From an Unknown Number to My Beloved

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FROM AN UNKNOWN NUMBER TO MY BELOVED A Contemporary Love Story - by Nidhi Pradhan A slow-burn, small-town love story for readers who believe the right person can arrive in the most unexpected way. Some stories don't begin with grand plans. They begin in the smallest of moments - a drowsy night, a wrongly pressed button, a single ring from an unknown number. On the midnight of her twenty-third birthday, Rai - an ordinary girl from the small town of Haripur - answers a call she's certain is from her best friend. It isn't. By the next morning, a simple "sorry" and "thank you" sent to a complete stranger have quietly nudged her careful, practical life onto a path she never planned. This is how the most beautiful chapter of her life begins - as a wrong-number love story she never saw coming. What starts as one misdialed call slowly turns into something neither of them expected. Message by message, late-night call by late-night call, the stranger named Dhruv stops being a stranger at all. He learns the sound of her town's temple bells; she learns to lean on a voice she has never put a face to. Their bond deepens across hundreds of kilometres - a tender long-distance romance built on words, trust, a yellow diary, and the quiet courage of two lonely hearts - until eight months of conversation must finally meet on a single railway platform. But love that grows in secret must face the world eventually. Caught between an ailing father's dreams, an arranged-marriage proposal, family pride, painful distance, and a silence that threatens to break them both, Rai and Dhruv are forced to confront the question that has haunted them since the very first night: Was it all just a coincidence - or was it destiny? Told entirely in Rai's tender, first-person voice - and framed by the pages of a yellow birthday diary and the gift of a single Parker pen - this is a story about the courage it takes to trust, the patience it takes to wait, and the steady, unshakeable kind of love that, like the North Star, never moves from its place. It is about how a number once saved as "Unknown Number" can quietly become the most important name in your whole life. Tender, emotional, and quietly unforgettable, From an Unknown Number to My Beloved is a slow-burn small-town romance about ordinary people and the extraordinary love that finds them when they least expect it. Set against the slow evenings, river ghats, bustling bazaars, and star-filled rooftop skies of small-town India, this contemporary Indian romance celebrates fate, family, first love, and the kind of bond that is worth waiting for - and worth fighting for. A heartfelt debut romance novel by Nidhi Pradhan, this clean, emotional love story is perfect for readers who love: Slow-burn and friends-to-lovers romance Wrong-number, texting, and strangers-to-lovers stories Long-distance love and destiny fiction Emotional, clean contemporary romance set in India Small-town charm, family drama, and a heartfelt happily-ever-after If you have ever believed that the right person can arrive in the most unlikely way - through a wrong number, a stranger's voice, a single unanswered call at midnight - then Rai and Dhruv's journey from strangers to soulmates will stay with you long after the final page. "A wrong number gave me my right life. I would choose you again - in every lifetime, every time."

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