Some love stories begin with fate. This one begins with a calling. Langa has finally found peace with the gift that has shaped her life. A new city, a new university, and a new love with medical student Litha Madiba seem to promise the fresh start she's always longed for. But when unsettling dreams begin connecting Litha to a hidden family legacy, Langa realises the future she's been praying for may demand more courage than she ever imagined. Moving between the vibrant streets of Johannesburg, the beauty of Cape Town, and the ancestral hills of the Eastern Cape, The Calling is an unforgettable coming-of-age novel about faith, identity, healing, family, and a love strong enough to carry two people into the purpose they were born to fulfil. When love brings them together, destiny asks them to walk into it-hand in hand.

Zamatungwa Qhawekazi Mkhize never believed in fairytales. Raised in rural Nongoma by a single mother, she learned early that life offers little softness-only survival. While others dreamed of love and perfect endings, Zamatungwa learned to carry burdens far too heavy for her age. Her mother worked in silence, stitching torn school shoes, feeding three children from almost nothing, and never allowing the world to see her break. When Zamatungwa earns a bursary to university, hope finally feels real. But in her third year, just one step away from her degree, her world collapses her mother is gone. Suddenly, she is no longer a student chasing a future, but the only parent her siblings have left. She returns home, sacrificing her dreams to carry responsibilities that were never meant to be hers. Working under a harsh boss and surviving a life that feels heavier each day, she learns to endure in silence, holding onto dignity where there is little kindness. Until Mpendulo enters her life. He does not try to save her. He sees her. Slowly, he notices the strength in her silence and the mind she hides beneath her pain, and becomes the one person who stands beside her through the weight she carries. But love is not easy for Zamatungwa. It comes with distance, mistakes, and the slow rebuilding of trust. And for her, the hardest question is not survival... But whether she is allowed to be loved at all yet Mpendulo shows her that she deserves it and more.

Love is unconditional but Relationships are not.

Life is unpredictable and not very fair to everyone. Things don't always go as planned but they sometimes happen, sometimes they don't. In certain cases you always have to make decisions that will benefit you and you later have no choice but to face the repercussions of the decisions you made in the past. Life is a circle of happiness, sadness, winnings and losses so in everything you do, you ought to learn from the mistakes you made.

This is a sequel to "The Joys of Life II" If you are new, please check my wall for book one of "The Joys of Life" I hope you enjoy!😊

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." - T.S. Eliot.

Nkosenye Gumbi is your average man married to Noma, in their marriage they experience trials and tribulations, secrets come out to destroy them. Please do enjoy.

She knew she wasn't designated to be with a younger man but didn't anticipate such a age gap. Love was what she wanted to see herself drown in since she affords herself pretty well.

They both have a traumatic past that haunts them but together they find the will to live.

"I have never felt love like this before. So wrong yet feels so damn good. I must be going insane. That's the only explanation." Hlengiwe is a cool calm and collected lady but her world is about to be turned upside down when a man crushes into her life and refuses to take no for an answer. Fun fact, she enjoys the attention more that she let's on. Unhinged Love by Minenhle Nkosi