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Black Cat

Who knew immortal beings came in all shapes—and species? How does one adjust to a world where immortals walk among us? And how hard will Hugo fall when the extraordinary collides with his ordinary life?

Hugo thought he was doing a simple good deed when he picked up a stray cat off the side of the road. A warm bed, regular meals, nothing more. But when he wakes up the next morning to find a beautiful stranger standing in his tiny apartment, his entire understanding of reality is thrown off balance.

As Hugo struggles to wrap his head around his new, impossible situation named Basil—he’s forced to confront a truth even more unsettling: the stranger is charming, dangerous, and impossible to resist. With every moment spent together, the line between curiosity and desire begins to blur as they explore this “new normal”.

Hugo and Basil are falling head over heels for each other and they are loving every moment of it—Basil is ready to go all the way for Hugo. Their college life is more than what Hugo could have ever dreamed of. But as they start to explore this life together, cracks soon begin to appear as their different personalities steer them into different directions.

Will they find their way back to each other?

Famous In Love

Dating a K-pop idol is a sweet kind of chaos — all glitter, secrecy, and missed flights wrapped in late-night confessions.

It means loving someone whose life belongs to schedules and spotlights, where dates happen backstage, kisses are stolen between performances, and privacy is a luxury. Yet behind the perfect smiles are people who hoard snacks, make impulsive confessions, and fall in love just as messily as anyone else.

In Famous in Love, secret dressing-room romances, loophole proposals, and chaotic meet-cutes unfold across the industry—from idols hiding relationships from managers to long-distance fiancés navigating exhaustion, fame, and longing. Some love stories begin with shared fandom obsessions, others with midnight convenience-store encounters, but all are shaped by one truth: love in the spotlight is fragile, funny, and fiercely protected.

Because loving a K-pop idol isn’t just about glamour.

It’s about choosing each other through distance, scandal, and silence — again and again, until the stage lights fade and what remains is simply love.

Virtually in Love

A former hitman desperate to reconnect with the woman he once failed to kill.

A ghost determined to play matchmaker for his old flame and his best friend.

A frost giant navigating unfamiliar emotions.

A newly immortal Minotaur learning that forever might mean falling in love.

What do these unlikely stories have in common?

They all follow couples who fall head over heels—virtually.

Across screens and time zones, from FaceTime calls to late-night Zoom confessions, these lovers discover that connection doesn’t require proximity, and intimacy isn’t limited by distance. In a world where love is sparked through pixels and conversations linger long after the call ends, each story proves that romance can bloom in the most unexpected ways.

Because sometimes, all it takes to find your soulmate…is a screen and an open heart.

After

Cinderella in a banana suit at a Comic Convention? Jack reverting to a life of scamming dates instead of giants from beanstalks? Will Sleeping Beauty with POTS find her prince charming?

This novella is the perfect fit for someone who is tired of the same old fairy tales with the same old boring endings.

From working in the non-profit sector to interacting in college dorms. From going on coffee dates like normal people to participating in Renaissance Faires and dealing with disorders, these stories truly explore it all.

Your favourite fairy tales are reimagined with a modern twist where the hero and heroines solve twenty-first-century problems simply yet beautifully.

Happily Ever After gets a twist in the After by Hope Bolinger, author of multiple books that will always make you think beyond your daily perception of life.

Eternally Single, Rosa Álvarez

Eternally Single, Rosa Álvarez brings to you all the beloved tropes of the hottest romance novels: The Spanish Love Deception, The Kiss Quotient, It Happened One Summer and more!

Debut author Neerja Pawar has infused her novel with all the love, banter and men written by women she wishes to see in the real world…

Rosa Álvarez leads two lives.

One is deceptively normal. A respectable physiotherapist living in Los Angeles: the city of fish tacos and famous bigwigs. She works hard at her job, loves living the single life, and has a trip home to Mexico at the very top of her priority list.

The other is her mother’s worst nightmare.

For one, the first is a lie. She does love her job, but its uniqueness would put any good chick flick to shame. She hasn’t been on a date in five years, at least, not any good ones. And she will do anything to avoid a trip to her sleepy hometown.

But when a notorious man from her past shows up in LA, Rosa’s secret life starts unravelling. There’s also the matter of the really annoying actor (who just so happens to be annoyingly good-looking) she keeps bumping into whom she cannot seem to shake off.

As her lies pile up, will Rosa be able to keep her two worlds separate? Or will her mother’s flying chancla find her first?

Finding Love

Loved bingeing Firefly Lane? How about And Just Like That? Then Finding Love is for you!

Best Friends Kate and Sam have practically grown up as sisters their entire lives. Kate’s parents are like Sam’s parents, Sam’s problems and joys and troubles are like Kate’s own. So when Kate’s mother is put in a medically induced coma after what was supposed to be a routine operation, both their lives take an unexpected turn.

Except you never know if love is lurking just round the corner…Even if it’s at a hospital.

Slowly but surely Kate starts growing closer to Henry, a kind, friendly and handsome nurse. But they both have their own pasts to work through and their own mental barriers to cross.

Meanwhile Sam is locked in outright warfare with Arty, the cheeky car park attendant. Determined to be the bane of his existence, she is surprised when she finds his number left on her car.

As Sam watches Kate go through the stressful situation, she’s sure there’s something else under the surface; something else that her friend is hiding. And it might just be someone from Kate’s past threatening to ruin it all.

For fans of Cecelia Ahern’s P.S. I Love You and Sophie Kinsella’s grand romances, comes a heartwarming, domestic tale of love, loss and familial bonds that go deeper than blood.

Ishqiya

A woman as intoxicating as the flower she’s named after.

A man on a journey to put his loved one to rest.

A life-changing train ride during the Bombay monsoons.

Indians believe size matters. We do everything big—from our bhaturas and jalebis, to our statues and stadiums. So why should our love be any different?

Ishqiya is a collection of eight bold and heartwarming stories about love, lust, and everything in between.

Freeing Madame X

Escape has never felt like an option. Until him.

For years, she has lived under the control of Dave Compton—the arrogant, possessive son of the man who owns the town as surely as he owns its people. To Dave, she is obedience personified, a body to claim and a will to break.

Until…

Raphael is the magnetic artist who has it all, fame, charm, money—everything except her. An artist who sees more than what Shanaya’s been reduced to. With him, she begins to imagine a life beyond survival. A self beyond submission—showered with passionate love.

Desire, for the first time, feels like a choice rather than a demand. Lust takes the centre stage as they are both drawn to each other, knowing very well about the risks involved.

But Dave is not a man who releases what he believes belongs to him. As control tightens and lines are drawn, she is forced to confront what freedom truly costs—and whether she’s brave enough to take what is rightfully hers. Between possession and passion, fear and ecstasy—a reckoning awaits.

Will Madame X finally claim her own pleasure?

Or will Dave refuse to let her go?

The Birdcage

For fans of the domestic drama The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller, and Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty, The Birdcage looks at reversed-gender roles, women breaking workplace barriers, and how secrets can hurt us.

One true love. Under fire from all sides. They’ll need each other to escape their birdcage.

Matt’s in awe of his wife.

Feisty, intelligent, capable, and now excelling in her first executive sales position. But Jillian’s job requires long hours, and Matt can’t help but suspect an affair. Jillian’s become more suited to her impressive boss than the hapless schoolteacher she’s outgrown.

Jillian’s marriage is slipping through her fingers.

Jill loves meeting the challenges of her new job, despite the unreasonable demands of her misogynistic boss. But she needs to find the balance between being a woman, wife, mother and hard-charging Vice President. Even a patient man like Matt won’t tolerate her neglect for long.

Set in corporate Canada, The Birdcage is a fast-paced novella that will inspire you, scare you a little, and feed your heart and mind. Perfect for fans of Marian Keyes and Elin Hilderbrand.

The Meet Cute Lane

Call it fate or destiny or luck, meet-cutes happen when you least expect them.

An unlikely spark flies between spider-man and a ballerina when they meet up at a happening party. One dares the other to take on a mission, without fully understanding the consequences.

Sam is spending her precious Saturday at Disneyland against her will, until she receives an airdrop from a random visitor. All her troubles seem to wash away, temporarily at least. Disney characters use their charisma to brighten up her day, or maybe her life.

Bailey is running across the airport to catch her flight when she notices a horrible mix-up. With only a couple of hours remaining for her next flight, she is running across the airport with only coffee fueling her. Until, a happy coincidence with blue eyes makes her day better.

What’s in store for these unsuspecting characters?

A Case For Mistletoe

Some secrets don’t stay buried when the roads are closed and the past comes knocking. Coming home was never part of the plan—falling in love again was the real risk.

Pranika Mehra is driving home from New York for Christmas for the first time in years, armed with a small suitcase and a secret she never planned on bringing back with her. But when a brutal snowstorm strands her on the edge of her hometown, she finds herself dependent on the last person she ever wanted to see again—the local mechanic who once broke her heart.

Stuck in a town she fled and face-to-face with a past she never resolved, Pranika braces herself for disappointment. Old wounds resurface, unspoken words hang heavy, and the secret she’s been carrying threatens to unravel everything.

As the twelve days of Christmas unfold, snow-covered streets and forced proximity blur the line between what was and what could be. In a place where everyone remembers who she used to be, Pranika must decide whether she’s willing to confront the girl she left behind—and the love she never truly let go of.

Will she choose the comfort of the life she built in the city? Or risk her heart on a second chance she never saw coming?

Chloe Cameron’s Guide to Accidentally Dating a Rockstar

Chloe Cameron lived every fangirl’s dream the night she went back to Luke Waters’ hotel room. A one-night-stand with a world-famous rockstar is the one wild thing she’s ever done—the one juicy story she can tell when she and her friends are gossiping. But that one-night-stand turns her world upside down when she ends up in a pharmacy parking lot, three weeks later, with a positive pregnancy test in her hands.

When Chloe finally manages to tell Luke about the baby she’s more than surprised to hear that he wants to be in the baby’s life. The next thing she knows, she’s following him and his band on tour so the two of them can get to know each other and figure out this soon-to-be-parents thing together. And to do that, they both agree that they need to ignore the undeniable chemistry between them.

Everyone says it’s a bad idea, says she’s going to get her heart broken. History would indicate the same, but Chloe is determined to prove them wrong—she can totally be platonic co-parents with Luke. If she doesn’t give him her heart, then he can’t break it.

As the weeks go by though, it may be harder than Chloe thinks to keep herself from falling for the handsome, sexy, and surprisingly thoughtful Luke Waters, who wears his heart on his tattooed sleeve.

A toe-curling drama and romance wrapped up with witty banter, Chloe Cameron’s Guide to Accidentally Dating a Rockstar will make you laugh, weep, gasp and keep turning the pages until there are none left!

Velvet Dreams

Three women. Three irresistible temptations. One very heated cuffing season.

This seductive collection brings together three unlikely heroines, each craving a man who’s supposed to be off-limits—or entirely out of reach. Supposedly.

There’s the secretary who can’t help but notice how dangerously good her boss looks in those perfectly fitted shirts—and how hard it is to keep things professional.

An erotica writer desperately searching for inspiration, only to find it far closer (and hotter) than expected.

And a recently divorced woman determined to keep her ex-husband at arm’s length… even as old sparks threaten to reignite.

They have nothing in common—except their undeniable thirst for the men complicating their lives.

As winter nights grow colder and loneliness sets in, desire takes over, rules blur, and fantasies demand to be explored. Because sometimes, all a girl really needs is a little escapism—and a lot of steam.

Turn the lights down, get comfortable, and settle in for a wild, wicked ride.

Weather Or Not

Spring is abundant with endless possibilities and breezy blooms. After the cold shoulder of winter, Spring is a warm hug. Some await it in sweet anticipation, some dread its arrival. Three curious characters are facing their own dilemmas with the seasonal change:

A man who is dealing with the loss of his wife chances upon a kind stranger.

A woman has a strange first date rule assured to lead to the death of the relationship before it even really begins.

A young violinist has a love-hate relationship with Vivaldi’s concerto, The Four Seasons.

Weather the season of spring with them as they grapple with their own lives—will they blossom or whither?

The Bombay Circle Press brings to you Weather or Not, a seasonal anthology which will explore the emotions of the four seasons through the year: spring, summer, fall and winter.

Who Saves The Hero?

The love of Sean’s life is coming back to town and he’s terrified.

Samantha once shattered his heart and left him spiraling in her wake. Now she’s returned, stirring up old feelings Sean never fully buried and reopening wounds he thought had finally healed. As attraction and doubt collide, he’s forced to question whether second chances are worth the risk.

His best friend, Angelica, insists Samantha isn’t who she claims to be. Sean wants to believe it’s paranoia or jealousy but unease creeps in where trust should be. Because beneath the familiar smiles and half-forgotten memories, something far darker is waiting.

As the past resurfaces and danger closes in, Sean must decide who to trust—and whether love is worth surviving for.

Will he make it out with his heart intact? Or will he lose far more than that?

Parallel

A Laurelville college dropout and aspiring model, Sonja swore off men and dating apps, and especially men on dating apps…until she met Jonas.

A straight-A student and prospective counselor, Jonas had no time for dating and women…until he met Sonja.

They spent three hundred hours, ninety days, three months, in the talking phase—and now they’re finally ready to meet in person.

A first date at their local favorite café Out of This World sounds perfect—but when Sonja shows up at the decided time and day, she finds Jonas missing from the café. Did they get their wires crossed? Was it a different location? Or worse…did he just not show up?

Little does she know, Jonas is experiencing a similar fate at his local Laurelville café.

The two assume they’ve been stood up, and although it may be the trend of the times, it hurts nonetheless. However, a quick video call turns their despair into confusion. As Jonas shows he is indeed in the café, so does Sonja…so who’s in the wrong? If it’s the same time, date and place…what’s different?

Are there forces beyond their understanding lurking in their universe, wreaking havoc on their dating life? And are they the only ones affected?