Crimson Vows Series by Chetna Gupta

Anya Malik was traded like currency to end a war. Married to Mumbai's most feared mafia king and forgotten in the guest wing of his mansion, she learned to make herself invisible. It was safer that way. Ruhaan Khurana doesn't believe in love. He believes in power, control, and never trusting a Malik—the family that destroyed his. His arranged wife is nothing more than a treaty obligation. A beautiful ghost he's determined to ignore. Until the night everything changes. One bullet... moreAnya Malik was traded like currency to end a war. Married to Mumbai's most feared mafia king and forgotten in the guest wing of his mansion, she learned to make herself invisible. It was safer that way. Ruhaan Khurana doesn't believe in love. He believes in power, control, and never trusting a Malik—the family that destroyed his. His arranged wife is nothing more than a treaty obligation. A beautiful ghost he's determined to ignore. Until the night everything changes. One bullet. One desperate choice. What ignites between them is dangerous. Consuming. The kind of passion that makes empires crumble and enemies circle like vultures. Because in their world, love isn't just forbidden—it's the perfect weapon. When betrayal strikes from within and Anya becomes the target, Ruhaan will discover that the wife he tried to ignore has become the one thing he can't survive without. A dark, intensely passionate romance about an invisible wife and the ruthless king who finally sees her—just as the world tries to tear them apart. less

She came to manipulate him. She stayed because she couldn't help falling. Sanjana Kundra escaped Mumbai's underworld three years ago, building a new life in London far from her family's dark legacy. But when her younger sister faces a forced marriage to the city's most feared crime lord, Sanjana has no choice but to return—with a desperate plan to seduce Advay Goenka and make him break the engagement himself. One look across a crowded club changes everything... moreShe came to manipulate him. She stayed because she couldn't help falling. Sanjana Kundra escaped Mumbai's underworld three years ago, building a new life in London far from her family's dark legacy. But when her younger sister faces a forced marriage to the city's most feared crime lord, Sanjana has no choice but to return—with a desperate plan to seduce Advay Goenka and make him break the engagement himself. One look across a crowded club changes everything. Advay Goenka—the Ghost of Mumbai—hasn't felt anything in years. Until a blue-eyed siren in a black dress walks into his exclusive club and shatters his legendary control. She's fire and innocence, mystery and passion. She makes him want things he thought he'd buried with his father. She makes him want to believe in love. What begins as calculated seduction spirals into something neither can control. Stolen nights, whispered confessions, and a connection that terrifies them both. Sanjana knows she should walk away before the truth destroys them. But how do you leave the man who's become your entire world? When secrets unravel and betrayal is revealed, Advay's fury is absolute. The woman he loves is a lie. The marriage he offers isn't a proposal—it's revenge. Now Sanjana is trapped in a gilded cage, married to a man who hates her as fiercely as he once loved her. But proximity breeds dangerous things. Anger masks deeper wounds. And sometimes the only way to heal is to burn everything down and rebuild from the ashes. In a world where love and violence dance together, where loyalty is currency and betrayal means death, two broken souls must decide: Can love survive when it's built on lies? Or will their passion consume them both? less

Sneha Bansal's world shattered at her own mehendi ceremony when her fiancé confessed to getting another woman pregnant. Humiliated and heartbroken, her abandoned wedding became the scandal of the elites—until the Rajvanshi family offered a solution. Marry the eldest son instead. Shantanu Rajvanshi—known as "The Executioner" in Mumbai's underworld—didn't want a wife. Especially not his brother's rejected bride... moreSneha Bansal's world shattered at her own mehendi ceremony when her fiancé confessed to getting another woman pregnant. Humiliated and heartbroken, her abandoned wedding became the scandal of the elites—until the Rajvanshi family offered a solution. Marry the eldest son instead. Shantanu Rajvanshi—known as "The Executioner" in Mumbai's underworld—didn't want a wife. Especially not his brother's rejected bride. Forced into marriage by family duty, he made his resentment crystal clear: this was a business arrangement, nothing more. While Shantanu continued his life in the separate wing, Sneha was left to navigate her new life as the unwanted Mrs. Rajvanshi. The pitying looks. The whispered insults. The husband who could barely look at her without wishing she was someone else. Until the night Sneha finally snapped. One viral confrontation changed everything. Boundaries were drawn. Lines were crossed. And Shantanu was forced to confront what he'd been doing to his wife—and what he was throwing away. Now he wants a real marriage. But Sneha's heart has been broken too many times. "You've never given me a reason to trust you, have you? ". As dangerous enemies circle their empire and old flames refuse to let go, Shantanu and Sneha must decide: Can love grow from the ashes of resentment? Can two people forced together by duty choose each other by desire? In a world of arranged marriages and family obligations, sometimes the worst beginning leads to the most unexpected ending. less

Vedika Maheshwari arrived at the Singhania haveli with a treaty obligation and a secret. Behind the closed door of her study, she was T. S. Raahi — one of India's most celebrated dark romance authors, beloved by half of Mumbai and unknown to the man she married. She had learned, early and well, how to make herself invisible. In a house that hadn't asked for her, it was simply the safest way to exist. Ekansh Singhania didn't believe in marriage... moreVedika Maheshwari arrived at the Singhania haveli with a treaty obligation and a secret. Behind the closed door of her study, she was T. S. Raahi — one of India's most celebrated dark romance authors, beloved by half of Mumbai and unknown to the man she married. She had learned, early and well, how to make herself invisible. In a house that hadn't asked for her, it was simply the safest way to exist. Ekansh Singhania didn't believe in marriage. He believed in power, in loyalty, and in an old wound that had never fully healed — the one that bore her family's name. His arranged wife was a treaty obligation he intended to honor at a distance. Whatever she was, she was a Maheshwari. That was enough reason to keep the length of the dining table between them. Until it wasn't. A monsoon storm. Ten months of careful distance collapsing in a single moment that neither of them planned for. What follows is more dangerous than either of them expected. A pregnancy that violates every clause he insisted on. And a world — Mumbai's glittering elite, its shadowed underworld, a family that groomed another woman to stand where Vedika stands, a father who still sees his daughter as currency — that is not interested in letting them have this quietly. Ekansh will discover that the wife he tried to ignore has become the one thing he cannot survive without. Vedika will discover what it means, for the first time in her life, to be someone’s priority. less