the saffron bride trilogy
Three brides. One house. A curse that binds them all.
Book One: The Serpent and the Saffron Bride (Published)
ISBN: 978-1-966575-07-8
When Priya, a young librarian from Suva, travels to Vatu Vara to catalog a private collection, she enters a mansion steeped in whispers and shadows. Serpent’s Embrace is a place where the past lingers in every corridor, and where her path entwines with its enigmatic heir, Nadeem. Beneath the weight of ancestral secrets, Priya must decide whether the mansion has claimed her—or remembered her.
Book Two: The House of Ashcroft (Spring 2026)
ISBN: 978-1-966575-13-9
In the waning years of empire, a woman with no memory is found upon the shore of Vatu Vara. Named Maahi by Nadeem Ashcroft, she becomes both his salvation and his undoing. But the island is never silent, and the past refuses to rest. Haunted by voices not her own, Maahi is drawn into a tale of possession, jealousy, and forbidden love that reveals the true cost of being bound to the Ashcroft name.
Book Three: The Saffron Veil (Summer 2026)
ISBN: 978-1-966575-14-6
Before the curse, there was a bride. Anika, the first saffron bride, walked these halls with hope in her heart and vows on her lips. But love betrayed her, and what followed left a stain upon Serpent’s Embrace that no prayer could cleanse. Her story is one of devotion turned despair, of choices that birthed a legacy of sorrow. To know Anika is to know the beginning—and the inescapable end—of the house’s dark inheritance.
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Signed Author Copy – The Serpent & The Saffron Bride
A Gothic Romance Rooted in Ancestral Haunting and Forbidden Love
🖋️ Signed by the Author | 📚 Book 1 of the Saffron Bride Trilogy
Step into the shadows of a crumbling island mansion where ancestral secrets stir, forbidden love lingers, and a forgotten bride waits to be remembered.
When librarian Priya travels to the remote island of Vatu Vara to catalog a private library within a decaying estate known as Serpent’s Embrace, she expects nothing more than peace and solitude. But what she finds is far more unsettling—a portrait of a woman who looks just like her, echoes of a love she cannot recall, and Nadeem, a stranger whose presence awakens something ancient within her.
As coastal storms rise and the mansion begins to unravel its ghostly past, Priya is pulled into a century-old tale of passion, betrayal, and a bride cloaked in saffron who was never meant to be forgotten. The deeper she ventures, the clearer it becomes: she hasn't come to this place by accident.
The house remembers her.
The sea calls her name.
And something buried is beginning to stir…
✨ A haunting tale of memory, myth, and the enduring power of love.
✨ Laced with Indo-Fijian history and lyrical gothic prose.
✨ Perfect for fans of slow-burn romance, atmospheric settings, and ancestral mysteries.
Book Details:
📖 Reading Age: 16–18+ years
📝 Print Length: 321 pages
🗣️ Language: English
📚 Binding: Paperback
📅 Publication Date: June 10, 2025
Each copy is personally signed by author Nafisa Zareen Khan, an International Impact Book Award winner and storyteller whose work weaves cultural memory with romantic, gothic beauty.