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The Heart of a Storm
Kabir Kashyap is a man forged in darkness; poverty, loss, and shame were his only inheritance. Now he stands at the top of the world, a rockstar drowning in fame, attention, and noise. Yet none of it fills the hollow space inside him shaped like the girl he thought he had no right to want.
Tanisha Bakshi has spent her life loving Kabir quietly, fiercely, hopelessly. But a heart can only break so many times. So when a man who fits her world, her future, offers her everything Kabir never did, she says yes. It’s practical. It’s perfect.
It should be enough.
Until Kabir returns to attend her wedding and comes face-to-face with the life she's built without him. Suddenly Tanisha’s perfect engagement begins to fracture under the weight of unspoken words, unresolved longing, and a love that has never stopped burning, no matter how far Kabir ran.
She is days away from the altar.
He is moments away from ruin.
And together, they are the heart of a storm.
An angsty, second chance, soulmates romance about first love, last chances, and the storm two hearts create when they collide.
Tanisha Bakshi has spent her life loving Kabir quietly, fiercely, hopelessly. But a heart can only break so many times. So when a man who fits her world, her future, offers her everything Kabir never did, she says yes. It’s practical. It’s perfect.
It should be enough.
Until Kabir returns to attend her wedding and comes face-to-face with the life she's built without him. Suddenly Tanisha’s perfect engagement begins to fracture under the weight of unspoken words, unresolved longing, and a love that has never stopped burning, no matter how far Kabir ran.
She is days away from the altar.
He is moments away from ruin.
And together, they are the heart of a storm.
An angsty, second chance, soulmates romance about first love, last chances, and the storm two hearts create when they collide.
285 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 23, 2025
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Shilpa Suraj
39 books121 followersShilpa Suraj wears many hats - corporate drone, homemaker, mother to a fabulous toddler and author.
An avid reader with an overactive imagination, Shilpa has weaved stories in her head since she was a child. Her previous stints at Google, in an ad agency and as an entrepreneur provide colour to her present day stories, both fiction and non-fiction.
An avid reader with an overactive imagination, Shilpa has weaved stories in her head since she was a child. Her previous stints at Google, in an ad agency and as an entrepreneur provide colour to her present day stories, both fiction and non-fiction.
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December 25, 2025
Il Cuore series was a comforting series for me, from seeing their broken yet beautiful found family where they all are imperfect but perfect together, from seeing their fierce love, cherished bonds, and friendships that are even stronger than blood relationships. I have been waiting for the spinoff series for so long. I was desperately waiting for this series to come and was impatiently waiting for all the updates I could get.
When the book was released, I had my exam that day, so I was not able to read it. But after waiting for three days, here I am, reading this book and crying like a baby. This is five times more intense and emotional than any book I have ever read. This book is something I know I am going to cherish forever and will read whenever I need to cry, need to laugh, or just sob like a baby. The emotions hit closer to the heart.
Tani and Kabir’s story is something I had been patiently waiting for after the Il Cuore Novella. When I got to know from the author’s announcement that their book was coming, I was like, oh my god, their story is coming, and I couldn’t wait to read it. When the blurb was launched, I knew this book was going to shatter me, break my heart into millions of pieces until the last chapter—and it did.
Watching the parents’ found-family moments transition into their children’s found-family scenes felt incredibly wholesome. It felt nostalgic seeing them as parents—the ones who were once lost and didn’t know what to do with their lives are now parents. It felt like I had aged with them. It felt like I was reading about my children. Okay, I know that sounds weird and cringe, but it just felt like that.
Tani and Kabir’s story hit close to home—not spiritually, but emotionally. Loving someone with your whole heart and soul, wanting them desperately, and still not being chosen—or worse, being loved back by someone too blind or too stupid to see it—hurts in a way that feels personal. When Tani talks about wanting to be chosen just once, wanting to be wanted, having loved deeply but never receiving that love in return—it broke me.
Their dialogues were angsty, passionate, and painfully intense. At one point, I genuinely wanted to lock them in a room and scream, Please sort this out—either kiss each other or kill each other, because the chemistry, tension, and physical intensity were unbearable.
Yes, there were misunderstandings. Yes, there was miscommunication. But it all felt raw and real. This book doesn’t romanticize love as a fairytale or a Bollywood rom-com filled with roses and sweetness. Instead, it shows love as something that hurts, grounds you, challenges you, and makes you feel. Love doesn’t have to be perfect—it just needs two people who understand each other, crave each other, and would quite literally live or die for one another.
Some days, love is rainbows. Some days, it’s dark and moonless. Some days, it feels like a cozy October night, warm and comforting. Other days, it’s scorching and unbearable. Some days, it feels like Arijit Singh or Shreya Ghoshal’s love songs—and some days, like their heartbreak anthems. Love isn’t perfect, and it doesn’t need to be. That’s exactly what this book captures so beautifully.
I’m absolutely in love with the younger generation’s close-knit bond and a huge fan of their shenanigans. At this point, I love all of them so much that it’s getting impossible to choose a favourite.
I can’t wait to read the next book. 🤍✨
When the book was released, I had my exam that day, so I was not able to read it. But after waiting for three days, here I am, reading this book and crying like a baby. This is five times more intense and emotional than any book I have ever read. This book is something I know I am going to cherish forever and will read whenever I need to cry, need to laugh, or just sob like a baby. The emotions hit closer to the heart.
Tani and Kabir’s story is something I had been patiently waiting for after the Il Cuore Novella. When I got to know from the author’s announcement that their book was coming, I was like, oh my god, their story is coming, and I couldn’t wait to read it. When the blurb was launched, I knew this book was going to shatter me, break my heart into millions of pieces until the last chapter—and it did.
Watching the parents’ found-family moments transition into their children’s found-family scenes felt incredibly wholesome. It felt nostalgic seeing them as parents—the ones who were once lost and didn’t know what to do with their lives are now parents. It felt like I had aged with them. It felt like I was reading about my children. Okay, I know that sounds weird and cringe, but it just felt like that.
Tani and Kabir’s story hit close to home—not spiritually, but emotionally. Loving someone with your whole heart and soul, wanting them desperately, and still not being chosen—or worse, being loved back by someone too blind or too stupid to see it—hurts in a way that feels personal. When Tani talks about wanting to be chosen just once, wanting to be wanted, having loved deeply but never receiving that love in return—it broke me.
Their dialogues were angsty, passionate, and painfully intense. At one point, I genuinely wanted to lock them in a room and scream, Please sort this out—either kiss each other or kill each other, because the chemistry, tension, and physical intensity were unbearable.
Yes, there were misunderstandings. Yes, there was miscommunication. But it all felt raw and real. This book doesn’t romanticize love as a fairytale or a Bollywood rom-com filled with roses and sweetness. Instead, it shows love as something that hurts, grounds you, challenges you, and makes you feel. Love doesn’t have to be perfect—it just needs two people who understand each other, crave each other, and would quite literally live or die for one another.
Some days, love is rainbows. Some days, it’s dark and moonless. Some days, it feels like a cozy October night, warm and comforting. Other days, it’s scorching and unbearable. Some days, it feels like Arijit Singh or Shreya Ghoshal’s love songs—and some days, like their heartbreak anthems. Love isn’t perfect, and it doesn’t need to be. That’s exactly what this book captures so beautifully.
I’m absolutely in love with the younger generation’s close-knit bond and a huge fan of their shenanigans. At this point, I love all of them so much that it’s getting impossible to choose a favourite.
I can’t wait to read the next book. 🤍✨
January 6, 2026
The story was a bit too stretched. Too much of love and hate drama. Can be a one time read.
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