At 25, Bria Roy had fought her way to NYU, proving herself worth every cent her parents reluctantly spent on her education. Growing up in a small California town where ambition was stifled, she vowed to escape and build a life on her own terms. NYU was her chance, and she poured all her energy into academics, avoiding anything that might derail her focus. Parties, friends, and relationships were distractions she couldn't afford. Beneath her quiet resilience was a tender heart she rarely showed. Her carefully controlled life revolved around hard work and solitude-until one ordinary afternoon in a café changed everything. Zane Black, 32, was the epitome of privilege: a millionaire playboy with fast cars, faster women, and a knack for making headlines. But his gilded life shattered when his older brother and sister-in-law died in a car crash, leaving their infant daughter in his care. Unprepared for fatherhood and grieving, Zane was thrust into a role he never imagined. Now, he struggled to balance running the business empire he and his brother built with the delicate responsibility of raising a child, searching for purpose in a life that once thrived on excess. __ One afternoon, Bria sat in a bustling café, her mind foggy from back-to-back exams. The sharp cry of a baby broke through her exhaustion, pulling her attention to a tiny infant wailing in a bassinet near the entrance. The man beside the child-a tall figure in a tailored suit-looked helpless as his efforts to soothe her failed. Before Bria knew it, she was on her feet. Kneeling by the bassinet, her soft whispers and gentle touch quieted the baby almost instantly. When she looked up, she met the man's piercing gaze-equal parts gratitude and something unspoken. In that moment, an ordinary encounter sparked the beginning of something extraordinary. Bria had a feeling their paths would cross again.

Amina Musa never imagined that a promise made before she was born would determine her future. At twenty, the 200-level law student dreams of graduating and building a life of her own not becoming the wife of Umar Bello, a reserved Nigerian-Canadian billionaire and CEO who has only recently returned to Abuja to take over his family's business empire. Bound by a promise between their families, two strangers are forced into an arranged marriage . Will a marriage born from duty become the love they never expected? Or will the promise that brought them together become the very thing that tears them apart?

In a world of crowns, traditions, and unspoken expectations, Khalid Abdullahi Bayero and Khadijah Umar Daura discover that loving each other may be the easiest part. Keeping that love alive is the real challenge.

"This marriage is to fulfill my responsibility to my mother. Nothing more." Sofia didn't interrupt. She just watched him. "You will not lack anything," Malik continued, voice calm, controlled. "But I don't do emotional conversations. I prefer my space." A pause. Then, quieter "Do not expect love from me." When Sofia Bello returns to Nigeria to reconnect with her roots and take on a life-changing architecture contract, the last thing she expects is an arranged marriage to a man who has already decided she will never have his heart. Lieutenant Colonel Malik Danjuma is disciplined, distant, and completely closed off until the woman he married out of duty begins to slip past every rule he set. Because Sofia is not the kind of woman who stays at a distance. And Malik is not prepared for what happens when the one person he tries to keep out... becomes the only one he can't stay away from. A modern Arewa romance about duty, healing, family, and the kind of love that quietly breaks through even the strongest walls.

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When Kano Meets Abuja She was the Princess of Abuja. He was the Emir of Kano. Their marriage was arranged to unite two of Northern Nigeria's most powerful royal houses-not their hearts. Princess Rumaisah Alisha Tasnim has spent her entire life living beneath the weight of a crown, where every choice is made for her. Graceful, intelligent, and fiercely independent, she longs for a future where duty doesn't decide everything. Emir Huzayfah Farooq Yaman has ruled with discipline since the death of his father. Respected by all, feared by many, he has always had control over his kingdom, his court... and everyone around him. Until Rumaisah. Because some crowns can rule a kingdom... But not a stubborn princess. As rivalry, tradition, and royal expectations threaten to pull them apart, Rumaisah and Huzayfah must decide whether their arranged marriage will remain a symbol of peace-or become the greatest love story neither of them ever saw coming.

"Are you gonna leave me in this deserted place?" His eyes are showing warmth but after some time no emotions is showing in them. I don't know how can he change his emotions so quickly. "I don't give a damn if you go safely to college or not. I am only your husband on papers nothing else so don't keep your hope high Ms. Kapoor." I felt tears in my eyes but I control them. I will not give him the satisfaction of hurting me. "It's Mrs. Ruhani Armaan Raichand now." The look he is giving me now wants me to tremble in fear but I stood my ground. He didn't said anything and just drove from there leaving me in the middle of the road. ********************************************* This is the story of Armaan Raichand and Ruhani Kapoor. They are poles apart. ARMAAN RAICHAND He is a successful billionaire at the age of 27 years. He is an arrogant, self centric and quite a handsome man. He doesn't believe in love after living without parents for a long time and by getting betrayed by his best friend. RUHANI KAPOOR She is the sweet, kind, bubbly and fun loving girl of 21 years old who is always admired by everyone for her innocence. She believes that one day her Prince charming will come and there will be a happily ever after. But in reality everything is not planned. They got destined together by a holy marriage under some circumstances. No one is ready for that. How can an innocent girl will melt the arrogance of her husband. Her husband has some demons of his own to fight. Read this story "Mrs. Raichand" and see how Ruhani becomes the light of Armaan's darkness.

1st book of Cursed series in continuation of Shivanya series "You should stop staring at me like I'm some monster," Dhruv said coldly. Taara replied looking into his eyes "Then stop behaving like one, Rawal sa (prince) " For the first time in years... he laughed. But Dhruv didn't fall for her because she was soft. He fell because she walked straight into his darkness without trembling. "I ruin everything I touch," he warned her while caressing her cheeks Taara looked him straight in the eyes. "Then maybe I was born to survive ruin. " What Taara didn't know was - Dhruv had already decided something terrifying. He believed she was the only one who could break his curse. And he was willing to destroy the entire kingdom to keep her beside him. They called him the shadow of the kingdom. A person who doesn't have any identity of his own. Who lives under shadow of someone else. Prince Dhruv - the second prince of mahawargarh. A widower. Most intelligent and interested only in politics . A feared warrior. And the father of a five-year-old daughter who barely smiled anymore. People whispered that something inside him had died the night his wife did. But no one knew his real secret. No one knew the prince locked himself behind closed doors every night, drowning in dangerous addictions to silence the demons in his head. No one knew his hands trembled from withdrawal before battles. No one knew he believed he was cursed. And then came Taara. A maid who was too fearless for her own good. Too confident to lower her eyes. Too brave to fear a broken prince. She was just a maid working in his kingdom not aware of the fact...that she is going to be the curse breaker for him. " I am not innocent at all my little moon " he replied while moving towards her with slow steps " I am cursed " he smirked. Highy mature content

Jolade Samira Olukoya is a diplomat, calm, composed, and unshakable. In the halls of power, her authority is absolute, her fire measured reserved for those who truly deserve it. She moves through political rooms with precision, respected, formidable, untouchable. Khalifa Jalal AlThani-K.J.A-is the North incarnate: a man whose influence bends nations, who decides outcomes without lifting a finger, and whose name alone commands fear. Kingmaker, president-maker, untouchable, above the law ,he is a force the world quietly obeys. She sees him as distant. A figure of fear, a man whose reputation precedes him. He does not speak much. He does not reveal his intentions. To her, he is untouchable. But beneath his restraint, he is captivated. Every step she takes, every word she utters, every detail of her presence claims him silently, completely. He watches without acknowledgment, controls his obsession with precision, and waits. When the calm authority of a Yoruba diplomat collides with the silent, overwhelming power of a Hausa titan, the result is inevitable: a dangerous tension, unspoken attraction, and a collision of worlds neither can ignore. In a story of power, restraint, obsession, and forbidden attraction, she may have immunity but he holds the North. let's watch their love fight against all cultural odds he calls her "My West" and she calls him "My North" HIS WEST, HER NORTH.

She was Intelligent, passionate and a natural care giver. At 26, Amanah Sa'eed was ready to take on the world as it came. As long as she pushed and prayed, no matter where she was from or what had happened in the past, nothing would hold her back from achieving her dreams. She would be free, love and learn to be loved. After all, what had a poor orphan to lose but a little shred of dignity? But she will soon learn that things of the past do not necessarily remain in the past and that the only true healing is of Allah, from Allah. From the benign looking to the lethal heartened, Ahmad Amjad Yaasir thought he had seen it all. He was a Confident Conqueror to the public, a Strict Boss to his staff, a Legal Lethal to his colleagues, but only Amanah Sa'eed saw through that thick layered skin. The child behind the cloak. Once their paths crossed, he was certain they were destined to be and Ahmad would be dense to let her go. Together, they will weave through the shackles within and learn to ignore the scars it left behind until the day they are no longer MARRED.