HIddat e Ishq by Hiba Shah

About this novel

Hiddat E Ishq (Urdu: حدتِ عشق) by Hiba Shaikh is an intense revenge romance that opens with a kidnapping and a forced nikah. The title means “the heat of love”, and the first chapter certainly burns.

A girl wakes up in a dark room, unaware of the eyes watching her. A man sits on the sofa staring at her with something close to hatred, as if he would like to burn her to ashes. Frightened, she feels her way towards the door and bumps into him. “W-who are you?” she stammers. She begs him to let her go: her father must be worried, and her family is waiting. When the light comes on and she sees his face, she gasps in recognition. He reminds her coldly of what she did to him, of the hand she raised against him, and tells her she will cry now, because this is where her suffering begins.

بدلے کی آگ، زبردستی کا نکاح — اور ایک لڑکی کی بےبسی۔

She pleads again, but he shows no pity. When she tries to slip towards the door, he tightens his grip and tells her to get ready: in two hours they will be married. Then he leaves her alone, and she sinks to the floor, crying over the cruel joke fate has played on her.

The story then moves to “Shah Palace” and introduces the powerful family behind it. Rehman Shah is a major industrialist with two sons, Ahmed Shah and Hamza Shah, and a daughter, Fatima. The brothers run the family business together. Hamza’s son Arham has been married for eight years and has a son of his own. It’s a large, wealthy household, and the reader can sense that the kidnapped girl’s fate is tied to it.

Hiba Shaikh writes with high drama and strong emotions, best suited to readers who like revenge-and-marriage romances with a lot of tension.

You can read Hiddat E Ishq online here or download the complete PDF for free. For more intense romances, read Tere Ishq Mein by Malisha Rana or browse our Romantic Urdu novels.