Two hearts. One impossible truth.
When twelve-year-old Luke saves Lara from drowning, their bond is sealed forever—a connection forged in water and fate.
Growing up in 1980s Delhi, they become inseparable. Two outsiders navigating family expectations, cultural divides, and the fragile space between friendship and love.
But as the years pass and continents begin to separate them, unspoken truths begin to surface.
Lara’s love deepens into something undeniable.
Luke is hiding a truth that could break the one person he cannot bear to lose.
Spanning decades and continents, Luke & Lara is an emotionally resonant story of friendship, identity, and the quiet heartbreak of loving someone you can never truly have.
From the author of A Quiet Dissonance.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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