Publication Date: March 24, 2026
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
Genre: Contemporary Romance
When Abhishree Nandamuri comes across Rana Chitturi in a nursing home’s canteen, she’s all admiration for his handsome looks and attitude. The college student is at the Naidu Nursing Home because her father’s unwell and is to undergo an open-heart surgery the next morning.
Grumpy billionaire Rana finds himself smiling more often whenever he’s around Abhishree, despite the pressure he’s under, all because his grandfather is twisting his arm to get married before his thirtieth birthday which is barely seven months away. But then, what with working hard, playing harder, and also spending time with his dear grandfather, he simply doesn’t have the time for a wife.
With time his enemy, the enterprising Rana comes up with a plan: to tie the knot with Abhishree in a fake marriage. Now why would Rana choose a near stranger instead of the hundreds of women he’s familiar with?
And what of Abhishree? Why would she agree to this fake marriage? For Rana doesn’t hide the truth from her: that the wedding is only to pull the wool over his grandfather’s eyes.
While the secretive pre-nup contract says the marriage is temporary, what of the growing attraction between the protagonists? Will they be able to part ways after three years, just the way they had agreed?
But something happens way before that, something which is irrevocable, that makes Abhishree flee from her fake marriage and the husband she has fallen in love with. Will Rana come after her, or would the grump decide it’s ‘good riddance’ and get on with his life?
*Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana, is both historical—with Charminar, Golconda Fort and the uber popular Salar Jung Museum—and plays a modern role with its HITEC City housing the IT and pharmaceutical hub. Known as the City of Pearls, Hyderabad is also renowned for its pearls and diamonds, as well as its rich cuisine consisting of biryani, bagara baingan and more. One is not to forget it’s a major centre for Telugu cinema AKA Tollywood, and is home to Ramoji Film City which is built in the lines of Universal Studios in Hollywood.
TROPES
• Age gap romance (9 years)
• Grumpy vs Sunshine
• Fake marriage
• She falls first, He falls harder
• Billionaire businessman MMC
• College Student FMC
• Marriage before love
• Slow burn romance
Sundari Venkatraman is an Indie Author who has 79 books to her credit, the latest book being THE BILLIONAIRE'S FAKE MARRIAGE, the fourth book in her PAN INDIA Series, set in Telangana, India. Her books have consistently featured in the Top 100 Bestseller Lists on Amazon India, Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada and Amazon Australia in both romance as well as Asian Drama categories. Her latest hot romances have all been on #1 Bestseller slot in Amazon India for over a month.
These days, the author is independently publishing her novels in paperback format under her banner Flaming Sun, printed and distributed by Notion Press.
Even as a child, Sundari absolutely loved the ‘lived happily ever after’ syndrome and she grew up on a steady diet of fairy tales, Phantom comics and Mandrake comics. It was always about good triumphing over evil and a happy ending after the protagonists surmounted all unexpected obstacles.
Once she entered her teens, Sundari switched her loyalties from fairy tales to Mills & Boon. While she loved reading both of these, she kept visualising what would have happened if there were similar situations happening in India; to local heroes and heroines. And of course, the joy of vanquishing the ubiquitous evil villains! Her imagination soared and she happily ensconced herself in a rosy romantic cocoon for many years.
Then came the writing—a true bolt from the blue! And Sundari Venkatraman has never looked back.
