Rakshit Singh, a young and upcoming politician, encounters a rebellious Rani aka Radha in an upscale brothel, Temple Bar. Intrigued by Rani's personality, he wants to know more of her. Radha tells him that she was found by the brothel owner in a semi-conscious state and that she's lost her memory. Distressed by her plight, Rakshit asks her to be the governess of his motherless daughter, Neer. What Rakshit does not know is that Radha is using him to avenge herself against the man who destroyed her life. Fraught with danger, daring and deceit, this racy novel recounts a tale of love, loss, and loyalty in lives that are curiously entwined with one another.

The Temple Bar Woman is the 8th book by Sujata Parashar. It's a political thriller about a woman who was abducted for a flimsy reason, used and then left to die.

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