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The Wrong Bride: An Indian Love Triangle Office Romance
She loved him first.
He chose someone else.
In the glass towers of New Delhi, where ambition is everything and emotions are a liability, Tara Tandon has learned to want very little.
She is the one who stays.
The one who listens.
The one who never asks for more.
Especially from him.
Divan Parasher—brilliant, powerful, and impossibly out of reach—has always been her closest friend… and her greatest heartbreak.
Because his heart has never belonged to her.
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💍 Until he makes a choice he can’t take back.
When the woman he once loved returns, Divan doesn’t hesitate.
He chooses her. Marries her. Builds a life that has no place for Tara.
So Tara does the only thing she can to survive it.
She walks away.
A new city. A new life.
A careful, painful distance from the man she never stopped loving.
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🔥 But some truths refuse to stay buried.
In the silence she leaves behind, Divan begins to see what he was too blind to recognize…
That love was never loud or demanding.
It was quiet. Steady. Unwavering.
It was her.
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💔 Now he wants her back.
But Tara is no longer the woman who stood quietly in the background of his life.
She’s stronger. Untouchable.
And no longer willing to be second choice.
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**He chose the wrong bride.
Now he has to fight for the woman he should have chosen all along.**
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✨ **A deeply emotional, slow-burn romance
* Unrequited love
* Best friends to lovers
* Love triangle drama
* Late realization hero
* Angsty, heart-wrenching tension
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👉 *Perfect for readers who crave emotional, addictive romances where love comes too late… and the second chance isn’t guaranteed.*
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He chose someone else.
In the glass towers of New Delhi, where ambition is everything and emotions are a liability, Tara Tandon has learned to want very little.
She is the one who stays.
The one who listens.
The one who never asks for more.
Especially from him.
Divan Parasher—brilliant, powerful, and impossibly out of reach—has always been her closest friend… and her greatest heartbreak.
Because his heart has never belonged to her.
---
💍 Until he makes a choice he can’t take back.
When the woman he once loved returns, Divan doesn’t hesitate.
He chooses her. Marries her. Builds a life that has no place for Tara.
So Tara does the only thing she can to survive it.
She walks away.
A new city. A new life.
A careful, painful distance from the man she never stopped loving.
---
🔥 But some truths refuse to stay buried.
In the silence she leaves behind, Divan begins to see what he was too blind to recognize…
That love was never loud or demanding.
It was quiet. Steady. Unwavering.
It was her.
---
💔 Now he wants her back.
But Tara is no longer the woman who stood quietly in the background of his life.
She’s stronger. Untouchable.
And no longer willing to be second choice.
---
**He chose the wrong bride.
Now he has to fight for the woman he should have chosen all along.**
---
✨ **A deeply emotional, slow-burn romance
* Unrequited love
* Best friends to lovers
* Love triangle drama
* Late realization hero
* Angsty, heart-wrenching tension
---
👉 *Perfect for readers who crave emotional, addictive romances where love comes too late… and the second chance isn’t guaranteed.*
---
217 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 15, 2026
About the author
Tabitha Emmanuel
37 books10 followersTabitha Emmanuel writes emotionally intense romance, romantic suspense, and character-driven stories filled with passion, conflict, obsession, and heart.
A lifelong book lover and avid reader, she has always been drawn to stories with powerful emotions, complicated relationships, protective heroes, strong heroines, and the kind of tension that keeps readers turning pages late into the night.
When she is not writing, she is usually reading, dreaming up new characters, exploring story ideas, or indulging her love for shopping and fiction. She also enjoys writing interactive stories as a creative hobby.
Through her books, Tabitha hopes to give readers the same escape, excitement, and emotional rush that made her fall in love with storytelling in the first place.
A lifelong book lover and avid reader, she has always been drawn to stories with powerful emotions, complicated relationships, protective heroes, strong heroines, and the kind of tension that keeps readers turning pages late into the night.
When she is not writing, she is usually reading, dreaming up new characters, exploring story ideas, or indulging her love for shopping and fiction. She also enjoys writing interactive stories as a creative hobby.
Through her books, Tabitha hopes to give readers the same escape, excitement, and emotional rush that made her fall in love with storytelling in the first place.
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May 16, 2026
Heartbreaking…
Ms. Emmanuel has written a story about one of those clueless guys who is chasing an imaginary love. He’s the MMC, Divan, and his best friend is Tara. She’s been in love with him forever but he’s blind and doesn’t see her like that. But his school crush Mira shows up, he courts her, and he marries her.
Mira turns out to be a nightmare. She apparently has no taste in decor and is in it for the money, title, and lifestyle. They sleep in separate rooms! And after only six months he realizes he has made a huge mistake.
Tara has moved in the meantime, avoiding the wedding. Everyone else knows she loves him but he doesn’t understand until she’s gone. His life is barren without her.
This is an excellent story and on the basis of this one alone, I got the entire series. Looking forward to the rest of the books.
Ms. Emmanuel has written a story about one of those clueless guys who is chasing an imaginary love. He’s the MMC, Divan, and his best friend is Tara. She’s been in love with him forever but he’s blind and doesn’t see her like that. But his school crush Mira shows up, he courts her, and he marries her.
Mira turns out to be a nightmare. She apparently has no taste in decor and is in it for the money, title, and lifestyle. They sleep in separate rooms! And after only six months he realizes he has made a huge mistake.
Tara has moved in the meantime, avoiding the wedding. Everyone else knows she loves him but he doesn’t understand until she’s gone. His life is barren without her.
This is an excellent story and on the basis of this one alone, I got the entire series. Looking forward to the rest of the books.
June 6, 2026
The Wrong Bride, part of The Power & Promise series, was about 27-year-old Tara Tandon, a Senior Analyst at Cyber Hub, and 27-year-old Divan Parasher, a Senior Managing Consultant at Cyber Hub.
Tara and Divan had met seven years earlier, had been best friends for the past five years, and although she had adored him in secret, he had never returned those feelings. Instead, he still suffered from his own unrequited love for his former university crush, Mira Bhat. But when she returned to New Delhi (three months before the book began), Divan determinedly courted and then proposed to the other woman. Once Divan told her he was marrying Mira, Tara applied for a transfer to one of the company's other locations, far from New Delhi. When he learned of her transfer a few months before the wedding, he was stunned. He had expected her to always be there for him. Shortly before the wedding, Divan's world began to crack as Mira began to show a side of her that he had never seen before. It was also at that same time that he realized his true feelings for Tara, and there was nothing he could do about it.
After her transfer, they continued texting and talking by phone until suddenly she stopped responding. A few weeks later, he was locked into a loveless marriage. It wasn't until six months had passed that he overheard Mira on the phone with a friend that he learned the truth about Tara's silence. Fortunately, his sister, Dia, who was a very successful attorney, showed up not long after his discovery, and they began to plot his exit from the marriage. However, according to the Hindu Marriage Act, a couple cannot file for divorce within the first year of marriage, "unless there are exceptional circumstances of depravity". But she was willing to assist him in extracting himself from an untenable relationship.
The story was good, with plenty of angst, drama, and an emotional rollercoaster that fit the plot. The push/pull between the two main characters was decent, and the conflict was spot on. Several things didn't sit quite right, though. The first thing being that, even though the MMC realised his love for Tara months before the wedding, he still went through with marrying another woman. Following closely on the heels of that issue was the fact that the MMC consummated the marriage...even though he loved another woman. I understand he was honoring his vows to Mira, but that was also dishonoring his love for Tara.
Both main characters were well-developed and mature, and they both had plenty of room for growth. It was just sad that the author had the MMC go through with a marriage that he no longer wanted, instead of finding a way out so that he could be with the FMC sooner.
For a while, the story looked as though it would have the undertones of the JLo movie "The Wedding Planner", where the FMC was in love with the groom but had also befriended the bride because he had asked her to help her "fit in" with their crowd. That was...disappointing. Thankfully, that did not last long.
Once again, there were many age inconsistencies: Her age started as 27, then a few chapters later, she was 26. The same thing happened with Divan's age. At the beginning, he was the same age as Tara, but a few months later, he was 29.
Similar to the book I read earlier by this author, this story had that phrase as well as another one that the author used in excess, and that was "apex predator".
Although the book was good, it needed some editing and revision to earn anything higher than a two-and-a-half-star rating, rounded down to two.
Tara and Divan had met seven years earlier, had been best friends for the past five years, and although she had adored him in secret, he had never returned those feelings. Instead, he still suffered from his own unrequited love for his former university crush, Mira Bhat. But when she returned to New Delhi (three months before the book began), Divan determinedly courted and then proposed to the other woman. Once Divan told her he was marrying Mira, Tara applied for a transfer to one of the company's other locations, far from New Delhi. When he learned of her transfer a few months before the wedding, he was stunned. He had expected her to always be there for him. Shortly before the wedding, Divan's world began to crack as Mira began to show a side of her that he had never seen before. It was also at that same time that he realized his true feelings for Tara, and there was nothing he could do about it.
After her transfer, they continued texting and talking by phone until suddenly she stopped responding. A few weeks later, he was locked into a loveless marriage. It wasn't until six months had passed that he overheard Mira on the phone with a friend that he learned the truth about Tara's silence. Fortunately, his sister, Dia, who was a very successful attorney, showed up not long after his discovery, and they began to plot his exit from the marriage. However, according to the Hindu Marriage Act, a couple cannot file for divorce within the first year of marriage, "unless there are exceptional circumstances of depravity". But she was willing to assist him in extracting himself from an untenable relationship.
The story was good, with plenty of angst, drama, and an emotional rollercoaster that fit the plot. The push/pull between the two main characters was decent, and the conflict was spot on. Several things didn't sit quite right, though. The first thing being that, even though the MMC realised his love for Tara months before the wedding, he still went through with marrying another woman. Following closely on the heels of that issue was the fact that the MMC consummated the marriage...even though he loved another woman. I understand he was honoring his vows to Mira, but that was also dishonoring his love for Tara.
Both main characters were well-developed and mature, and they both had plenty of room for growth. It was just sad that the author had the MMC go through with a marriage that he no longer wanted, instead of finding a way out so that he could be with the FMC sooner.
For a while, the story looked as though it would have the undertones of the JLo movie "The Wedding Planner", where the FMC was in love with the groom but had also befriended the bride because he had asked her to help her "fit in" with their crowd. That was...disappointing. Thankfully, that did not last long.
Once again, there were many age inconsistencies: Her age started as 27, then a few chapters later, she was 26. The same thing happened with Divan's age. At the beginning, he was the same age as Tara, but a few months later, he was 29.
Similar to the book I read earlier by this author, this story had that phrase as well as another one that the author used in excess, and that was "apex predator".
Although the book was good, it needed some editing and revision to earn anything higher than a two-and-a-half-star rating, rounded down to two.
June 29, 2026
Another brilliant story!
Tara had loved Divan for six years and yet he only saw her as his best friend. Divan was in love with the memory of a fellow college student, Mira, and when she returned he persued her and married her. He realized too late he had married the wrong bride!
Tara had loved Divan for six years and yet he only saw her as his best friend. Divan was in love with the memory of a fellow college student, Mira, and when she returned he persued her and married her. He realized too late he had married the wrong bride!
July 17, 2026
Honestly, I skipped the epilogue. The book felt unnecessarily long. I was wanting a little more angst but it wasn’t a bad book.
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