The Serpent & The Saffron Bride

<p><em>A gothic romance where ancestral secrets forbidden love and a forgotten bride converge on a remote island steeped in mystery.</em></p><p></p><p>When librarian <strong>Priya</strong> journeys to the enigmatic island of <strong>Vatu Vara</strong> to catalog a private collection in a decaying mansion known as <em>Serpent's Embrace</em> she expects silence solitude and the sea. Instead she finds whispers in the walls a portrait of a woman who looks just like her and a stranger named <strong>Nadeem</strong> whose gaze stirs memories she shouldn't possess.</p><p>As storms gather and the house reveals its hidden passageways and ghostly warnings Priya is drawn into a century-old tale of a bride in saffron a love that defied tradition and a betrayal that left behind a curse waiting to awaken.</p><p></p><p>But the deeper Priya ventures the more she begins to suspect she hasn't come to this place by chance. The mansion remembers her. The sea sings her name. And love-haunting dangerous impossible-awaits in the shadows.</p><p></p><p>Laced with Indo-Fijian history lush romantic tension and atmospheric gothic beauty <em>The Serpent & The Saffron Bride</em> is a hypnotic debut that explores the thin veil between past and present fate and free will memory and myth.</p><p></p><p><strong>Perfect for gothic romance lovers who crave lyrical prose ancestral hauntings and aching slow-burn romance.</strong></p>