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Imran & Zulaiha: A Love Written in Gold by abubakarhauwau
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Everyone saw the wedding. No one knew the love story behind it. Imran has loved Zulaiha since childhood. Zulaiha only realizes too late that her heart has always belonged to him too. After years apart, one reunion changes everything. A soft, elegant love story about destiny, family, and the kind of love written long before vows are spoken.
HER IMRAN by Maryam_Dee
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While Aliya prayed for a righteous husband, Imran prayed to become one. One carried a notebook full of duas. The other carried a heart full of regrets She heard his name long before she saw his face. A billionaire feared by everyone. A girl who wanted nothing except a man who feared Allah. Between them lies a missing body, buried secrets, family betrayals and a promise made years before they were born. Some love stories begin with "I love you." Theirs began with a secret. - 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐌𝐑𝐀𝐍 🥀❤️‍🔥
Maryam Nazeef (Unedited) by uzleeferth
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Maryam Nazeef Danbatta is the crown jewel of the Danbatta legacy. Surrounded by five overprotective brothers and a father whose name commands the very soil of Kano, her life is a beautiful, velvet-lined cage. At twenty, her world is defined by lecture halls, family traditions at her grandmother's estate, and the silent understanding that she is "too delicate" for the world outside. She is safe. She is loved. She is invisible to danger. Then there is Khalil. Cold, brilliant, and devastatingly powerful, Khalil is the son of a political dynasty and the only man the Danbatta lions truly respect. He has been a fixture in Maryam's life for years...a silent, arrogant shadow who barely acknowledges her existence. To Maryam, he is the "Ice King," a man too high on his own pedestal to notice a girl like her. But behind Khalil's chilling indifference lies a calculation years in the making. He hasn't been ignoring her; he's been waiting. Waiting for her to grow up. Waiting for the right move. Waiting to dismantle the very walls her brothers built to keep him out. In a world where reputation is everything and family is law, can a quiet obsession turn into a "halal" happily ever after? Or will the secrets Khalil carries burn down the fortress Maryam calls home?
HER WORTH ✓  by Mailaxxybooks
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COPYRIGHT © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED!!! . . . "Don't let what's going on deceive you." Najib murmured. A faint smirk tugging at his lips though his eyes were sharp and cold. "You will only end up getting hurt." Habiba's breath caught. "W...what do you mean?" He didn't reply immediately. His gaze lingered on her for a moment, then he looked away as if their closeness was suffocating him. "Don't expect anything from this marriage." He whispered. "And most importantly never make the mistake of falling in love with me." His hand brushed her waist, not quite holding her and not letting go. "I won't." She whispered back... Though the words trembled. "Never." *** Marriage was the last thing on Habiba's list till she found out she was married to a millionaire, forced to leave everything she's ever loved behind while embracing a new lifestyle... There she meets Najib. Najib; Her arrogant cocky husband, who never regards or sees her worth, especially the fact of him being married to her. "Will she be able to prove Her worth to him and her new society?" *** Started- September 5th, 2022. Completed-July 2nd, 2023. Note: Some chapters are scattered, scroll on the table of content to find chapter (3&4 ) Sorry for the glitch! *** Highest ranking~🏆 #1 in one-sided love on 3/03/2023 #1 in Halal love story on 28/08/2023 #1 in Naivity on 1/09/2023 #1 in Nigeria on 5/07/2023 #1 in seprated on 15/11/2023 #1 in aaaaaa on 29/1/2024 #1 in Lagos on 14/02/2024 #1 in Wealth on 14/05/2024 #1 in worth reading on 1/07/2024 #1 in hate love on 17/08/2024 #1 in betrothed on 22/01/2025 #1 in Kano on 2/12/2025 #1 in mature scenes on 2/01/2026 ©2022
Bound by honor (Book III in the bound series) by Theanonisho
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"I love you, Bils. I've always loved you," Mukhtar said, his voice low, desperate. "I'm sorry for running away sorry for how things ended between us. Please... just give me a chance to prove myself." He looked at her like she was his last prayer. Bilkisu bit her lip, torn between the ache of remembering and the need to protect what was left of her pride. "Mukhtar?" she said softly, then her eyes hardened. "No." He was her almost. Her what-if. Her once-upon-a-time. And then he disappeared twice. Mukhtar has always known where his loyalty lies: with his family, his culture. But when it comes to Bilkisu his cousin and first love the lines between honor and desire blur. A year ago, they shared something quiet but real until he ghosted her without explanation. Twice. Now, with another man's proposal on the table and pressure mounting, Bilkisu must decide: will she marry for duty, or risk everything for a love that's never been allowed to breathe? But Mukhtar isn't the same man who walked away. And Bilkisu isn't the girl who waited. Set against the backdrop of tradition, expectations, and the sacrifices made in silence, Bound by Honor explores whether love can still bloom in the soil of restraint and what happens when two hearts, bound by everything but time, finally speak.
YOURS,Nuwaira by Theanonisho
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Nuwaira has everything,except the one life she has always dreamed of. At thirty-one, she's a celebrated fashion designer;brilliant, admired, and impossible to ignore. Yet the one thing she has always wanted most; a marriage, and a family, has always slipped just out of reach. Once, she came heartbreakingly close. Adil has never truly been part of her world. Their interactions have never gone beyond polite greetings. Even as a child, Nuwaira knew he didn't like her, she didn't like him too and had never pretended otherwise. "You'll never change, Nuwairah." "And you'll always be self-righteous," she shot back. Adil thinks he knows exactly the kind of woman she is. But rumors are easy. Truth is harder. When life begins to unravel in ways Nuwaira never expected, the last person she wants near her becomes the one who refuses to leave,long enough to see the woman behind the gossip and armor. Long enough to fall for her. Even if trusting him might mean opening her heart again... after losing everything she once believed was certain. Yours, Nuwaira is a slow-burn, deeply emotional romance about misjudgment, resilience, and the fragile courage it takes to love again,because sometimes the last person you'd ever trust with your heart becomes the one who falls first... and refuses to let you face the storm alone.
The secret that defines us  by haniyyerh-x
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"The Secret That Defines Us": In the shadows of mortality, a desperate mother's plea seals the fate of two strangers. Seventeen-year-old Halimatu-Sadiya's life is forever altered when she's bound in marriage to the enigmatic Dr. Nouman, a 30-year-old crown prince. The union, orchestrated on her mother's deathbed, sets off a catastrophic chain reaction that shatters the very foundations of their existence. As they navigate the labyrinthine complexities of their forced matrimony, the chasm between them seems insurmountable. The weight of their differences - age, social status, and a mutual disdain - threatens to suffocate them. Yet, amidst the turmoil, a glimmer of friendship flickers to life, kindling a spark that will eventually ignite into a fierce passion. And then, the unthinkable happens. A long-buried truth, hidden in the shadows of their families' past, is finally unearthed. The shocking revelation will shatter every preconceived notion they've held about themselves, their love, and the very fabric of their destiny. Will the secrets that define them be their salvation or their undoing? Dive into the heart-wrenching, thought-provoking world of "The Secret That Defines Us", where the lines between love, family, and identity are blurred, and the true meaning of devotion is put to the ultimate test. Complete book selar, to grab on click on the link below or the one on my profile. https://selar.com/247977s552
ORNAMENTS  (COMPLETED✅) by hawwaiuf
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©2024 COPYRIGHTS. ❝It's you i want not your virginity, literacy or marriage count.❞ Nabeel became her shadow, her protector in a world that had abandoned her. He fought for her, bled for her, and, in the end, claimed her as his own. In his arms, she found not just love, but a savage devotion-something she never imagined she would experience in this lifetime. And as their worlds collided in passionate, dangerous harmony, Umaimah learned that love, when it finds you, doesn't come with the gentle caress of a fairy tale; it comes with the weight of a storm. Umaimah, a village girl with a heart heavy with desperation, was shackled by the cruelty of her adoptive parents, who treated her more as a servant than family. Her dreams, whispered in the dead of night, were filled with visions of escape-escape from the suffocating village that never saw her worth. Her first and only hope of salvation lay in marriage, but even that fate seemed to mock her. Three engagements had been broken, each leaving her more jaded, and now, at the ripe old age of "marriageable despair," she found herself cast aside, an unwed relic in a world that valued only brides. But fate, it seemed, had other plans. She was sent to the city as a maid-a meager consolation, but one that allowed her to slip away from her tormentors, to vanish into the sprawling anonymity of the urban jungle. She didn't just wish to escape; she needed to find her real parents, the bloodline that might redeem her.
Bound By Fate (Book I in the Bound Series ) by Theanonisho
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"A marriage neither of them planned. A love neither of them expected. A destiny written long before they met." Yusra has always dreamed of building a life on her own terms. Marriage could wait. Her ambitions couldn't. But when an arranged marriage brings the quiet, composed Fahad Muhammad into her life, everything changes. Bound together by an arranged marriage, Yusra and Fahad must learn to navigate a life neither of them expected. Through shared prayers, quiet conversations, cherished family traditions, loyal friendships, unexpected trials, and the dreams they build together, they discover that love isn't always instant. Sometimes, it grows in patience, trust, and the choice to show up for one another every single day. As the seasons of life unfold, they learn that marriage is not built in grand moments, but in faith, patience, forgiveness, and the people who stand beside you through every season. A heartfelt story of faith, family, friendship, and halal romance, Bound by Fate is a moving reminder that God's plans are always greater than our own, and that the life you never planned may become the one you were always meant to live.
YOURS, JANNAH by aishatu_xx
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Copyright© 2022. All rights reserved. Being married to him for five years, she knows to never cross him but she's skived her wings for a long time and she only wants to fly now. And she wants to do so through him, maneuver her way in every single coir and cilia of his being. . Jannah woke up one morning wanting nothing but to become a pest to her husband. A woman from the village knows nothing huh? She is going to erase that woman and construct another. . . How is she going to do that when he's always known her to be acquiescent, duteous and devoted? Can she swap that picture so suddenly without her intelligent husband knowing what's going on? She's got the perfect plan for that and with her incredible mother-in-law, things will go just perfectly. She is going to make him go crazy!