A Promise Between the Mask and the Heart is a romantic mafia novel about Ashwat Aryan, a masked underworld king, and Shree, a simple PhD scholar. Born in opposite worlds, their love battles fear, family, faith, secrets, and destiny—until darkness learns to surrender to the heart.
Maya Mishra, a 23-year-old IAS trainee, believes in justice, compassion, and the rule of law. Ashwat Aryan, Asia’s most powerful business tycoon, rules a darker world where mercy is a weakness and fear is currency. An accidental meeting binds two opposite lives—one shaped by loss, the other by ruthless power. As love grows, secrets surface, forcing Maya to confront a past she buried and Ashwat to question the empire he built. When love stands against law, crime, and destiny, will it break them apart—or teach power to kneel?