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A Piece of Heaven
Aloka was the headmaster's sixth daughter. Her mother died the night she was born.
Her step mother hated the sight of her. Her father could not bear to even look at her.
When she was ten, her mother's friend Amrita came and took her away with her to Delhi.
Aloka was catapulted into a whole new world of wealth, power and luxury. In this world people loved her and cared for her.
This world held so many new things. It held Abeer.
An Abeer who along with his family showed her the way to build her future.
As they both grew, their relationship transformed, till it reached a crossroads.
Abeer had always protected her. How would he protect her from himself?
Where were they both headed?
Trigger warning : Contains explicit sexual content
Her step mother hated the sight of her. Her father could not bear to even look at her.
When she was ten, her mother's friend Amrita came and took her away with her to Delhi.
Aloka was catapulted into a whole new world of wealth, power and luxury. In this world people loved her and cared for her.
This world held so many new things. It held Abeer.
An Abeer who along with his family showed her the way to build her future.
As they both grew, their relationship transformed, till it reached a crossroads.
Abeer had always protected her. How would he protect her from himself?
Where were they both headed?
Trigger warning : Contains explicit sexual content
340 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 26, 2022
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September 26, 2022
Five stars for the angst, very high especially in the last part of the book.
Sadly the hero annoyed me for most of the book.
The heroine grew up with the hero’s family so they are almost like brother and sister.
She’s in love with him since she’s 13 and he’s 20, he starts seeing her as more than a sister but tries in every way to fight this attraction that he thinks is insane and morbid.
So the poor heroine has to see him year after year with a multitude of women while she pines for him. He knows she’s got this crush for him, and the sad thing is that even if he’s attracted to her he keeps dating ow… not so good.
Then when she’s all grown up their passion explodes and they start having sex.
His mother though doesn’t want him to marry the heroine, she wants a richer and socially acceptable woman for her son, so she pushes the heroine towards another young man who’s clearly smitten and the hero towards women with the right pedigree.
The hero gets very very jealous and when om implies he’s had sex with the heroine the hero beats him and has a nasty accident.
- temporary amnesia and a lot of angst because he doesn’t remember the heroine and thinks he’s engaged to ow while the heroine suffers a lot.
- then he remembers and he’s out of his mind with jealousy, he kidnaps and forcibly seduce the heroine calling her names and treating her like a whore.
The heroine then disappears and for years the hero lives frozen with the guilt for what he did to her and the pain for her loss.
People also start murmuring he has murdered her.
Of course there’s a happy ending but the hero suffered for six long years.
I loved the angst, those two poor lovers were really doomed and his mother was a bitch of first order.
I can understand and I’m a lil more tolerant to the hero in his indecision about marrying the heroine, it’s not cowardice, it’s culture here. The book is based in India where apparently it’s a son’s duty to respect his parents will, especially when it comes to marriage.
Of course in our western countries it wouldn’t be so easy to coerce a son to marry a woman he doesn’t want, in these days. Maybe in the past decades, but not anymore.
So it was not his unwillingness to marry the heroine that bothered me but his awful double standards. He paraded his women in front of the heroine for years and he gets mad if he had one lover.
And of course it was also his lack of trust to the heroine that stayed faithful to him for a decade while he screwed around. How could he believe a man he didn’t even knew and not the heroine?
I appreciated the prose and the secondary characters that often were better than the main ones, especially the hero’s brother and his -future- wife, the hero’s servants who helped the heroine to run away and to stay hidden for years and I appreciated that eventually even his mother understood that what she did was very very wrong.
The hero wasn’t celibate until he and the heroine had sex for the first time and this was when the heroine was in her twenties, while he was almost thirty and this felt wrong because he was already attracted to the heroine, so I don’t feel she was so special if he could have other woman.
The end was a bit rushed, the heroine forgave him too soon, basically immediately, and even if he grovels and apologizes I wish she made him work harder to see if he was really changed. Yes, we know that he was but she didn’t…
It was a pleasant reading, I loved the heroine because she was a smart and warm person, and she deserved the love her parents weren’t able to give her, so I was happy that in the end she had a big and happy family of her own.
Sadly the hero annoyed me for most of the book.
The heroine grew up with the hero’s family so they are almost like brother and sister.
She’s in love with him since she’s 13 and he’s 20, he starts seeing her as more than a sister but tries in every way to fight this attraction that he thinks is insane and morbid.
So the poor heroine has to see him year after year with a multitude of women while she pines for him. He knows she’s got this crush for him, and the sad thing is that even if he’s attracted to her he keeps dating ow… not so good.
Then when she’s all grown up their passion explodes and they start having sex.
His mother though doesn’t want him to marry the heroine, she wants a richer and socially acceptable woman for her son, so she pushes the heroine towards another young man who’s clearly smitten and the hero towards women with the right pedigree.
The hero gets very very jealous and when om implies he’s had sex with the heroine the hero beats him and has a nasty accident.
- temporary amnesia and a lot of angst because he doesn’t remember the heroine and thinks he’s engaged to ow while the heroine suffers a lot.
- then he remembers and he’s out of his mind with jealousy, he kidnaps and forcibly seduce the heroine calling her names and treating her like a whore.
The heroine then disappears and for years the hero lives frozen with the guilt for what he did to her and the pain for her loss.
People also start murmuring he has murdered her.
Of course there’s a happy ending but the hero suffered for six long years.
I loved the angst, those two poor lovers were really doomed and his mother was a bitch of first order.
I can understand and I’m a lil more tolerant to the hero in his indecision about marrying the heroine, it’s not cowardice, it’s culture here. The book is based in India where apparently it’s a son’s duty to respect his parents will, especially when it comes to marriage.
Of course in our western countries it wouldn’t be so easy to coerce a son to marry a woman he doesn’t want, in these days. Maybe in the past decades, but not anymore.
So it was not his unwillingness to marry the heroine that bothered me but his awful double standards. He paraded his women in front of the heroine for years and he gets mad if he had one lover.
And of course it was also his lack of trust to the heroine that stayed faithful to him for a decade while he screwed around. How could he believe a man he didn’t even knew and not the heroine?
I appreciated the prose and the secondary characters that often were better than the main ones, especially the hero’s brother and his -future- wife, the hero’s servants who helped the heroine to run away and to stay hidden for years and I appreciated that eventually even his mother understood that what she did was very very wrong.
The hero wasn’t celibate until he and the heroine had sex for the first time and this was when the heroine was in her twenties, while he was almost thirty and this felt wrong because he was already attracted to the heroine, so I don’t feel she was so special if he could have other woman.
The end was a bit rushed, the heroine forgave him too soon, basically immediately, and even if he grovels and apologizes I wish she made him work harder to see if he was really changed. Yes, we know that he was but she didn’t…
It was a pleasant reading, I loved the heroine because she was a smart and warm person, and she deserved the love her parents weren’t able to give her, so I was happy that in the end she had a big and happy family of her own.
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September 26, 2022
Aloka and Abeer's story (I love their names, by the way) was intriguing with many ups and downs. The book started off by showing us just how awful Aloka's childhood was at first, and it made me wonder how she would handle the new, better life given to her. The author made it all seem very real and emotional. Aloka could've ended up a spoiled brat but she was a quite likable and conflicted heroine.
As for Abeer, it took some time for me to like him but he made for a very interesting hero. The two of them seemed like polar opposites sometimes but I totally got why they fell for each other.
I'm a fan of age gap romance and this was pulled off well. The slow burn soon turned into quite a fire with the sizzling chemistry between the MCs. Add a dose of family drama, insights into their lives as the rich, a tale of a girl growing into a woman, a sprinkling of actual events from the past strewn into the plot, and it made for an entertaining read. Romance mixed with women's fiction.
As for Abeer, it took some time for me to like him but he made for a very interesting hero. The two of them seemed like polar opposites sometimes but I totally got why they fell for each other.
I'm a fan of age gap romance and this was pulled off well. The slow burn soon turned into quite a fire with the sizzling chemistry between the MCs. Add a dose of family drama, insights into their lives as the rich, a tale of a girl growing into a woman, a sprinkling of actual events from the past strewn into the plot, and it made for an entertaining read. Romance mixed with women's fiction.
September 28, 2022
An excellent read! The story has many twists and turns, the characters are well sketched. It is a fascinating journey with Aloka who meets challenges in her life boldly and confidently. The author has effortlessly created a window into a world, reminiscent of a bygone era of sophistication and affluence, that merges with the new age freedoms and progressive lifestyle. In all, a book that’s impossible to put down once we start reading it and then we race eagerly to the end.
November 14, 2025
My baby.
Of course I give it five stars.
Of course I give it five stars.
September 27, 2022
An excellently written book about an intriguing love story, full of twists and turns. The characters are so well portrayed that l was dragged into the story, and it felt as if I'm right there in the middle of everything.
I must congratulate Ms Shivani A. Singh for her brilliant writing and weaving of this plot, and making the characters come alive.
A must read 💯💯.
Vik Malhotra
I must congratulate Ms Shivani A. Singh for her brilliant writing and weaving of this plot, and making the characters come alive.
A must read 💯💯.
Vik Malhotra
November 18, 2022
This delightfully written journey that Aloka travels is emotional, stirring and beautiful.
Nancy :D
I finished #APieceOfHeaven with wet tissues on my desk.
Twists and turns, violence and tenderness, losses and gains. I was not prepared for Alok's journey but finally, true love concurs all. It was a riveting journey I didn't want to put down.
Abeer was a hot mess but finally decided what was most important.
Thank you sweet Shivani for bringing these characters to life.
Nancy :D
Nancy :D
I finished #APieceOfHeaven with wet tissues on my desk.
Twists and turns, violence and tenderness, losses and gains. I was not prepared for Alok's journey but finally, true love concurs all. It was a riveting journey I didn't want to put down.
Abeer was a hot mess but finally decided what was most important.
Thank you sweet Shivani for bringing these characters to life.
Nancy :D
January 9, 2023
I loved this book. This is a motivational story of Aloka, who was treated badly by her family from the day she was born. But luckily her mother’s best friend Amrita adopted her and took her to Delhi. From here, a new chapter begins in the life of Aloka.
This is a well-written book and all the characters are well-developed. The story is written in easy language and will keep you hooked till the end.
This is a well-written book and all the characters are well-developed. The story is written in easy language and will keep you hooked till the end.
January 9, 2024
A beautiful love story that every reader can relate to!
A Piece of Heaven is yet another beautiful romantic story of Aloka - by Shivani A Singh following the authors success with her first book - Made for Each Other. (Amazon and Kindle)
Her characters in this story as in her other stories are very real and her style of writing so simple that everyone can feel a personal emotional connection.
A Piece of Heaven is delicately woven around actual historical events of the time and all situations and places are beautifully described easily transporting the reader back and forth in time all through the narration.
Inspite of the patriarchal setting of her story, Shivani's main character is a girl who is a nonconformist inspite of the troubled childhood who faces all the expected challenges very boldly. These situations of her life makes for some wonderful reading and leaves the reader feeling elated and victorious !
An ample sprinkling of humour gives this romantic story an irresistible unputdownable feel!
Highly 'recommended' collection for the avid reader!
A Piece of Heaven is yet another beautiful romantic story of Aloka - by Shivani A Singh following the authors success with her first book - Made for Each Other. (Amazon and Kindle)
Her characters in this story as in her other stories are very real and her style of writing so simple that everyone can feel a personal emotional connection.
A Piece of Heaven is delicately woven around actual historical events of the time and all situations and places are beautifully described easily transporting the reader back and forth in time all through the narration.
Inspite of the patriarchal setting of her story, Shivani's main character is a girl who is a nonconformist inspite of the troubled childhood who faces all the expected challenges very boldly. These situations of her life makes for some wonderful reading and leaves the reader feeling elated and victorious !
An ample sprinkling of humour gives this romantic story an irresistible unputdownable feel!
Highly 'recommended' collection for the avid reader!
December 28, 2023
This book is written in a way that is both readable and understood on a new level. A lot of the clutter from the previous story has been cut out and yet still maintains the same rhythmic flow from the first book.
It is also far more concise in its' messaging and dialogue structures, which heavily contributes to it being a story one could enjoy a lot more than the previous entry.
The characters, while falling flat and being bland this time around do their job in engaging the romance and suspenseful scenes in an acceptable way. The plot was fairly straightforward but still could hold the attention of a potential romance lover.
It is also far more concise in its' messaging and dialogue structures, which heavily contributes to it being a story one could enjoy a lot more than the previous entry.
The characters, while falling flat and being bland this time around do their job in engaging the romance and suspenseful scenes in an acceptable way. The plot was fairly straightforward but still could hold the attention of a potential romance lover.
February 10, 2024
I find Shivani Singh’s books to be like you are right there !Living in the time in which she has placed the characters.Her descriptive writing skills have opened up my mind to Eastern Indian culture in a way I feel as if I am in her country.And the wholesome LOVE STORIES are heartfelt and I am TRULY IMPRESSED WITH HER GIFTS as a writer.I recommend ALL OF HER BOOKS ‼️And I can guarantee that you will enjoy them as much as I have‼️
5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sincerely,Kelly Farquhar
Snyder,Texas U.S.A.
5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sincerely,Kelly Farquhar
Snyder,Texas U.S.A.
October 16, 2023
A piece of heaven
This book is really amazing. It made me want to live in those times. While reading book I felt like I'm living with them and seeing how there tale is going on instead of I'm reading a book. I'm in love with this book and also told about the times when I'm not there and I don't know about.
This book is really amazing. It made me want to live in those times. While reading book I felt like I'm living with them and seeing how there tale is going on instead of I'm reading a book. I'm in love with this book and also told about the times when I'm not there and I don't know about.
September 29, 2022
An emotional read with a main character that immediately pulls you into the story. Aloka's start in life is harrowing and well-written. Whilst the relationship between Aloka and her love interest develops later in the story, I found some of the earlier scenes a little troublesome to read. It's important to consider the time in which the story is set and how different society was. However, if you can overlook that, then it's a romantic story about two star-crossed lovers kept apart.
January 10, 2024
Well ,not sure what to think but it had lot of masala( as we say bollywood style) but no substance.
Also i feel there were too many disjointed events and sentences.
Also the love scenes were bad.
But still i loved to read it.
Also i feel there were too many disjointed events and sentences.
Also the love scenes were bad.
But still i loved to read it.
October 15, 2024
Well written I love reading her books She makes the feelings so special and real You tend to get absorbed in the story Look forward to reading more
January 17, 2026
Aloka and Abeer’s story is a romantic forbidden love story — a girl with a painful childhood finds love in the one place she shouldn’t. She was never meant to love him — the boy she grew up with, her mother’s friend’s son. Yet love doesn’t follow rules. Aloka and Abeer’s story is a storm of passion and longing. Their journey from Siblings to Lovers 🌸🌸
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