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Coming 2026

Killed by Cupid

Why Romeo Was an Idiot and Juliet Should Have Married the Accountant

by Yadav Jung Sharma

A satirical, data-backed teardown of the love myth — and a serious argument for building partnerships on foundation, not feeling.

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"Romeo and Juliet knew each other for three days. Six people died. That's not a love story — that's a hostage situation."

— from Killed by Cupid

What this book is

Real, lasting, fulfilling partnerships are not built on love. They are built on foundation — character, economic compatibility, emotional stability, family integration, life architecture — and then love grows on top of that foundation, like a garden on solid ground rather than a castle built on clouds.

This book makes that case in fifteen chapters, with citations.

What this book is not

Not anti-love. Not preachy. Not memoir. Not therapy. Not a fifty-page idea stretched into three hundred pages so a publisher could justify a hardcover.

Inside

  • A forensic retelling of Romeo and Juliet that argues Shakespeare wrote the greatest anti-romance cautionary tale in literary history — and humanity turned it into wedding readings.
  • The neuroscience of infatuation, with sources. Why the feeling has the shelf life of a banana.
  • A global cultural scoreboard: divorce rates, satisfaction longitudinally, the Indian-American case study.
  • The Foundation Model — five pillars, presented at the midpoint of the book so the reader can apply it to everything that comes after.
  • The WWPD framework: a pocket-sized decision tool for romantic dilemmas.

Coming 2026

Ebook, paperback, hardcover, audiobook. Pre-order links arrive when retailer pages go live.

Inside the book

Fifteen chapters across four parts.

Part I — The Crime Scene

  1. 01 Romeo Was a Moron (And Shakespeare Knew It)
  2. 02 The Love Industrial Complex
  3. 03 Your Brain on Love (It's Not Pretty)
  4. 04 The Romantic Movie Autopsy

Part II — The Evidence

  1. 01 The Divorce Files
  2. 02 The Cultural Scoreboard
  3. 03 Love is Broke
  4. 04 The Foundation Model

Part III — The Stakes

  1. 01 The Children's Chapter
  2. 02 Swipe Left on Romeo
  3. 03 A Brief History of Not Marrying for Love

Part IV — The Playbook

  1. 01 The Arranged Marriage Playbook
  2. 02 How to Actually Build Love
  3. 03 What Would Paris Do? (A Field Guide)
  4. 04 A Letter to the Hopeless Romantic

About the author

Yadav Jung Sharma

Pen name

Yadav Jung Sharma writes anonymously and publishes through Ignis Publishing. The pen name renders the human invisible so the argument can be visible. He does not hold a podium, give interviews on camera, or share personal details. What you get is the work, the evidence behind it, and an opinion that does not pretend to be balanced. He believes that good books take a position, that data serves human flourishing, and that the most useful sentences are the ones a reader carries out of the book and thinks about while brushing their teeth. His first title from Ignis is *Killed by Cupid* — a satirical, evidence-backed teardown of the love myth. A second book is in progress, because he has more opinions than he initially thought.

More from Yadav →

Specifications

The book on paper.

Genre
Cultural commentary · Satirical non-fiction
Length
~66,000 words · 15 chapters · 4 parts
Reading level
General audience
Editions
Ebook · Paperback · Hardcover · Audiobook
Release window
2026
Publisher
Ignis Publishing, LLC