Living a double life is difficult. It’s a life built purely on deceit and betrayal. A life fabricated by lies, blackmail and manipulation, a mere escape just so I could pretend to be someone I wasn’t. But pretty soon, if you say something long enough, you start believing it and it becomes a part of who you are and you lose the very essence of yourself. That’s what happened to me. At home, I was Saffiyah Adam, the youngest child, the Good Daughter and the apple of my father’s eye. But at university, and with my friends, I flipped and was known as Sophie Adams, all traces of my other life hidden behind my mask. I hid behind the façade I created, meticulously planning every moment and religiously hiding every clue. I kept my two lives parallel, making sure that the two remained separate, never once overlapping each other. But then he crashed into both my lives. And everything I had so carefully built around me came tumbling down. * Saffiyah Adam perfected the double life. For two years, she flitted between Saffiyah Adam at home and as Sophia Adams at university, managing to keep her lives separate, miles apart from one another. But then when both her lives are invaded by Eli Akbar, she finds that secrets are easily unravelled, and deceits are easily uncovered. Will Saffiyah be able to be find her true self? Or are some secrets better left hidden? [CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE] Copyright © 2014 - ThePerpetualDreamer. All Rights Reserved.

Formerly known as 'An Islamic Love Story.'

Her life was all planned for her. Her future set out without her consent. Her silence was taken as acceptance, and her fear as innocence. All in the name of religion. Kiran Khan is a eighteen year old girl, raised under the shadow of an intimidating father, whose word is law. He has her married to a stranger she's never met, without her consent. Kiran, afraid of what will happen, keeps silent and tries to go with the flow. But the stranger she marries is not who she expected. And the future turns out to be different than planned.

"Not just a flavour, but a way of life." When seventeen-year-old Flo Kennedy is forced to up sticks and trade her life in London for a sleepy seaside town on the south coast, she's anything but excited. Walden-on-Sea could win awards for being Britain's dullest town, and with a population consisting almost entirely of over sixties, teenagers are an endangered species. Silently struggling with her parents' death and separation from her sister, Flo's convinced she's in for the worst summer of her life. But when she meets the guy in the ice cream shop, things start to change. It's not long before she lands herself a job, a new set of friends and maybe even the beginnings of first romance. For the first time in several years, she's happy. But Flo knows all too well that things can't stay perfect forever, and after all, being on top of the world only gives you further to fall.

Maude Laurent is a spirited 16 year-old orphan who grew up in a small, provincial town in the North of France with a passion for piano and a beautiful voice. One day in Paris, she is discovered by an American music producer who takes her to New York to live with him and his close-knit family while producing her first album, with help from teen heartthrob, Matt. Maude will dive into a new fascinating world discovering New York City, music, family, love and the truth about her past. ***** A FRENCH GIRL IN NEW YORK WILL BE PUBLISHED BY WATTPAD BOOKS AND IN BOOKSTORES OCTOBER 15th, 2024!

Avery and Andrew have been best friends since middle school; they're close. But they're about to get a whole lot closer when paired up for the project like no other: the baby project.

Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. *** Claire is lost and scared and utterly alone. Her family is in shambles after the death of her older sister Ina, and she's left to pick up the broken pieces of herself as her life heads into a downwards spiral of loneliness. Her heart leads her to 5:48, a little cafe by 33rd street, where she finds her new home. With a broken heart and a speech disability, Jasper has his heart and mouth sewn shut by the winding threads of hurt and fear. Painting and serving coffee in cafe 5:48 are one of his last few saving graces, but the smile he's been painting on himself will soon fade away as everything he's ever held dear slips away from his grasp. Ezra is out-of-sync and oddly cold by the way life has treated his young self. Abandoned by his single mother at an early age, he has grown up thinking that he is a mistake. His constant shaking hands are a reflection of what he often thinks of himself, but the delightful pastries he bakes for 5:48's customers are a reflection of what others see of him. Drew is a quirky rarity. He is a dash of loud, a pinch of exuberant, and a cup of eccentric - just like the meals he serves in the cafe as the only chef there. Behind his playful grins and outlandish clothes, however, are his jutting ribs, hollowed cheeks, and too-thin arms. Sometimes he cannot stomach being in his own skin as much as he cannot stomach food. This family has gone a long way from finding each other, and they'll be going a long way together too as reality comes catching up to them, threatening the newfound happiness they've found with each other. Secrets are revealed, pasts become presents, and lives are changed. Slowly but surely, they find their way back home. *** NOTE AS OF 08/2026: This is the old version of the story from 2012, posted in FULL. Another story that will be considered a reprise of this old version is in the works, and will be posted under the name "Hiraya House."

Maydah Ahmad was never a normal girl. Ever since she was a young girl, it was clear to tell she was made for something bigger, something better.. But than her mother died, leaving Maydah and her father to cope on their own. After that her life was never the same. Albeit all the obstacles that stood in her way, and without a mother to explain it to her, Maydah still made her decision to wear a hijab (headgear) and faced the difficulties of bullies all on her own. Mysteries after mysteries began to unfold right before her eyes, and her already complicated life twisted into real life nightmare, and so she let the world know of her journey through her journal of a teenage Muslim. Join Maydah as she battles her way through her teenage years, and may finally find victory in all that she believed.

Jazirah is a muslim teen experiencing the ups and down that comes with life. She feels like she is losing all the people she holds dear to her heart. Jazirah will go through thing that will test her faith. Read on to see if she gives in to her desires.