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Geeks of Caltech
Geeks of Caltech
Series · 5 books · 2018-2019
By
Aarti V. Raman
Books in series
#1
Still Not Over You
2018
Christmas Eve. Chicago. Ten years ago. Dev Ten years ago, I lost my best friend, the girl I loved, and the family and future I had counted on. All in one night. Now, I have my bar and my brothers, my fellow Caltech buddies who stood by me when my own family did not. I moved halfway across the country but I haven't forgotten any of it. Until she walks back into my bar and my life and asks for the impossible. I realize I haven't forgiven her at all. Zara Ten years ago, my life fell apart. I went from being a beloved sixteen-year-old with a bright future to the girl who secretly betrayed her family. I've been paying for it ever since. I even married the man chosen by my family to lead the family business but I know, I am not enough. Not for the family. Not for the business. And not for the decade-long secret that has the potential to destroy my fragile world once more. Now, I have to do the unthinkable. I have to work with Dev, the boy who loved me and who I sent away in exile ten years ago. But now Dev is back and he wants everything from me. My body. My heart. My secrets. And all I want is a second chance to put everything back the way it was. Can love be enough to heal old wounds? Or is forgiveness an ugly four-letter word? STILL NOT OVER YOU is Book One 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!
#2
Crossing Lines
2018
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!
#2.5
A Tale of Two Christmases
2018
'Tis the season...for wishes to come true, miracles to happen, families to come together!
In
Kit's Christmas Wish
, six-year-old orphan Kit has spent a lifetime at the St. Xavier's Orphanage for Boys in Chicago. All he has ever wanted is a home to call his own. Now, it is almost Christmas and Kit has been a very good boy. Will Kit's wish be granted this year? It's
Christmas in Chicago
. And single mom Lily Fallahil has her hands full and her life in chaos. She's just moved her six-year-old son Bret to the Windy City over the summer. But, fighting with her brother and keeping secrets has Lily feeling less than festive. Can Lily make Bret's first Christmas in Chicago perfect and special or will it be a disaster? In
The Lost Princess
, a grumpy businessman decides he's made the biggest mistake starting the Christmas Tree Adoption Drive. There are too many trees, too many people, and he has to smile too damn much! Can a chance encounter with a beautiful woman have him believe in the magic of the holidays? A
Tale of Two Christmases
is a Geeks of Caltech novella that visits beloved characters and gives new insights into their lives in an emotional, rollercoaster ride.
#3
Her Millionaire's Secret
2019
Mixed martial arts studios owner Kit Barranos has always been a fighter. He will fight for his family. For his friends. For anyone in need. What he doesn't know how to do is fight for himself... ... Or the inconvenient and consuming desire he has for single mom Lily. Office manager Lily Fallahil has spent the last decade raising her son and proving her independence to her protective and overbearing brother, Drake. She has no time for romance. Especially with Kit Barranos, who has a body to die for and eyes that dig into her soul. When Kit reveals his heartbreaking secret to Lily - he has a brother whom he never knew about, one whom he considered his closest friend - it creates a bond neither can deny. And explodes the attraction that simmers between them. But it isn't just Lily that Kit is slowly but surely falling for. It's her adorable son, Bret. Navigating the holidays, their families and their feelings is no easy task, but flawed and fiercely loyal Kit and Lily have fought the odds and survived so far. Except, survival no longer seems enough. Can they take a chance on each other, on fate... On a love that braves The Heart of You? THE HEART OF YOU is Book Three of The Geeks of Caltech, 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!
#4
Against All Odds
2019
This bad boy geek is her sworn enemy, but she’s falling for him against all odds. Sophia Roy works terrible hours on a luxury cruise so she can send all her savings home. It’s her pathetic attempt to help her brother, Nakul, hold the sinking family business together. Because her family has been devastated by the ego and actions of one man – bad boy geek Bharat Shrinivasan. And Sophia’s fully prepared to hate him…until the handsome geek steps onboard The Lotus Dragon. And she discovers that love and desire are stronger than a family feud… The former bad boy of Indian tech, Bharat Shrinivasan is a changed man. The newly-minted millionaire desperately wants to prove himself to the business community, by proudly presenting his newest AI creation – Caliban. He arrives at Sydney’s Consumer Convention to hook an investor…but finds himself hooked! On the woman whose life he’s already destroyed…his sworn enemy’s daughter. Can Bharat and Sophia brave the wrath of her family, his need for redemption…and discover that playing the odds is the best gamble when it comes to love? Against All Odds is a standalone bad boy enemies to lovers romance in the bestselling Geeks of Caltech series – a unique band of friends bonded by loyalty, pain and brotherhood. These heroes are to die for and their women all they wish to live for.
Author
Aarti V. Raman
Author · 30 books