We are ONE Family, but no family is perfect. The De Vera Family was once a happy family, but amidst the growth of their son, what will go wrong?

When life is hell, heaven's just around the corner. Chlyce Esastella is just an average everyday girl cursed with a below average life--OR IS SHE? When mysterious but enchanting Joshery Cristo shows up giving her wierd warnings and dire proclamations, a mystery is unfolded right at Wayvale High. Soon Chlyce finds that there's more to life then she ever imagined, and that she might not be so average after all.

The saga begins now, but fare warning to all passengers--this ride's guaranteed to give you dark dreams and a broken heart.

When thirty eight years aged Stuart, an industrialist and unmarried person, expressed his love to twenty one years old Jasmine, who was the daughter of David Carter, the chief executive of his company Gaama, she said that he was a stranger to her and love is dangerous with a stranger. When he said that she was more a stranger to him than he was to her and despite that point he was feeling abundant love on her and cannot wait longer to marry her. But only after their marriage, after the occurrence of certain unforeseeable incidents, he understood what she has said. A romantic, investigative and detective thriller ‘Love is dangerous with a Stranger.’

About Me

I am an Indian English writer write mostly fiction books and so far I have written forty six books out of which forty four books are romantic, psychological thrillers and the remaining two are non-fiction books, Body, Mind and You and English Grammar Simplifier. The word count of my books range from 15,000 to 3,50,000 and the total word count of all my books is more than 40,00,000 (Forty Lakhs Words). I have a weakness, I don’t get the feeling that I wrote the book if someone else edits the same, so I am my own editor to all my books. As such there is a pretty chance that you may come across grammatical, verbal mistakes, incongruities and inconsistencies while going through my books, then please pardon me and go ahead. I am always open as much as possible when it comes to sexual narrations in my books as I think sex is very main and natural characteristic not just in human beings but in all other creatures also. So you can find sexual narrations in my books graphical, absolute and complete. My heart-felt thanks to all those who have been reading my books all along, encouraging me and supporting me.

Disclaimer

The concept, plot, story, characters and everything in this novel are only fiction and emerged only out of the imagination of this author. If anything in this novel even a small part of it resembles, similar or identical to any living or dead or to any literature, anywhere in the world even remotely it is only coincidental and this author has no knowledge whatsoever of it and cannot take any responsibility for the same.

Love is dangerous with a Stranger

(A romantic, investigative and detective thriller)

Kotra Siva Rama Krishna

“I am happy that you are here with me and Gaama.” Looking into the face of David Carter, Stuart said. “After dad’s death, I thought a lot about you. You just don’t know how much I wished that you should be with me and help me. Anyhow you came here and became a backbone to me and Gaama also once again.”

“I am sorry that I should have thought about your predicament beforehand.” David Carter said. “I knew you are a capable guy and looking after the business without much problem. In fact in these ten years or so after you dad’s death, you did like that. You not only made the business flourished but expanded it also.”

“But uncle...........” Stuart leaned back in the chair and sighed heavily. “……….I am always in the waiting of an experienced and intelligent person like you. I know how you and dad both used to be. You helped him like that but it is always quite surprising to me why did you leave like that our organisation?”

David Carter also sighed and adjusted himself in his chair for more comfort. “My life itself is a big sorrowful thing Stuart. I was married and very happy with my wife and son but suddenly they both were expired in an accident just in the second year of my marriage. From then on I not only became very much distressed but lost all interest in my life. Even good jobs were offered to me because of my experience and qualification, nowhere I could stay long. Everywhere I changed jobs for every two years or so and it was only with your dad I worked for five years. But I wanted a change so much afterwards, I could not stay here and went somewhere.”

“But you are such a clever and intelligent person you impressed my dad a lot. He used to say a lot about you to me.” Stuart said with an appreciative expression in his face but his face suddenly became sorrowful. “But dad never told me about your past. I never have expected that your past is this much pathetic!”

“I never said about this to anyone else including your dad and I said to everyone that I was a bachelor. I don’t know why but on this day I wanted to share that with you.” David Carter leaned back in the chair and a pathetic smile filled his lips. “Anyhow it is not something to make the other people pleasant.”

Stuart could not say anything as he did not know what to say. After few seconds pause David Carter himself said.

“As I could not stay at one place for long times, I have changed organisations from one to other for every two or three years. But now I have become old and got health problems also and I must say I have made terms with my past. I don’t want to shift from place to place like before and decided to stay at one place then I remembered Gaama and came here. I know that you never deny my wish and I was given a most esteemed job chief executive. I have decided to stay with you till my life’s end.”

“Oh, what good news it is!” Stuart’s face was filled with happiness. “I am feeling very happy hearing this uncle.”

“In those five years I worked along with your dad, there developed a very beautiful relationship between us both. He helped me a lot also. But because of the old habit, the desire to move away to some other place dominated everything and I went away and joined in some other organisation after five years.”

“It is indeed quite pathetic that you moved away so but you are right uncle! You indeed have an impression on dad. He used to say to me that you are not just a skilled chartered accountant but was helpful to him in many ways.”

“It is vice versa I must say.” David Carter laughed but suddenly his face became serious. “I have resigned my job in the recent organisation and looking for another job. Then I remembered you and thought how it would be if I come and try my luck here. You are indeed very kind to take me into your organisation again.” In the end his face was with a grateful expression.

“What type of talking this is uncle?” Stuart knitted his brows together. “I just feel happy to take you back into my organisation at anytime you come and ask. After knowing how best friends you and my dad were, after knowing how much helpful you used to be to my dad, how can I deny that? You are just like my dad to me.”

“Stuart by the time of your dad’s death, you were not much experienced in the business. I knew that you certainly have faced problems in managing this much of big organisation. I should have come and be helpful to you in those days itself. But I did not come to you until I have become old, until I have developed health problems. I am really very much selfish.”

“No, no, uncle please don’t talk like that.” Stuart took both the hands of David Carter into his hands and squeezed them gently. “I am just feeling happy to be helpful like this to you. Moreover, in these three months of your working here, you have become wonderfully helpful to me. I am thinking we just can do wonders together.”

“I also hope so if I live long.” David Carter laughed, relieved his hands from the hands of Stuart and his face became serious. “I suffered heart attack two times Stuart. Doctors said to me that I need to be careful and there will be no chance of getting it for the fourth time. I am careful of course but not thinking that I can live very long.”

“You did not say this to me till now!” Stuart’s face filled with anxiousness “Anyhow don’t worry. Our family doctor Peterson is really wonderful! I do put you also under his care and he will take the guarantee that you do cross hundred years. Dad really has wonderful faith on that Peterson.”

“But your dad just died at his sixtieth year! I don’t want to criticise Peterson because I also knew that doctor but it happened like that.” David Carter said with gathered frowns.

“You are right uncle! To be frank just three or four days after your leaving the organisation. He suffered heart attack. But I cannot criticize Peterson for that. He was also in abroad at that time and still feels very much worried that he could not be with dad at that time.”

“My going away like that would have affected him that much! I did not expect it would happen in such a way Stuart. Otherwise I would not have gone like that at all.” David Carter’s face was filled with a regretful expression.

“No, no. Uncle. It was not so. Dad did not die because of your going away like that.” Stuart hurriedly said. “I was in USA at that time. On one day dad said to me that there was something very important he wanted to discuss with me and asked me to come as soon as possible to India. I asked him to tell me what it was but he did not like to say that in phone but pressed me in the phone to come India as fast as I could. I managed to come India in four days time but by that time itself he died with heart attack.”

“I know about your saying this in those days over phone Stuart. You asked me whether I knew anything about it and I said no.” David Carter sighed heavily “Did you come to know at all later on what your dad wanted to say to you?” he knitted his brows.

“No, uncle. I tried my maximum level best to know about it but I could not.” Stuart sighed heavily. “I could not even guess what it was. Except your going away like that everything else was usual. In fact business was going smoothly and nicely. Till date, I could not understand what really dad wanted to talk with me then. But I think..........”Stuart paused for a second before saying again. “..........there was certainly something which made him worried like that and died in such a way.”

“Really very much puzzling! If it was that much important, why did not he say anything to me about it? By the time of my leaving this organisation, we both were in with quite amicable terms. When I said I just wanted to go somewhere else and join in a new job, he let me go with a happy mind.” David Carter leaned back in the chair and after few seconds’ silence he asked. “Did not he tell anything to that Peterson either? He also was a very good friend to him.”

“Peterson was not here at that time, I already told you. If he was available, dad would not have died like that I think.” Stuart once again sighed heavily.

“We are all puppets in the hands of god Stuart, we cannot escape from his decisions.” David Carter said. “Anyhow you did your level best. You made Gaama flourished and developed even more. I am feeling very much proud of you and your dad would have felt in the same way on this day if he is alive.”

“Thank you very much uncle for your thinking like that!” Stuart smiled but his face became suddenly serious. “But all the time I am on the look out of a capable hand like you. If it is not too much for you, I just want your help and advice all along from now on.”

(I hope that you enjoyed upto here. I shall publish the next chapter as soon as possible. Please don’t forget to rate and review.)

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**Introduction**

**Midnight Gothic**

At fifteen, Ethan Cross dreamed of becoming a musician. With a bass guitar nearly as tall as he was, he spent countless hours lost in the deep, resonant tones that filled his room with the promise of a future on stage. Music was his refuge, a world where he could express himself freely and dream of fame.

But fate had other plans. The night his father was murdered changed everything.

Riverton was a city of shadows, where secrets lingered in alleyways and whispers carried on the wind. It was here that Ethan's father, a respected accountant, met his untimely end. The case was never solved, the killer slipping through the cracks of the justice system like a ghost. The loss was a wound that never healed, a haunting reminder of the man who had been his hero.

Ethan's world shifted that night. The music that once filled his life with purpose now seemed hollow, each note a reminder of what had been taken from him. In the silence that followed, a new resolve took root. He set aside his dreams of music, driven by a singular purpose: to find his father's killer and bring him to justice.

As he grew older, Ethan channeled his grief and determination into a new path. He joined the Riverton Police Department, facing skepticism from those who remembered him as the boy with the bass guitar. But his resolve was unwavering, fueled by the memory of his father and the knowledge that the murderer was still out there, somewhere in Riverton.

Now, as Detective Ethan Cross, he navigates the city's underbelly with a keen eye and relentless drive. Each case he solves brings him closer to the truth, a step nearer to unraveling the mystery that had shattered his world. The shadows of Riverton hold many secrets, but none more personal than the one he seeks to uncover.

The rhythm of his life has changed, but the melody remains—a haunting tune of justice and redemption. In the quiet moments, when the city sleeps and the darkness settles in, he can almost hear his father's voice, urging him onward.

Ethan knows the murderer is out there, lurking in the shadows of Riverton. And he won't rest until the case is closed, and his father's spirit can finally find peace.

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Enter Faith Salter--a young woman who just wants to keep her troubled boyfriend safe inside the utopia she's tried to create for him as best she can, even as the façade is starting to crack. Living in a house she can barely afford and now receiving some unforseen medical bills, her desperation has brought her face to face with an ethically questionable 'friend' from her past, who's more than willing to strike a deal with her. Will it fix the situation, or worsen it in the long run?

An unsettling window on the life of a common person...

In 1536, 23-year-old Issen ekes out a living in a land fueled by magic, in spite of being a half-elf that cannot wield any magic whatsoever. Though, his ordinary life changes when he finds a girl in tattered clothes seemingly abandoned in an alleyway right outside the busy night market. Who could have done this to her and why? What could this mean for Issen? Release schedule: sporadic, as 2025 might just be my busiest year to date. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the read!

A world where shadows whisper secrets, a young woman in her twenties finds herself haunted by a past that has stripped her of everything she once held dear. Strong yet deeply traumatized, she navigates life with a heart heavy from loss. Each day is a battle against the memories that threaten to consume her, yet amid the darkness, one question drives her forward: what is it that compels her to truly live rather than merely survive?

Kaliah Starborne, a deadly assassin known as Mortifer, is sent to kill Ilian Aerion, a powerful mafia boss. Disguised as corporate consultant Clarke Reid, she infiltrates his world but discovers he’s far more dangerous—and captivating—than she expected. As secrets about her past emerge and her feelings for Ilian grow, Kaliah is torn between duty and desire. In a world of deception and betrayal, the biggest lie may be the one she tells herself.​​​​​​​

“In tons loaded with fear and disbelief, anger and fury, fruit of one's own fault, torn arms bearing the weight of all the struggle, broken spine, mutilated fingers, denied by God, forgotten by the heavens, remembered by the hated, in the presence of own omnipotence, I deny its presence and cry out for its non-existence, that is my belief” -Louf

After going through the trauma of losing her brother who was her best friend and comforter. Naomi has to endure the maltreatment of her parents. She finds that her tears become her only companions.

One day at sunrise her mother barges into her room. Looking happier than Naomi's ever seen.

Her mother informs her that Naomi'll be getting married the next day to a notorious business man. At the sight of her mother's smile Naomi agrees wholeheartedly.

For what daughter wouldn't be joyed to bring a smile on the face of the woman that bore her

On the day of her engagement Naomi enjoys the affection and pampering she is given by her beloved female parent.

However, as Naomi sets her eyes on her soon-to-be husband her world is thrown upside down.

His cold eyes are filled with secrets that she can't seem to unfold. While his cold demeanor pushes her away they seem to draw her even closer.

The beginning of her supposed love story is also the beginning of her upcoming doom and misfortune.

Let's watch and see how our dear antagonist becomes a victim of a complicated love story

Only God understood, I'm not for that hollywood, They say where you get the energy, I pray to God not the enemy, Devil has no power, At this level I just watch for the hour, Mind on salvation, Be kind to all nations, The beast is here, My peace has no fear.

When your mind is like the truth of fire then you gon feel the root of the wire, I ain't talking witchcraft, How I'm moving I don't switch paths, If you still walking in evil how can you be truly enlightened, See right thru people cause they unruly hiding.

Look this ain't for the show, Read the Book you gon feel the glow, Got them shook cause I know, Seen what they took now they brutal, This ain't no theory I ain't pseudo, Feel like a pitbull you a poodle, Headed to dark times like the feudal.

Birds chirping, Earth is the serpent, The Word is urgent, Society moving with that forked tongue, It's been proven stay away from the porked lung, No one is immune from law, We don't commune with those from the fall, It's coming soon pick up the call.

Still on my feet get your track up, They steal the sweet get your snack up, It's not all cracked up. The fall got them jacked up. I don't ball but I ain't a backup, Now they trying to act up, Qb flow get your sack up, Keep waiting thinking I'm gon lack up.

River walk call it ripple kicks, Silver talk call it triple six, This ain't no theory, Gifts of a saint is why they fear me, Lift up thanks they can't hear me, With the tanks they can't get near me, Sift out the ranks they can't gear me.

Game seven, Is your name in heaven, They came with the leaven. You got to press start before God can bless your heart, You say something it's a problem, You say nothing it's a problem, I do what God confides in me, They been knew the sun shines in me.

Either you believe Jesus Christ as Lord or not plain and simple, That ether make them leave the score cause through the pain you still see my symbol, I ain't talking no magic, I'm walking past the havoc, God is with me, My heart is a gift to free.

Pierce through the veil with salvation, Fierce crew when they can't nail your vibration, I refuse to bow down to anybody on this earth, They induce the vow sound to everybody on this earth, Hear God within, They fear when your heart doesn't sin.

If you stay present then they gon try to slay your blessing, I been washed by the truth, They gon be squashed by the truth, The enemy could be any race any face, The energy got many in fear cause of my grace, The Lord's melody got me in a new space.

Early bird gets the early word, Promotion and advocating for evil, Devotion and accurating for people, Take part of the first resurrection, Fake heart mess with perfection. Be fruitful, Be truthful, We yearn for God. We learn from God.

Had to become a leader ever since I became a reader, I'm not a bottom feeder, We're in the Sodom meter, I'm not trying to be cool, I'm not trying to be a fool, I yearned to see without the ego, I learned you got to see without evil, Love vision decision.

Find your own business then mind your own business, Stay present within, Pray the blessing to lift sin, Ask God to forgive you and repent, They try to mask the heart to score the myth of intent, This ain't a game, Jesus died for all the same, Risen vision.

Life is beautiful in a ugly world, They try to put fear in you cause of the lovely Word, The Maker of the universe knows all, The faker of those who sue the curse will fall, No matter your status we all going thru something wherever you are on the atlas.

One trust in faith is the combination, Unjust weights is the abomination, The Gospel saves, New fossils in the graves, Jesus paid the ransom, Watch out for the phantom, It's take strength to walk in love, They fake the blank to talk in what's made up.

Champion in my blood, Ain't no stamping in my love, The glitz and glamour is hollywood, They blitz and hammer if they probably could, They playing with the wrong one, They playing with a strong one, Realize who Christ is, The real lies is the crisis.

I'm in self-instruct mode, Timing self-destruct code, They can't construct the node, There's only two road, They mute the blind with the toad, Life is a heavy load, They try to make me the yode, My soul can't be broken by the goad.

Give praise to His holy Name, They thought I'd be lost in the rain, Still have peace even through the pain, The wrath of the beast is tyrant make my life in vain, I will make your feet to walk in a new lane, God said I made you all the same, Play no game.

Built to reject what they want me to respect, They do what thou wilt, Pray against the slew of filth, Obedience to God, Ingredients is in the heart, Love and peace, The dove against the beast, It ain't made up the devil is off the leash, Let God preach.

Situations I dealt with is very miniscule compared to the destiny of salvation, Initiations I ain't dealt with is cause I'm not in their rule cause they guessing me by the ancient, They find no fault, Unlock all the vaults, Stay in form, Pray in the storm.

I feel lifted, I feel gifted, I heal different. No deal but I'm still driven, Can't steal what I'm giving, Been sealed the way I'm living, I'm in God's palms like a heart psalm, Folks be reprobate, That yoke is the gamble of hate, Been woke in the faith.

Extract the next track cause they flex the stack, This is not about conspiracy, The way I walk ain't no fear in me, The day I talk they ain't hearing me, They pray the lock is nearing me, My soul is free, The gold is in the tree, I was told you are the key.

The moment when you recognize your light then they reckon with lies to destroy your life, The law is love, Draw water for the dove, Folks faking the way they move. The joke is over cause the secret has been proved, They in fear cause your sin is cleared.

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I'm blessed up but they want me messed up, I know I'm next up that's why they flexed up, I know the world ain't ready for my real form, I glow in the Word cause I'm steady in the healed storm, Can't fake up when the world is covered in make up.

Control your spirit, They can't hold your spirit, Saint's gold in my spirit, Thank the soul for my spirit, Of course it's God, The only source is God, I mention Jesus. There's cruel inventions for believers, Can't fear death, It's a new year of breath.

Trust in the strategy, Lust is a tragedy Purify your gold, They want to crucify your soul, They mad cause the wool ain't over my eyes, They mad cause I ain't a fool in front of the wise, Take it with a grain of salt, They fake it with the rain of fault,

Influence and impact, We seen the ruins intact, They rebuilding biblical sites, They refilling spiritual nights, I don't care who's at fault, I don't care what's in a vault, The world in a cult, The Word said you are the salt.

Closed caption. Rosed rations, Eyes of a panther, The wise don't banter, Government shutdown, The suffering you can't stunt now, Be on your square, Key to anywhere, They can't gauge you, So they try to page you, Society trying to cage you.

Chosen generation, Closing every station, The airwaves, Where is the saved, Yes I grow. The test to know, It's contextual, Endure until the end, Folks impure they won't repent, We testify, We next to fly, Danger can't scare me, Strangers can't square me.

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I'm getting my mind back, I'm kind to you if you're white or black, Folks chasing a bag to stack, Ain't no joke erasing the lag on the track, You got to take the chains off, The truth ain't fake the grain you can't scoff, Be thankful, Free like a angel.

See the fruits of my labor, See the roots of my favor, See the truth in my neighbor, We're seeing the matrix glitch, They try to blur the gracious who don't switch, They gon hate you whether you poor or rich. Please receive Christ, They deceive our rights.

I stay marching to the drumming, They say the martians is coming, I'm slaying what they summon, They praying I would be dumbing, They playing like I would be numbing. I ain't paying for the humming, They treying cause I know something.

Word on the street you got biblical immunity, Birds on the street got a spiritual community, I'm vibing in the light, I ain't hiding in the night, I'm cleansing my temple, I'm sensing the sample, If you against the beast then why don't you advance in peace.

The one thing you must realize that they always hide the truth in plain sight, The sun bring you trust to recognize they always lied in the booth in the rain light, Not particular, Just the heart similar, Don't fear what you hear, The actions is fraction.

The mercy of peace, That's why they try to curse me with the beast, They hope we're fools to walk in their rules, Don't be lawless, Don't be heartless, They gon start the test, This is spiritual not racial, This is biblical not facial, The miracle is special,

Keep your thoughts on the things above, It's deep in your heart in what brings the love, Stay overflowing, Pray the nova glowing, This time it won't dissipate, Don't play with the risk of hate, Known is the mist of weight, Sown is the kiss of fate.

Main attraction, Pain is detraction, The rain is distraction, In my lane I ain't crashing, Worldwide, The Word is my guide, In the face of fear I won't hide, My grace is the reason I ain't died, Still got to leave this earth, I'm sealed for the rebirth.

Bless the soul of God. Don't test the soul of God, I'm not competing with anyone, I'm not deleting anyone, I'm not repeating anyone, They lied on my name, Thought I died in the game, I wasn't playing, I was praying, The matrix is decaying.