Roshani Chokshi

Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you're only seventeen? Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father's kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected: As Akaran's queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar's wife, she finds something else entirely: Compassion. Protection. Desire... But Akaran has its own secrets -- thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most. . .including herself. A lush and vivid story that is steeped in Indian folklore and mythology. The Star-touched Queen is a novel that no reader will soon forget.

The Star-Touched Queen

I wanted a love thick with time, as inscutiable as if a lathe had carved it from night and as familiar as the marrow in my bones. I wanted the impossible, which made it that much easier to push out of my mind.

"I want your perspective and honesty," he said, before adding in a softer voice, "I want to be humbled by you."

"Tell me, my queen, are you ready to play with fate?"

"'I am a nightmare to most, and a dream for the broken; who am I?' and the answer to that is death."

Amar is 80% rizz and 30% flawless complexion.

"My star-touched queen," he said softly, as if he was remembering something from long ago. "I would break the world to give you what you want."

"A memory is a fine legacy to leave behind."

A song to my dance. The beginning of a promise.

"I will not let us be beings of regret. I know my past; what I want is my future."

Amar moved to my side. He didn't crouch behind or run in front; he stood by my side as an equal.

Why did they always start with history? Show me a dream unrealised, don't show me unchangeable paths.

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