금지된 사랑 a novel by Luciana Kaveh

His Seoul, Her Heart

A forbidden love between two worlds.

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The story · 이야기

She spilled a drink on his shirt.
Seoul did the rest.

Sofia Mendes came from Brazil with a suitcase, a dream, and the determination to build something entirely her own on the other side of the world. Yoon Jae-won was born with the weight of an empire on his shoulders, and learned early on that feelings are not a strategy.

Then they found each other again, in a conference room in Seoul, with papers scattered across the floor and hearts beating faster than they should, and no strategy in the world was enough. He is the heir to one of the most powerful families in South Korea. She is the woman he can't get out of his head.

And between them stands,

  • 가족

    A family that doesn't approve

    His name was decided before he was born. So was his future, and the woman meant to share it.

  • 회사

    A company that doesn't forgive

    In the boardrooms of Seoul, one distraction is a weakness. A foreign one is a scandal.

  • 사랑

    A love neither of them planned

    It began as an accident at a beach bar. It became the only thing neither of them can walk away from.

Sofia and Jae-won holding hands on a beach at dusk
Krabi, Thailand, where the universe made its move

Where it began · 시작

Three moments.
One inevitable love.

  1. Moment 01

    A beach bar in Thailand

    She spilled a drink on his shirt. He was annoyed for exactly four seconds, then she laughed, and Thailand got warmer.

  2. Moment 02

    The earring

    She lost it that night. He kept it for three weeks, telling himself it meant nothing. It meant everything.

  3. Moment 03

    A conference room in Seoul

    Neither of them knew the other would be there. Papers scattered across the floor. Hearts beating faster than they should.

“Sometimes the universe puts two people in the same place
on the other side of the world for a reason.
And sometimes a lost earring is where everything begins.”

, His Seoul, Her Heart
Cover of the book His Seoul, Her Heart, by Luciana Kaveh

The book · 책

A romance to read
with a racing heart.

His Seoul, Her Heart is the romance that will make you sigh, cry, and root for Sofia and Jae-won with everything you have. A story of slow-burning tension, boardroom battles, stolen nights in Seoul, and a love that neither of them planned to feel.

  • GenreContemporary romance
  • SettingThailand → Seoul, South Korea
  • MoodSlow burn · forbidden love
  • ReleaseNovember 1, 2026
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The author · 작가

Luciana Kaveh

Born in Brazil and later naturalised British, she has always lived in the beautiful space between worlds, carrying the warmth of one culture in her heart and the quiet strength of another in her soul.

Her heart speaks Portuguese, her mind thinks in English, and somewhere along the way, her spirit found a third home in the vibrant, deeply emotional universe of Korean stories.

She still remembers the first K-drama she ever watched. She didn't plan to cry. She didn't plan to stay up until dawn. And she certainly didn't plan to fall completely in love with a culture, a language, and a way of telling stories that felt like coming home to a place she had never been.

That was the beginning of everything.

His Seoul, Her Heart was born from that love, from years of watching, reading, learning, and dreaming about what it would feel like to write a story that lived between two cultures, two hearts, and two very different destinies. A story about love that refuses to follow the rules.

She wrote this one because some loves are too powerful to stay hidden , they deserve to be told, felt, and remembered.

She hopes His Seoul, Her Heart finds its way to your heart… and stays there long after the last page.

A message for you · 독자에게

Dear Reader,

I hope this story made your heart race, brought a smile to your face, and gave you at least a few butterflies along the way.

Thank you for letting Sofia and Jae-won become a part of your heart.

With love, Luciana Kaveh

For everyone who loves K-drama.

For everyone who believes true love doesn't ask for permission.

For everyone who knows the most beautiful word in the world is saudade.

Seoul was never this small.

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