Pierced By A Pebble
A chance encounter. An emotional affair. A web of secrets. And a life spiraling out of control. Now Fattoum must confront all the choices she's made...
A chance encounter. An emotional affair. A web of secrets. And a life spiraling out of control. Now Fattoum must confront all the choices she's made...
A story of love, secrets and revenge? Who wants what, we do not know but we hope to find out. In a tale brimming with love, secrets, and a thirst for revenge, hearts will be shattered and truths will be unveiled. Unbeknownst to those entangled in a web of tragedy, a relentless pursuit for justice leads to unexpected a...
In the bustling city of dreams, Asad, a reserved workaholic, finds his world turned upside down when he locks eyes with Layla, a vivacious law student. Asad's heart races, setting off a chain of events that challenge his introverted nature. Will he break free from his quiet shell to pursue the captivating Layla? Layla...
A Food packaging company magnate's daughter and a scandal-riddled governor seeking re-election are tied together forever when they meet at a convention by chance and decide to be latched together for life. They soon quickly realize though, that there are forces beyond them wishing they fail and be defeated, which pro...
A Playlist of Tales is a collection of short stories that captures creatively curated background stories for certain songs released over the years, thereby exploring the themes of love, loss, nostalgia, and betrayal. All song rights belong to their respective owners. The rights of each story belong to the author.
Copyright © 2024. All Rights Reserved. In the world of feelings, they say the heart is a bit unpredictable, fluttering unexpectedly and swaying in moments when the mind can't keep up. Sa'adatu likes sticking to her routine, finding comfort in the usual. Change isn't her thing; she's happy with the way things are. But...
Copyright © 2024. All Rights Reserved. It wasn't how she could never seem to pronounce his name, "Qasim," correctly, always calling him "Kasim" since she was young. Nor was it her innocence, which seemed to follow her everywhere, highlighted by her delicate Fulani features that could be recognized from miles away. It...
The first time they met, Ayman Hakeem Bellow knew there was more to the woman named Ayra Leilani Abdulaziz but there were boundaries he knew better than to cross. While he knew they would see each other more often with his cousin courting her best friend, the last thing Ayman expected was for them to meet under differ...
Ever heard of love after marriage? Nihlah and Kamal will tell you about that. Kamal got married to his wife without having an ounce of feeling for her but few months into the marriage, he fell head over heels in love with her. For Nihlah, it was a love at first sight but she had to struggle with having to love alone...
She was an average muslimah but she had a weakness. She had a strong desire, yet her heart was weak. She found a solution to her weakness but it was only temporary and it was Haram. She then found a permanent solution to her weakness. It was Halaal but her parents didn't agree to it. She took a decision out of ang...
Have you ever loved something to the extent that you could lie blatantly about it? In Jalilah's case, she had. She had loved ballet since she was a little girl, but being born from a northern Nigerian family, she had never got to be the ballerina she had always dreamed of. Did she let go of that dream? No, because she...
She could feel the pain slowly overcoming her soul. The agony, the grief, taking over all that she once thought was alive in her. She felt so empty that she was sure her whole body will echo if someone was to shake her. But she stood, rigid as though a hundred years old tree, clinging onto the only thing that made her...
Living with the teenage thought of life always being a bed of roses, Aisha Umar Faruk got her life damaged at the revelation of her mother being a prostitute and she was raped to pay for the crimes her mother committed. Dr. Nasir was her saviour and she lived with him, having a fantasy of a love filled life until his...
For Lee Yoo-rim, marriage was something she had never seriously considered until it was brought to her with no room to say no. She assumed it would be easy: get married, play the part of the loving wife, and then maybe fall in love with whoever it was she was to spend the rest of her life with as long as he was nice...
A WORK OF FICTION. Tales Of The Heart could come in different forms. My story might be different from yours, her story may be similar to yours, our stories could be the same as yours... Meet Hafsah Amaani, a bubbly and cheerful girl with an overactive spirit that might fit into ten people. She's all smiles at new peop...
She's his lecturer, obsessing over her almost felt like a sin...almost. Meet Bilaal Bukar Santukari, the student, the admirer, the one wholly obsessed with his lecturer; Muhibbah Isma'il Sodangi, a walking goddess of beauty. From the very first time he saw her, she had him enthralled by her beauty. And when he reali...
On the day she got to know about him, Ayra Leilani Abdulaziz realised she wanted nothing more from the world than to be Ibrahim Fahad's wife. Years later, her dreams are coming true and she's in the one place she'd dreamt of all along: right by his side with his surname as hers. Unlike the sunshine and rainbows she'd...
She was not only born with a silver spoon, she was rocked in a diamond cradle and raised in a gold castle. She had the world at her feet and on her finger tips giving her the permanent title 'Daulah' and the name Maimunatu almost ceased to exist. With a rare kind of beauty and an exceptional personality, she had head...
MUSLIMLOVESTORY . . . . . The man took her to a small office downstairs. It seems he is the owner of the hotel cos of how well he knows his way around the hotel. She sobbed quietly. Her sister's betrayal hurts more than Halima's beating. Today she just had to find out that her sister has no heart. " take this" the m...
It's a fact that you can't help who you fall in love with. And for Rosaline Davenport and him, it definitely shouldn't have been each other. Because, sometimes, love stories have blood on them. [warning: this is the mother of all slow-burns] ••• ©literalight | All Rights Reserved
Crying is for the weak, and I am not a weakling. These are words etched in the nooks and crannies of her soul. She took those words with determination laced around them, with high walls she can not afford to let crumble. Raised in a fun filled family, with Love at her disposal, Khadeejah had a life of comfort, with he...
The Final Book in The Dantata Series. Ahmed Shehu's heart is beaten and bruised, thanks to the woman he loved and was certain he'd spend the rest of his life with. Now his focus are on his three kids who are to stay comfortable and unaffected despite the chaos their mother has left behind. Suraiya Boukar Shehu has a l...
Book two in the Dantata Series: a sequel to Architect and Mrs Dantata. Hanan Sufyan is a foreign trained graduate posted to Abuja for the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). On the day she's discharged from the orientation camp in Kubwa, she visits the well-known restaurant: Athena. She has no idea the "f...
In the remote village of Dumurkul, Rayhan had life pretty hard. She's simply a 15 years old Fulani girl that knew pain in all shades, and all she wanted was to further her education. Her life savior came in the form of an NYSC Corp member named Dr Kurfi. Her innocent heart couldn't resist throbbing a bit at his sight...
"I want to become a renowned lawyer and Human Rights Activist when I do grow up." Seven year old Habeebah, happily said to her father. As time passes, we as humans tend to move closer to reality. Because, with each passing second, nothing stays stagnant forever. "Is some shitty business meeting more important than the...
"I'll keep choosing you, even when I know you're not good for me." -Jawad Dikko "I'm yours, I have always been yours....I only need the voices in my head to believe you're mine too."- Layla Tafida Aliero The best person to fall in love with is who knows you the most. Layla didn't believe that, the last person she wan...
Malik Zarma Malik is a young and ambitious king, driven by a quest for power. He is known for his ruthless pursuit of eloquence, which led him to take four wives based on their competency. One of his wives, Oman, is a naive and stunning seventeen-year-old who happens to be the daughter of the president. She yearns for...
All my life, I've been stuck in the Military, serving in the army and making sure justice is served. I've met many men there, but never in my life did I imagine I would meet someone as rude and arrogant as prince Haidar Jega! A man who I was given to by the army to be his bodyguard. Indeed, being his bodyguard came wi...
My stomach dropped the second we made eye contact. He had long and dark brown hair, which curled under the baseball cap he wore backward. The subtle curve of his nose was covered in light freckles with piercing green eyes and lush eyelashes to match. He was tall and thin, carrying a beauty I couldn't comprehend. I did...
We continue to follow the life of Jannah, Dawud, their family, and friends. With Jannah starting her third year of university and Dawud starting his fourth, they soon realize that getting married young is as much of a trial as it is a blessing! The two face obstacles involving wealth, patience, school, work and so muc...