𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐧 /krim-zuhn/ -a deep, vivid red color, resembling the color of blood to symbolize passion, love, sacrifice, guilt, or violence. 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟏: 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 & 𝐕𝐨𝐰𝐬 ------------------------------ 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐎𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢 A wife, a mother and a daughter branded a murderer and abandoned by the man she loves. She endures heartbreak and hardship on a journey to find herself and reclaim her place. Alone and unknown, she's always on the run, fearing that he may find her and end her. She watches from the sidelines as he goes on with his life- forgetting about the one they built together. Her previous identity now a shadow. All because of a mistake she made years ago. Will she stop running and return home? 𝐋𝐮𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐤𝐨 𝐒𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐮 𝐁𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐞 Betrayed by the one he loves most. He tries to carry the entire empire on his shoulders while being a father and searching for his wife. No matter how hard he tries he cannot let her go. Beneath his hardened exterior, lies a man still haunted by love and torn between revenge and the woman he once vowed to cherish. Will His ambition to bring his family justice overpower his love for her? 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 '𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐭' 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝....

𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 /sah-liss/ -A feeling of comfort or relief in time of sadness or distress 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟒 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐀 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matshidiso Zanele Ngcobo Pain... Torture... Torment, she's felt it all. She's escaped the hands of death and now she's all alone. She has no one, nothing and everyone thinks that she's dead... She's can't go back, but she has no choice. Hlulani Roman Nkwinika He ruined her just as she ruined him. He took everything from her, he left he with nothing. But he still finds it in him to love her, he still has her in his heart... He killed for her freedom but he can't take her back... And he won't. 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 "𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞" 𝐓𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞...

𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 /dy·vur·juhnt/ -Different or being different from someone else. 𝐀 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 --------------------------------------------------------------- Makhanani Mihlali Maluleke She's not your typical stuck up nepo baby or snobby rich girl... She's been locked up in her house by her parents for almost her entire life, hidden from the wonders of the world. Things change when she finds herself in highschool, doing her matric. Everything's moving too fast and she might just get left behind. Reasons to why her father kepts her locked up start to surface and the truth gets revealed. Nkululeko Luvuyolwethu Khumalo The proclaimed King of St Marshall's High School. Not only is he popular but he has hidden secrets too, secrets that could put everyone's life in danger. But that all goes out the window when he sets his eyes on the new girl who seems to look familiar. 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 "𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭'' 𝐓𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞...

𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 /se-run-uh-tee/ -The state of being calm, peaceful and untroubled. 𝐀 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐰𝐬 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ntsumi Serena Nkwinika The defination of an introvert, it's just her and her pomeranian, Snowy against the world. But what happens when she stumbles into the arms of trouble, she falls and she falls hard for him. She can't help it. She had to become His Serenity. Nkosiyabo Ofentse Dlamini He's not just an ordinary man, his entire demeanor screams trouble. He's not just trouble but he's also handsome, not to mention that panty dropping smile he rarely gives off. What happens when the bachelor finds himself tangled in the arms of a gorgeous attorney. He knew he had to have her and he knew she was now his everything. His heart, His mind, His soul and His Serenity. If only she knew just how much power she has over him... 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 "𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲" 𝟏𝟖+ 𝐓𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞...

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 / tran-kwil-uh-tee/ -a state of peace, calm, and quiet. 𝐀 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟑 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐰𝐬 ------------------------------------------------------------ Itumeleng Reatlegile Mokoena Bound by marriage, but alone in reality. A single wife- she's married but she's not... Her life is slowly falling apart, She's stuck in a loveless marriage. A marriage that was once filled with joy and passion, turned into lies and cheating. He's all she has apart from her children, She want to give them the perfect family but he's finally pushing her over the edge. "You say that you love me but still find it in your guts to cheat on me, not once or twice but multiple times" Kwenzokuhle Onkemetse Dlamini He loves her but does she know that? But he also loves the streets, a little too much that he's not willing to give up his whoring ways for the love of his life. He's slowly loosing her- he's also loosing himself and without her, everything will come crumbling down. "I love you, Itu... I really do, just hear me out" Join Itumeleng and Kwenzokuhle as they convey around their arrangement and try to make their marriage work, or not- Divorce is always an option. 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 "𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲" 𝟏𝟖+

Sequel to '𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠' *Five years later* "I knew this would happen. it's happened a million times before, but this one, this one hurt just a little bit more" "He's been gone for five years... It feels like it was just yesterday, one moment I was in his arms, declining his wedding proposal the next he's lying in a pool of his own blood in my arms" "Whoever did this will pay, and that's a promise" -Naledi Mxenge.

𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 /fa-wl-ing/ - To gradually develop deep feelings of affection to someone 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟑 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐙𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐮 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐀 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 No one wants to see them together. Whenever they're around each other, chaos erupts everywhere they go. Naledi Minentle Mxenge Her parent's love died before it was given the chance too bloom, she was fed into lies from an early childhood, her father was inlove with another woman, a woman he knew he could not have. A normal nurse practitioner living her life on the sidelines, trying not to get caught in the crossfire going on between her family and it's rival. Samkelo Nhlakanipho Zungu His parents are the defination of a true love story. Soon to be leader of the Zungu empire, he has no choice but to indulge in the war happening between his family and it's rival. But as the oldest and heir to the empire, He has not time for love... Until he meets a certain individual. Will their families put their massive ego's and heavy pride filled chest's aside and put away their hatred for each other for the sake of their romance? 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 "𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠'' 𝐓𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞...

Saved /say-vd/ -Rescued from harm and preserved for later A South African Love Story ________________________________________________ Melokuhle Mpumelelo Zungu The first born son of Nkosinathi and Zanothando Zungu. A now matured eighteen year old completing his matric. There are secrets that his entire family has been keeping from him for the past few years. What happens when he meets his soulmate at the hands of death? Will he help her or will he let her be the next person's problem? Olwethu Buhlebendalo Nkosi An average eighteen year old girl with her best friend that tries to keep her sane. Caught at the wrong place at the right time? What a time to be alive, what happens after she gives up any means of hope but eventually meets the love of her life? Not knowing who he is or where he's from, an accident waiting to happen. What happens when she slowly starts to fall for him? Join Melo and Lwethu as they navigate their love for one another! Flip the pages of "Saved" To find out more...

𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 /uh-flik-shn/ -A state of pain, suffering or something that burdens a person heavily. 𝐀 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟐: 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐰𝐬 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'A Love Once Lost, Being Reunited' Matshidiso Zanele Ngcobo An often paranoid single mother living her life in fear. She had two choices: leave the love of her life or loose everything. That was atleast fifteen years ago. what happens when she has to return home, Will she reconnect with her ex lover or continue to let him live his life without telling him the truth? Hlulani Roman Nkwinika The oldest out of his five siblings- he will do anything for them, especially his little sister, Ntsumi. So much that he's spend five of his years in prison, taking the fall for killing her abusive ex boyfriend. Little did he know that before going to prison, he had impregnated the former Sotho princess. Her leaving broke more than his heart, his soul let his body too. He tried looking for her everywhere, hitting dead end after dead end. What happens when these two get reunited? 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 "𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧" 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭

The story skips to three years later. What new challenges await the Besses? Will they make it this time around? Is their love strong enough?