Promise of a lifetime

by Meera Nair

Lies destroyed their past. Now, after years of unwanted hate and anger, will the truth be able to bring them together?
Mishti is always cheerful. But her smiles hide a troubled past behind them. A past she wants to forget and yet, she yearns for a part of it. She has faced many sorrows in her life and devastation seems to follow her like her shadow. Having had her dreams ripped away from her before, she will do anything in her power to not let that happen again. Focusing on her career, she tries to pick up the broken pieces of her life. The last thing she needs is another complication. But, when she comes face to face with the man she’s struggling to forget, life throws yet another challenge at her. Her fate hangs on the whims of her frustrating ex-fiancé. The man she is yet to fall out of love with.
Karthik rises like a Phoenix, from all the loss and grief he has suffered. He’s at the top of his profession. He can get anything and everything he wants. Except for the one thing he desires the most- or so he Revenge on the girl who betrayed him. The girl who still had his heart with her.
High hopes lead to big disappointments. But hope is eternal to our survival. It is like a glimmer of light on a dark, moonless night. It is what keeps her going. It drives him, too, even though he would never accept it.
When their paths cross again, they are both in the danger of getting burnt. This time only, the damage would be permanent.
You can forgive but you cannot forget. That’s how it goes. Only both of them can decide if they have the courage to overcome a lifetime of doubts and fears and open their hearts to each other, again. Or are they fully broken to trust each other?

113 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 16, 2017

About the author

Meera Nair was raised in India and moved to the US in 1997. She has an M.F.A in Creative Writing from New York University and an M.A from Temple University. Her debut collection Video won the Asian-American Literary Award and was chosen a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post. Her stories, articles and essays have appeared in various publications including the anthologies Delhi Noir, Charlie Chan is Dead and Money Changes Everything. Her children's book Maya Saves the Daywill be published in April 2013 in India by Duckbill Press. She is currently the Visiting Fiction Writer-in-Residence at Fordham University in New York.