neither have forgiven each other and neither has forgotten the other... moreThere are no second chances, only missed ones...Five years ago, an accident changed Maya's life forever. From an engaged, MBA graduate with her entire life in front of her, she'd ended up dumped, bedridden, and in enough debt to drown her and her family.Five years ago, Yash had been looking forward to marrying the woman of his dreams. Then his father died, he lost his job and his fiancee dumped him over a text.Neither have forgiven each other and neither has forgotten the other. When their paths cross at Il Couer, a vineyard owned by common friends, sparks fly, past hurts are stoked and present dreams are destroyed.And that is just the beginning. As their lives get entangled, both professionally and personally, they find themselves fighting familial disapproval, professional jealousy, and a mutual attraction that threatens to burn them down.Can Maya and Yash ever unravel their tangled past? And will the truth of their past define or destroy them? Can you build a future on a posioned past? They're about to find out... less

A moment of passion, a devastating scandal and a marriage between sworn enemies...Aakash Thakkar knows his path. Family, duty, responsibility, tradition. His path does not lead to madness, chaos, wild passionate steamy nights, and her. Or so he tells himself.Kanak Shourie lives for the present. Friends, fun, work, life. Her present does not include the weight of other people's judgement, stuffy societal mores, discovering desire with uptight businessmen, and him... moreA moment of passion, a devastating scandal and a marriage between sworn enemies...Aakash Thakkar knows his path. Family, duty, responsibility, tradition. His path does not lead to madness, chaos, wild passionate steamy nights, and her. Or so he tells himself.Kanak Shourie lives for the present. Friends, fun, work, life. Her present does not include the weight of other people's judgement, stuffy societal mores, discovering desire with uptight businessmen, and him. She refuses to believe otherwise.What happens when the one you hate is the only one you want? What happens when you try to right a wrong but end up in something that feels more right than anything ever has?Can Aakash and Kanak bury a lifetime of distrust and forge a life together? Or will the reasons that had them battling each other for years bury their tentative new beginning? less

First, they were friends, then they were lovers, and then one day… they were each other’s last hope.Ved Kashyap had spent his life making good choices; the right choices. And then he met Aayushi Thakkar and realised that when it came to her, he had no choice at all. She burst into his life like a fireworks display at Diwali and managed to singe him like one too... moreFirst, they were friends, then they were lovers, and then one day… they were each other’s last hope.Ved Kashyap had spent his life making good choices; the right choices. And then he met Aayushi Thakkar and realised that when it came to her, he had no choice at all. She burst into his life like a fireworks display at Diwali and managed to singe him like one too.Aayushi Thakkar was the forgotten child, the invisible one, the one who didn’t make any waves but drifted along trying to keep the calm in the ocean of her life. Sandwiched between a responsible heir and an irresponsible brat, she’d grown up trying to be the balance between her brothers.And then she met Ved and she forgot why balance was needed. Death, grief, misunderstanding, and ego all collide to bring that cloak of invisibility back in Aayushi’s life. Tired of others making decisions for her, she makes one of her own. A catastrophic one…And now, they all have to live with its repercussions…Will working together on their dream project help Ved and Aayushi find their way back to each other? Or is this ‘good choice’ going to explode their lives again? less

“Kissing you means I’m beyond redemption.”Orphaned at a young age, scraping together a life below the poverty line, Karam Bakshi has only ever wanted one thing. Success. With unrelenting focus and backbreaking effort, he has carved out the life of his dreams. And then he saw her and forgot that he had goals or a plan or even something as basic as ideas... more“Kissing you means I’m beyond redemption.”Orphaned at a young age, scraping together a life below the poverty line, Karam Bakshi has only ever wanted one thing. Success. With unrelenting focus and backbreaking effort, he has carved out the life of his dreams. And then he saw her and forgot that he had goals or a plan or even something as basic as ideas.Shikha Sachdev, only daughter to a mining magnate and jilted fiancée to one of the most powerful men in the country, has never wanted for anything. And then she met him and realised that until that moment, she never had wanted anything. Not like she wanted him.When passion collides with reason, when the heart goes to war with the brain, and old scabs rip open under the onslaught of new wounds, there is nowhere to hide, nowhere to run, and only one option left; gamble with everything you’ve got. Win and reach for a lifetime of happiness or lose and you lose everything, including your very sense of self.Can Karam and Shikha ever find common ground? Or are they destined to orbit each other like the most tortured star-crossed lovers of eternity? less