The series
Books by Meera Kane
Bound by Mumbai is a ten-volume closed-door sapphic romance series set in contemporary India, published by Cindermere.
The series follows Priya Sharma and Shanti — an advertising creative director and a photographer — from a dawn sea wall in Bandra to the life they eventually build in daylight. It is told in three parts, and it can be started at Priya's Surrender, which is Volume One.
A free prequel novella, What We Never Said at Dawn, is available to newsletter readers and is a good way in if you'd rather try before you buy.
Prequel novella
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Novella
Free
Ten years of dawn coffees on the same sea wall. One night that almost changed everything. Priya and Shanti, before Priya's Surrender begins.
Part One
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Volume 1
Out 21 Sep 2026
A creative director who has built a whole life around needing no one, and the oldest friend who has been waiting, without a word, for ten years.
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Volume 2
19 Oct 2026
Young Priya
The years before — Priya in her early twenties, and the shape the running first took.
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Volume 3
23 Nov 2026
The Armor
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Volume 4
Coming
The Rented Rooms
Part Two
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Volume 5
Coming
Shanti
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Volume 6
Coming
Kiran
Part Three
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Volume 7
Coming
In Full Daylight
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Volume 8
Coming
Diwali
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Volume 9
Coming
No Burden
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Volume 10
Coming
The Gathered Life
Free for readers
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