She was barely eighteen. He'd been watching her since she was sixteen. When quiet, bookish Amina is married off to her father's former student-a cold, intimidating literature professor twice her age-she doesn't expect love. But Dr. Kabir Musa has loved her for years... silently, obsessively, faithfully. Now that she's his wife, Kabir is determined to worship her with every breath. But beneath his calm voice and protective touch lies a storm of passion he's kept hidden for far too long. Thrown into a slow-burning marriage full of longing, boundaries, and unspoken truths, Amina begins to realize that some loves don't grow gently... They consume. > A haunting, poetic tale of age gap romance, obsessive love, and quiet devotion-set in the heart of Northern Nigeria. --- 📚 Title: Beneath His Gaze Genre: Age gap | Arranged Marriage | Obsessive Love | Muslim Romance | Slow Burn Setting: Northern Nigeria - Zaria, Abuja --- 🖤 Tropes You'll Love: ✨ Obsessive but emotionally controlled husband 👨‍🏫 Professor x young innocent wife 💍 Halal arranged marriage, slow-burn intimacy 🤫 Secret pining for years 🌙 Islamic setting with du'a, hijab, and respect ❤️‍🔥 Emotionally intense, clean yet passionate romance.

"Look at how hard it's beating!!" He said grabbing hold of my hand and placing it on my own heart, not letting go of my hand again. I lowered my gaze from his eyes and settled them on my hand held by his. "Oh, don't feel embarrassed, here..." He shifted my hand upon his heart, which was beating erratically. Perhaps, even harder than mine. "This is the effect of your presence near me." He said causing me to lower my eyes. "Not just now suddenly but from quite a while" He added gaining my gaze yet again. ~~~~•••~~~~ Maira Abdul Haseeb: A niqabi who is a fresher in college, finds herself staring a bit longer at a guy whose name she didn't even knew. Adam Abdullah: The boy who found it difficult to get his piquing curiousity off of a niqabi. ~~~~•••~~~~ Hop in to know more about this Halal story with a gist of romance and love of the purest form. Status: Completed Started: 7th October 2021 Completed: 9th October 2022

Afrah Ibrahim Sherrif has spent years building walls around her heart. A journalism student with a sharp tongue and a guarded soul, she has no interest in love, no time for games, and absolutely no desire to let anyone in. Then she meets Abdallah Ameen Sadauki. He's an architect. Quiet. Reserved. Completely unreadable. He keeps to himself, speaks only when necessary, and guards his heart like a fortress. He doesn't chase her. He doesn't try to win her over. But something about her lingers in his mind. He doesn't understand it. He doesn't want it. But he can't seem to shake her-the fire in her eyes, the sharpness of her tongue, the way she looks at him like she's already decided she doesn't like him. She doesn't notice him watching. She doesn't see the way his gaze lingers a second too long. She has no idea that the quiet, distant architect she's already dismissed is slowly, quietly, falling for her. This is not a story about love at first sight. This is a story about a man who never expected to fall-and a woman who never expected to be seen.

Hannatu Abdullahi is a twenty-year-old whose life has never been easy. Growing up in a polygamous household, she is treated like an outsider by her stepmothers and stepsiblings. With little hope of chasing her dreams, she is left with only two choices: marry a man chosen for her or somehow find a way to continue her education on her own. Everything changes when she crosses paths with Engineer Zayyad MAHIZ, the thirty-year-old, charismatic, and beloved only son of the prestigious MAHIZ'S family. Their unexpected meeting sets destiny in motion, and Zayyad becomes the light that begins to chase away the darkness surrounding Hannatu's life. But fate is never that simple. As feelings grow and secrets unfold, Hannatu must endure painful trials that test her strength, faith, and heart. Will love be enough to rewrite the blueprint of their destinies, or will life's harsh realities tear them apart? LOVE WASN'T PART OF THE DESIGN-UNTIL IT WAS.

Nabeel Maigori has perfected the art of appearing whole, a man whose life seems untouched by hardship. But behind closed doors, he is still living in the shadow of a loss that altered the course of his life, a man haunted by a tragedy he had never escaped. Then Nooriyyah, Gentle yet quietly resilient, never expected her life to become intertwined with a man carrying so much pain. What begins as an unexpected connection soon challenges everything they thought they knew about healing, trust, and love. As old scars reopen, Nabeel must confront the past he has spent years running from, while Nooriyyah must decide whether loving someone broken is worth the cost. 🌱 🌱 🌱 A Love Decreed is a heartfelt Muslim romance about grief, healing, second chances, and discovering that love is not always the cure but sometimes it is the reason we finally choose to heal. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 A/N: wrote this book as a teenager with no clue as to what it'll become , my first ever book here🥹 I'm so grateful to every single one of you that gave me a chance to share my super cliche story. I'm currently editing it to hopefully give it a more refined feel, direction and less cringey😂 Thank you so much for your love & support. Love , Maryam❤ Also Check out my new book : beyond the surface 💕 I'll continue writing it once i'm done fully editing and complete this book🍃 Find me on ig: @marymm.balaa

JADWA

It was all part of the plan. It was my culture. I had to do it. Heck, I didn't even have a say in it... Follow me as I tell you the story of my life as a Fulani girl . Disclaimer: this book is Islamic, but it doesn't portray the perfect Islam religion. This book is unedited, it contains grammatical errors. Read at your own risk!

UNDERGOING MAJOR EDITING ‼️ Some wounds don't bleed. They live under the skin-quiet, deep, and scarring. Farah Became another person entirely after finding out about her parents rift at a very young age. And is Separated from her Family for 4 years . Farah tries to escape the trauma-but pain has a way of following you. What happens when Farah is arranged to get married to a long lost friend. They hate each other. But life has other plans. Can two broken souls find peace together? Or will the past tear them apart forever? . . . . . . . . Read And follow the journey of Farah and Abdulrahim. Warning ⚠️ contains some triggering scenes. BEST RANKINGS. #17 in DEEN #1 in HAUSAFULANI #1 in NIGERIAN STORY #4 in LOVE AFTER PAIN #23 in DESMESTIC VIOLENCE #15 in GENERAL FRICTION #1 in AREWA

Aya's life was never hers to control. Trapped in a marriage that left her scarred and broken, she never thought she'd escape, until the night fate took matters into its own hands. Now, as she struggles to piece together a life for herself and her daughter, Anaya, the last thing she expects is to cross paths with Eli-the doctor who once witnessed her at her weakest. Eli has his own ghosts to confront. When he sees Aya again, memories of the past resurface, along with emotions he never fully understood. Whereas Aya is guarded, wary, and unwilling to let anyone past her walls. But something about her calls to him, stirring a need to protect, to heal, and perhaps... to love. As Aya fights against the shadows of her past, can she allow herself to trust again? And can Eli prove that some wounds aren't meant to break a person-but to make them stronger? Read to find out ;) #1 -halalromance #2 - muslimstories #1 - hijab

nineteen-year-old Aydah has learned the art of disappearing, hiding her loneliness behind a practiced smile, her fear behind silence, and her pain behind obedience. At school, she plays the loyal friend in a fragile trio held together by jealousy and pretense. At home, she tiptoes through her family's polished chaos, But when she meets a boy who makes her feel seen for the first time, her fragile balance begins to crack. What begins as tenderness unravels into a cruel game of betrayal and humiliation, forcing Aydah to confront the cost of being invisible in a world that only notices when it's too late. Set against the glittering yet suffocating world of Abuja's upper class book traces a girl's journey from silence to selfhood, asking what it truly means to be seen, and what it costs to heal.