RETIRED HURT: MEGHALAYA (PAN INDIA Series, #3)

At barely twenty-eight, the internationally famous cricketer Kyrshan Nongrum decides to retire from mainstream cricket, not giving a valid reason to the baying media. He returns home to Sohra in Meghalaya, planning to resurrect his life there.

His neighbour from childhood, Pareen Sangma, has been crushing on the cricketer from the time she was thirteen, and he sixteen. While she barely gets to see him in person, not once he left home to become a world champion, she continues to worship him through TV, newspapers and social media. She’s the most surprised when Kyrshan returns home to take up residence in Sohra.

While Kyrshan is in search of his life’s purpose, he finds himself falling deeply in love with Pareen, who has a scintillating career as the Sub-Divisional Magistrate of the small hill station and is absolutely clear about her life’s ambition: to serve the people of her hometown.

While the world has been his oyster over the last dozen years, will the small town be able to hold a famous persona such as Kyrshan?

Into this scenario walks in Leela Garg, a popular cricket show host who also happens to be his ex-flame, determined to drag him back to mainstream cricket. Will she be able to persuade Kyrshan to her way of thinking?

And what about Pareen who’s dreaming of becoming Kyrshan’s life partner after all these years? Will she be able to get what she has wanted for twelve long years? Or will Kyrshan leave her in the lurch?

Read this novel which is part of my PAN INDIA series to find out if there’s a happy ending for Pareen.

*Sohra (formerly called Cherrapunji) is a small hill station in Meghalaya, set on a plateau on the southern range of the Khasi Hills. It’s a flourishing green town with multiple waterfalls and living root bridges, and is one of the wettest places on earth.

TROPES
Her childhood crush
His best friend’s sister
Small town romance
Indian romance
International cricketer MMC
Government officer FMC
He’s head over heels
Slow burn romance