Love Unveiled: A Soft, Slow-Burn Makar Sankranti Romance

By S.M. Bikanu

A heart-warming desi novella about belonging, tenderness, and quiet love.

Vishu comes to Pune for a one-month UX internship at a small tech company, eager to learn, quietly unsure of her place, and determined to keep her head down.

Armaan, the team's calm, distant tech lead, keeps everything strictly professional. He never raises his voice, never lets emotion show... and somehow treats Vishu with more restraint than anyone else.

Everyone in the team notices.

They just don't say it, not in words she understands.

What begins as polite distance slowly turns into confusion, misunderstanding, and a quiet ache that neither of them knows how to name.
From kite-flying and til-gud laddoos to shared silences and quiet understanding, the festival becomes a day of truth, acceptance, and the moment where hiding finally ends.
A story about: gentle, slow-burn attractionfound-family warmth and domestic intimacymisunderstandings, vulnerability, and emotional honestylove that grows in quiet corners instead of dramatic confessionsLove Unveiled is a soft, tender, desi contemporary romance, a 15,000-word vignette-style novella about the day two people stop pretending they don't care, and discover what it means to care... for real.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GFNHRJQ2
• ISBN13: 9798243099516
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"