Young, impetuous and drawn to each other like gnats to resin, Samar Solanki and
Sara Shergill try, furiously, to avoid falling in love, but, slowly succumb. All
hell breaks loose as Samar's conservative Rajput family swears vendetta, locking
Samar away, on the eve of their clandestinely-planned wedding. They vow to
eliminate Sara, the audacious girl who has dreamt of sullying their pedigreed
lineage, from Samar's life. Through that lonely autumn in Awadh, bereft of hope,
fettered and helpless, the star-crossed lovers cling to the faith they have in
each other, as they brave many storms together. This novel about love is
peppered, generously, with the author's characteristic