Love has no religion, but it has divinity. Love has no province, but it has space for all. Love commands no power, but it conquers everything. Love is truly the greatest force known to mankind and it touches everyone’s life in one way or another. Shades of Love explores the whole spectrum of emotions through a crowdsourced collection of true stories that lay bare the many forms and hues of love that reside in the human heart. The book journeys through the playful teasing of first love to a love that requires going against the world, an innocent love that grows out of camaraderie and companionship to a love that is omnipresent. Through these intimate and personal accounts, Shades of Love offers a glimpse into one of life’s biggest mysteries—love. They say, the pleasure of love lasts but a moment; the pain of love lasts a lifetime. Yet, most of us would never replace the feeling, the experience of heartbreak because, in the end, it makes us who we are. Shades of Love is a crowdsourced collection of real-life stories that portrays an unfiltered picture of all forms of heartbreak—letting go of the love of your life, an unexpected loss of a partner, and, even, unrequited love. The tender and truthful prose of the book explores how the same four-letter word—love—can give rise to a feeling of bliss and blessing as well as of loss and longing. This insightful and moving anthology has been curated to remind us that whether we are in love, or out of it, we are never alone.