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FRACTURED STARLIGHT

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Some loves don't leave. They just learn to live in the spaces between your ribs. Maya Sharma doesn't believe in love at first sight. Not until 8:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in October, when a stranger across the street looks at her like she's the answer to a question he's been asking his whole life. His name is Aarav Ahuja. Heir to a pharmaceutical empire. Destroyer of lives. And the reason her mother died. Five years ago, Aarav approved a clinical trial that killed eight people—including Maya's mother. Now he's found her. Not to apologize. Not to explain. But to ask for her help in bringing down his own family. What begins as an unlikely alliance becomes something neither of them expected: a connection so deep, so dangerous, it threatens to destroy everything they have left. But the truth is darker than either of them imagined. Maya's father—who abandoned her eleven years ago—is alive. And he's been working with the Ahujas all along. As Maya pieces together the fragments of her past, she must decide: Can she love the man who destroyed her family? Can she forgive the unforgivable? And when the final truth emerges—a truth that will change everything—will she survive it? Fractured Starlight is a story about grief and forgiveness, about the lies we tell ourselves and the truths we can't escape, about loving someone even when every reason says you shouldn't. Perfect for readers who love: Slow-burn romance with emotional depth Complex, flawed characters who feel real Stories that make you cry, smile, and feel deeply Love mixed with pain and redemption
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