De zus van Romaisa is eindelijk getrouwd! Hoera! Voor iedereen...behalve Romaisa. Voor haar betekent het dat zij nu eindeloos lastig gevallen wordt door haar moeder, zus, tantes, en buren tot ze eindelijk ook iemand gevonden heeft. Zelfs Romaisa's oma, haar favoriete vrouw op aarde, wil haar koppelen aan de neef van haar buurman in haar dorp in Marokko. Gelukkig heeft Julail, haar collega bij koffietentje Mugnificent hetzelfde probleem. De oplossing? Net doen voor elkaars ouders alsof ze aan het daten zijn. Dan kunnen ze rustig zelf op zoek naar iemand. Om elkaar beter te leren kennen gebruiken ze een lijst van 36 vragen. Als je die vragen beantwoord...word je verliefd. Volgens een Universiteit in Amerika dan. Maar dat soort dingen werken niet, toch? Deze publicatie is mede tot stand gekomen dankzij een bijdrage van het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds/Fonds ZOZ. Met speciale dank aan Simone, Joy, Rhaida, Sietske en Leon. Rose Stories Team: Chafina, Rozemarijn en Florence. Editor: Willemijn Lindhout

HIGHEST RANK #27 IN HUMOR *** Life is full of lessons that we need to remember, for Mackenzie (also known as Mace or that girl that always falls over) life seems like a boring routine. Her love life is as lifeless as a corpse With her best friend happily in love with his sweet girlfriend, her nonexistent bad boy is more like an obnoxious jerk rather than a rebel and the golden boy has friend zoned her to many times (82 and counting) Throw in stupid revenge plots, a love triangle that makes no sense, beneficial food fights and midnight Kmart rampages, you are left which a couple theory's to question if you really know what life is about. But first, you have to make a mistake ..it all started with a cupcake @@ Did you really take 16 cupcakes from the shop yesterday? " "Maybe.. "I look to see them staring at me in disbelief "Do you really need 16 cupcakes?" Their eyes flicker between the box of cupcakes and me who has half of one stuffed in my mouth. Hastily I swallow "Okay, to be fair she was going to throw all 24 beautiful delicious cupcakes in the bin. It's a waste and a criminal offence to chuck out something so tasty. So I just happened to volunteer to take them home... without anyone knowing..." I lick some of the buttercreams that had fallen onto my hand. "I believe that's called stealing," a voice says from behind me. WARNING lots of cheesy jokes, embarrassing moments and food

[A Muslim's Love Story] "Just one second. Just one slight mistake of looking back again, was enough to have me thunderstruck. Awed. Those are not any eyes. Those are emeralds." ~~~ Leen is a girl who's always been dreaming of a love story like those she reads about in books and watches in Korean dramas. What if she really gets to live her very own love story? What if she experiences the kind of love you can't even imagine any deeper than? Will that be it or will she learn something else? Is there something deeper than what you see? It's a story about ultimate love, gain and loss, sacrifice, happiness and tears. It will keep you hopeful that someday you should meet your Mr./Mrs. Right. Just trust Allah, and be as good as you want your partner to be. At last, every girl deserves her own Adam.

Short tale of the five kingdoms. A story passed down from generation to generation to remind them of the days before them and the reason they celebrate freedom. ----------------------- A girl used to a hard life stile has to overcome obstacles that break her heart but strengthen her belief and trust in the ones beyond her. The journey that shows her that she is not the person she thought she was and her purpose in life is way bigger than just a merchant girl in a broken land. A 16 year old girl named Niztal Navieta and her friend Tolx end up having to save the life of the five kingdoms with a mission only starting with saving friends and family. They test their patience and trust in each other as they have to stick together to survive. Will she be the hope the Five Kingdoms have been waiting for? or will she be the doom of all life in the kingdoms? Completed✔️ (Really short story) {Book No.1 The Last Thunderstorm} {Book No.2 The Reign Of Her Royal Highness}

"Not all Muslims are terrorists." You know how people say never to judge a book by its cover? I shouldn't have done that myself. Growing up with racist parents planted a negative reputation of Muslims in my head. So, I started believing everything they've told me. I thought Muslims were the reason crisis was happening around the world. I thought Islam was an evil religion. But, boy, was I wrong. Everything changed, the day I met the Muslimah next door.

"I know you want me, Dimitri whispers and chills run down my spine..." Zara is a practicing Muslim, a senior in high school who is ready to begin college. But when Dimitri, shows up at her high school, she doesn't think she's ready to stop gazing into those emerald eyes.

Wren Martin is socially awkward. She blocks off herself to the world, hiding behind her favorite hoodie. All she wants to do is keep a low profile, and graduate well enough to qualify for a college scholarship. But then a babysitting job leads her to cross paths with Asher Reed, Eastview Highʼs notorious athlete. When a field injury kickstarts his senior year, heʼs turning his free time and attention to Wren. And maybe she might not want to be invisible after all. ***** [Watty's Collector's Edition Winner] [TFA Runaway Prize Winner] [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Santoro

Wine and dine them, flirt, even meet the parents. As long as you reach the ultimate goal: SEX. The Virginity brothers, or so that's what I call them. They target new girls every week. Every single week there's a new girl thinking they're dating one of the popular boys. They think they are in love, so of course they have sex with the guys and then BAM! They drop you faster then they took your innocence's. Shortly after that they find another Virgin to destroy. Another rule in this game of Virginity stealing is that the virginity brothers aren't aloud to speak about what they do in public or aloud to tell anyone outside of the brotherhood about it- So I bet your thinking, how do i know about it? Well maybe it's because my brother is apart of it, or maybe it's because I just so happened to find their secret meet up place and I know which girl in the school they are targeting next. So shhhh everyone. Don't speak of the brother pact because if you do, beware of the consequences that come with it. Punishment is public humiliation, and trust me, no one in my school wanted that.

"You know, you aren't like most girls I have met." "Is that a good thing?" "It depends, are you obsessed with shopping?" "That involves walking... so no." "Dieting?" "Hah, that's funny." "Make up?" "I need motivation for that." "Heels?" "What have my feet ever done to you?!" After that, he laughs and claps his hands together, "Yes, that is a good thing." ~~~~~~~ He wanted freedom. She needed freedom. Luke Barrington and Ella Sanders. They thought their lives were bad, living up to a parents' expectation is way harder then it seems, especially when they are filthy rich and claim they only want what is best for you. Just think, one moment you are so busy hating on life, and the next, you are in a coma laying on the hospital bed, clinging onto hope that you will survive. Maybe it just took two cars and a curve in the road for them to see that life isn't so bad after all. Because what's the point of life if you aren't even living? ~~~~~~~ Book two in the T.B.B.B. (The Bad Boy Boxer) Series

"I dare you," He said to me with determination in his eyes. "I dare you to try and make me believe those words that are coming out of your mouth. If you succeed then I'll change my ways." "And what happens if I don't?" He smirked at me, revealing his beautiful white flawless teeth. Why is every part of his body so flawless? Astaughfirrullah, what am I thinking? He's a total jerk! "You'll be my slave for a whole year." "Deal." It's time to break the ways of this cocky jock. Adam Mathews is your average air head jock, he's insanely popular and has the looks that can kill. Not to mention the huge ego that goes with all that. ZamZam Amin is the Muslim girl at school, she's shy, sweet and incredibly proud of her religion. What happens when these two clash? What happens when Adam dares ZamZam to help change his ways? Will she succeed or will he always remain in his perspective? What happens when along the way they find an unexpected love? Find out! ©copyright 2016 #QURUXNATION [COVER BY: @Tammzz]