Secondhand Hearts in Jaipur

A secondhand bookshop, a building that needs saving, and a partnership neither of them planned.
In the real city of Jaipur, Anaya Verma runs a small secondhand bookshop with a blue door, a reading table by the window, and a courtyard shared with the haveli next door. When architect Kabir Jain arrives to survey and renovate the old building, he sees a structure to fix. Anaya sees a living place, full of readers, regulars, and books that have already lived one life.
Their argument becomes a working partnership: a pencil plan that keeps the shop a shop, a first book club night, a festival stall, a storm leak that threatens the shelves, and a deadline from the landlord that forces a choice. Can a shop be saved without losing what made it worth saving?
Inside this book:

• A complete 20-chapter contemporary romance, set in real Jaipur, with 4 chapter illustrations per chapter.
• A clean adult romance: no explicit content, a warm, everyday love story built on work, friendship, and choice.
• A secondhand bookshop, a reading club, a shared courtyard, and a monsoon city that feels lived in.
• A heroine who decides for herself and a hero who supports her decision without making it for her.