Part of Series
SHIV After years of being alone and working as a hacker for corporates and the government alike, I want out. I want normal. I want roots. I'm going to be a bar owner. It's the future I never knew I wanted. I shouldn't have met Naina, my next door neighbor. She shouldn't have saved me. She definitely shouldn't want me. Because she thinks she knows me. But she doesn't. I am bad news. NAINA I have always been the ambitious, dutiful daughter to my immigrant South Asian parents. My life plan? Becoming a doctor and being independent. But I didn't count on him. My surly neighbor with pitch-black eyes that made my head spin. The first time we met, he knocked me on my ass. The second time we met, I treated his broken nose from a bike accident. Then I came to know, there was something wrong with his heart. He told me he was bad news, but I wanted him anyway. And so I crossed all the lines for him - professional, personal, sexual. But, there are some things that even a doctor can't fix. I am afraid Shiv is one of them. The past has a way of catching up with you and screwing up your present. Especially when you have secrets that just won't stay buried... does love even stand a chance? CROSSING LINES is book two of the Geeks of Caltech series. A unique band of friends bonded by loyalty, brotherhood, and pain, the Geeks of Caltech are to die for and their women all they wish to live for!
Author
Hi, there I’m USA Today Bestselling Romance Author Aarti V Raman. I write all shades and forms of romance or will in the future because I suffer from writing attention deficit disorder. I must tell all the stories! So, my romances range from romantic comedy, chick lit to romantic suspense and dark romance starring tortured billionaires and suffering military types! Before I turned to writing and telling these stories full-time, I was a teacher, business journalist and editor for close to fifteen years. So my heroines are career-minded, city-living, strong-willed hot messes who still have their lives together. I believe in writing what I know and I know me best so most of these heroines are Indian (South Asian women of color). I also believe in writing more of what I want so my heroes are indecently hot, filthy rich, fiendishly smart with secret hearts of gold. Thus, the angst and steam-meter are off the charts when stubborn force meets immovable object on the way to happy ever after. So does the banter and danger, because what’s love without a little bit of jeopardy, am I right? I’m a TEDx speaker and 24 of my romances have hit the Amazon Bestseller Charts so I can also proudly call myself an Amazon 100 International Bestselling Author. My chick lit dramedy “The Worst Daughter Ever” has been optioned for screen. My bestselling Millionaire Foes series is part of the Writers on the Moon Project, on a time capsule to go to the actual moon. Most notably, I’ve been absolutely privileged to be part of two fantastic for-charity anthologies, Stand for Ukraine and Dissent. I’m also known as Writer Gal. I live in Mumbai with my large and largely loveable extended family in a version of my three favorite words – Happy Ever After.
