Mist Over Shilong

By Anshuman Sengupta

They got married for convenience. They never expected to fall in love. Ankita Lyngdoh is exhausted by Bengaluru, endless deadlines, rising rent, and the loneliness of living a life that feels permanently on hold. Rahul Verma understands. He is just as tired, just as restless, and just as ready for an escape. When their company announces a relocation opportunity to Shillong with a generous housing bonus available only to married employees, they make a practical decision: they get married. No romance. No expectations. Separate lives. And one important rule: no falling in love.

But Shillong has other plans. Between mist-covered hills, rain-soaked evenings, steaming cups of red tea, Sunday walks, shared voice notes, late-night conversations, and a battered notebook filled with rules they keep breaking, Ankita and Rahul slowly become something neither of them intended. What begins as a fake marriage becomes friendship. Friendship becomes companionship. And somewhere between the rain and the quiet moments, convenience begins to feel like home.

Mist Over Shillong is a tender slow-burn contemporary romance about a marriage of convenience, unexpected love, emotional healing, loneliness, belonging, and the beautiful uncertainty of choosing someone. Set against the atmospheric hills and rains of Shillong, this heartfelt Indian romance explores what happens when two strangers build a life together and discover that the person they never planned for becomes the person they cannot imagine losing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HK4B8CLF
• ISBN13: 9798175024297
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 557 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.0"