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Jazz Singh’s Only a Dream

Rhea can’t believe her ex-flame Varun has shown up in her life again as her new boss!  He was her first love, the man she gave herself to body and soul, thinking they would be together forever. But then, without warning or explanation, he dumped her and she was left with broken dreams and a broken heart.

Now he wants Rhea in his life again and won’t take no for an answer. But the hurt and humiliation of the past still rankle and Rhea is not ready to forgive and forget.

Can Varun convince her that his promises are for real? Should Rhea believe him?

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Hiba Khan’s Opposites Attract

What if you suddenly discover, to your amazement, that the person you thought you will hate forever was destined to be the love of your life?

Ayza considered Fahad a pest and was irritated by the pranks he played on her. Ten years later he has grown into a handsome and successful travel writer, but her opinion hasn’t changed.

Fahad has been unsuccessfully trying to get Ayza’s attention since he was five, and he is not about to stop now that she has grown into a beautiful young woman. Armed with his bag of tricks and an ulterior motive, he does his best to get through to her. To his delight, she rises to the bait, responding with ingenuity and beating him at his own game.

But then, as Fahad and his tricks begin to get underneath her skin, she is confused by her growing feelings for her previously despised neighbor.

Fahad and Ayza need to get their act together, because if they don’t, the biggest joke is on them.

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Zeenat Mahal’s Haveli

It’s the 1970’s in Jalalabad, an erstwhile princely state in Pakistan. Chandni is a self-proclaimed cynic and prefers to be called C. An orphan brought up by her domineering grandmother, she is rebellious, quick-witted and stunningly beautiful.

When Taimur, a.k.a. Alpha Male, enters the closed universe of the haveli, he is smitten; but he’ll never admit it. A hot chase and a passionate face-off follow.

The stakes get higher when the father who had so cruelly abandoned her at birth returns, and C’s dream of reuniting with him becomes a reality. But now she has to choose between her father and his hand-picked groom on the one side, and Alpha Male and her grandmother on the other.

Will C. choose practicality or love?

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Sundari Venkatraman’s Double Jeopardy

Sanya doesn’t just have trouble, she has double trouble. Twins Arth and Ansh Sharma are rich, sexy and sinfully handsome—what’s a girl to do?

Sanya last saw the twins when she was ten years old. Now, all grown up, she has come looking for gentle Arth, the twin she has loved ever since she can remember. But instead, she is confronted with fiery Ansh, who is hell-bent on seducing her. And what’s worse, she can’t seem to stop herself from responding to him.

As she chases Arth and is chased by Ansh, Sanya finds herself on a crazy roller coaster ride with no way of getting off. How will she deal with these two very different men in her life? Will she be able to convince one twin that she loves the other?

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Sarita Varma’s Girl From Fatehpur

“I love you Rajan,” she had blurted out, hands clenched tightly at her sides.

“Sana, you are only a kid…you will soon forget all this. Besides, don’t you also love Shahrukh Khan?”

A decade has gone by and Sanjana, now a highflying professional in Mumbai, thought she was over her childhood crush on Rajan. Besides, Krish, her colleague and persistent suitor has proposed, and she needs a little time to think it through.

Travelling back for a family wedding to her hometown, Fatehpur, Sanjana finds herself face to face with Rajan, rekindling feelings she had long thought were dead. Krish’s unexpected arrival in Fatehpur results in a heated rivalry between the two men.

Will the ensuing tension and misunderstanding put an end to all her hopes of happiness? Her first love Rajan, or Krish, her handsome eligible colleague…who will win Sanjana’s impulsive heart?

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Roopa Menon’s Poetry Aur Pyar

College beauty Arundhati Basu would rather stick her head in the proverbial oven than host this year’s Founder’s Day event with tongue-tied nerd, Nikhil Menon. Desperate to woo Arundhati, the girl of his dreams, Nikhil turns to his cool granny with her bag of funky tricks and treats. Along with his shayarana andaz, it works like a charm. Arundhati and Nikhil hang out together and do each other a world of good. Pretentious Arundhati gets a thumping dose of reality, along with platefuls of panipuri and Rajnikant movies. Self-conscious Nikhil gets a much needed confidence boost and makeover.

The only kabab mein hadi is the brilliant but elusive campus poet D.G. Beckett that Arundhati thinks she is in love with. Will Arundhati choose Pyar or Poetry and how will Nikhil tell her is he both?

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M M George’s A Scandalous Proposition

“What is your price, Mira?”
“You’ll never be able to afford it!”

Feisty, small-town girl Mira Talwar is just finding her feet in Delhi when she encounters the hottest bachelor in the country, Ranbir Dewan. The sparks flying between them sizzle with sexual tension, but when Ranbir puts a scandalous proposition before her, she turns him down spiritedly.

However, they have to work together to engineer a happy ending for their siblings, who have fallen madly in love but are too afraid to tell their respective families. The plan they cook up throws them more and more into each other’s company.

Can Mira overlook Ranbir’s indecent proposal and give love a chance?

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Hiba Khan’s My Love is Blind

Brooke has fallen blindly in love with Harris Amin, a mathematics professor and a budding photographer in New York City. She firmly believes he is the man of her dreams, and when he asks her to marry him, she’s ecstatic.

Back in New York from a business trip, she is shocked to discover that Harris has packed up and returned to Pakistan, with no forwarding address.

Armed with nothing more than his family name, his brother’s place of work and his city, Brooke sets off on the journey of a lifetime to find him. But when she comes face to face with him, can her love survive the truth?

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Madhuri Iyer’s Pink Champagne

When rookie banker Tanya Sen heads out to New York City to start her dream job, she bumps into her dream guy instead! But suave and sophisticated Arjun Mehta is already taken—engaged, and soon-to-be-married, to socialite Lily. Her claws dig deep, and she isn’t planning on letting go anytime soon.

Enter Indu Ben, Arjun’s widowed mother, who has a premonition that Tanya, not Lily, is the one who will become her bahu. Arjun is forced, against his will, to help Tanya out. He introduces her to new friends, rental condos and pink champagne.

With the wedding looming up ahead, Arjun finds himself spending way too much time with an attractive young lady who is not his fiancée. Caught between commitment and attraction, will businessman Arjun follow his head or his heart?

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Madhur Nevatia’s Yours Accidentally

On a wet, monsoon-ravaged Mumbai night, Gautam—a young and handsome investment banker—meets with an accident. Fate brings Sameera—gorgeous, rich, independent and fashionable—into his life. The attraction is electrifying, but is eclipsed by a previous meeting that didn’t go so well. Their journey starts in an unromantic doctor’s room and ends in Goa, with its pristine beaches and moonlit nights—the perfect setting for love.

While he struggles to comprehend the strength of his emotions for Sameera, she struggles to tame the demons of her past. What could have happened to scar her so deeply?

Is Gautam’s love strong enough to win over Sameera’s past?