💫 The Zamindar’s Bride – Blurb She dreamed of white coats and stethoscopes. He ruled fields and farms with silence and steel. Varnika Kashyap, a bright 20-year-old aspiring doctor, had her whole life planned — until the sudden death of her parents shattered everything. Orphaned and vulnerable, she’s coerced by her controlling aunt into a marriage she never wanted. Her groom? Vardhan Singh Rana — a 30-year-old village zamindar, feared by many, respected by all. Vardhan is everything Varnika is not — uneducated yet worldly, stoic yet intense, powerful yet rooted in tradition. He never asked for a bride, but his father’s condition for inheritance forces him into the shackles of matrimony. Thrown together by circumstances neither of them chose, Varnika and Vardhan are strangers bound by a sacred vow. She is too naive for his world; he is too hardened for hers. And yet, amid the dusty courtyards, whispered secrets, and stifling expectations, a delicate tension brews. Will she find herself caged or cherished? Will he lose himself in love or keep building walls? A tale of forced beginnings, emotional awakening, and a love that neither of them saw coming.