Simi is a woman suspended between who she was and who she is trying to become. Grief has reshaped her, leaving her beautiful, guarded, and difficult to reach. She moves through Chicago with elegance and distance, determined not to need anyone too deeply again.
Clark notices her before he understands her. What begins as curiosity becomes a quiet fixation, then something more tender and dangerous. As their lives keep crossing in candlelit bars, winter streets, and private moments neither of them expected, Simi and Clark are forced to confront the wounds they have carried alone.
Pause is a slow-burning, emotionally intimate romance about grief, healing, desire, and the terrifying hope of being truly seen.
Genre: Romance (Contemporary Fiction)
Age Suggestion: Adult
Tropes: Slow Burn Romance, Emotional Growth, Right Person - Wrong Time, Dual POV, Second Chance
Trigger / CW: Grief, Death, Family Conflict, Emotional Trauma, Therapy, Sexual Content, Alcohol Use
Spice Warning: Hot (on-page sexual content)
Author: Vatalini Sahar
Format: Paperback (+extra goodies from the author)
Page Count: 281
Publication Date: August 4, 2025
ISBN: 979-8218739324
Series: Interconnected Romance Stories
Vatalini Sahar writes emotionally layered romance and romantic suspense about love, grief, obsession, identity, and the quiet moments that change everything. Her stories often center on complex women, complicated men, and the spaces where longing becomes transformation. Splitting her time between Chicago and Delaware, Vatalini writes with a candlelit, atmospheric style that blends intimacy, elegance, and emotional depth.
Simi is a woman suspended between who she was and who she is trying to become. Grief has reshaped her, leaving her beautiful, guarded, and difficult to reach. She moves through Chicago with elegance and distance, determined not to need anyone too deeply again.
Clark notices her before he understands her. What begins as curiosity becomes a quiet fixation, then something more tender and dangerous. As their lives keep crossing in candlelit bars, winter streets, and private moments neither of them expected, Simi and Clark are forced to confront the wounds they have carried alone.
Pause is a slow-burning, emotionally intimate romance about grief, healing, desire, and the terrifying hope of being truly seen.
Genre: Romance (Contemporary Fiction)
Age Suggestion: Adult
Tropes: Slow Burn Romance, Emotional Growth, Right Person - Wrong Time, Dual POV, Second Chance
Trigger / CW: Grief, Death, Family Conflict, Emotional Trauma, Therapy, Sexual Content, Alcohol Use
Spice Warning: Hot (on-page sexual content)
Author: Vatalini Sahar
Format: Paperback (+extra goodies from the author)
Page Count: 281
Publication Date: August 4, 2025
ISBN: 979-8218739324
Series: Interconnected Romance Stories
Vatalini Sahar writes emotionally layered romance and romantic suspense about love, grief, obsession, identity, and the quiet moments that change everything. Her stories often center on complex women, complicated men, and the spaces where longing becomes transformation. Splitting her time between Chicago and Delaware, Vatalini writes with a candlelit, atmospheric style that blends intimacy, elegance, and emotional depth.
