I thought one night with Henry was over. I was wrong. When I save him in an alley, I walked straight into a man who doesn't forget and doesn't forgive. Calm and controlled on the surface, Henry hides a darker, obsessive side that won't let me go. As I spend more time with him, I discover secrets. Secrets and truths that make me question my morals.

Mafumahle Buthelezi trusts only what stays - the ocean, the sunrise, and the careful routines she's built to protect her heart. Every morning before the world awakes, she walks the same Cape Town shoreline, believing silence is safer than connection. Until she notices him. The quiet stranger who watches the horizon like he's trying to escape his own life. They don't exchange names. They don't share pasts. Just sunrises, soft conversations, and a comfort neither of them expected. They met in silence. They connected in truth. But the daylight might ruin what the dawn created. *** This is a book with Zulu main characters. There will be no translation of the language in the book either.

An unimaginable journey takes Zanokuhle Dlamini's life on nothing short of the unexpected when she meets a familiar looking face the day her car, Chery breaks down while on her way to a wedding.

Forced into a marriage to save her family, Warona finds herself marrying her childhood bully, Thuso. After years of being apart, and growth making him reflect, Thuso used this opportunity to right his wrongs.

Resilience (noun) ~the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it. ~ Orson Scott Card. DO NOT READ IF SENSITIVE TO VIOLENCE OR IF YOU HATE SLOWBURNS. Started: 11 December 2024. Ended: Edited: ~All names, characters, places are purely fictitious. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Hope you read and enjoy the book.

Letlotlo Motaung cuts into people's brains for a living. Getting into their hearts? That's where she fails. She's a neurosurgeon who keeps the world at arm's length, because if they get close enough, they'll find the dark folds she hides. The things that would make them leave. The secret that would make the Khumalo heir walk away without looking back. Enter Nkanyezi Khumalo. Annoyingly patient, impossibly persistent, and completely uninterested in her "no feelings" rule. He wants to annoy her, challenge her, love her - whatever it takes to get her attention. And dammit, it's working! Now 𝘪𝘵 has her by the balls. Maybe 𝘪𝘵 is his hands on her lower back when she tries to leave. Maybe 𝘪𝘵 is the way he looks at her like the secret won't scare him. Maybe 𝘪𝘵 is her own traitorous heart, choosing the man she could destroy if she lets him stay. But Letlotlo's carrying something she never planned to share. Something that could make him walk away the second he finds out. She's falling. He's not looking back. What happens when the truth catches up? The question isn't if she'll run. It's whether he'll let her.

Naledi had plans: a university scholarship, independence, and a life outside her family's shadow. But at twenty-four, her future shatters when her beloved older sister, Zola, dies suddenly, leaving behind a grief-stricken husband and two young children. In this powerful South African story of sacrifice and resilience, Naledi must ask herself: How can she build a true marriage with a man who is still shackled to a ghost, when the very foundation of their union is an act of loss?

"Cause if you choose to stay Just know it won't be easy We might lose the world tonight But at least we'll have each other"

Enamour /ɪˈnamə,ɛˈnamə/ • verb be filled with love for

Can the broken branches of a family tree really be restored? Or is it better to just branch out and live your own life as a loner? Is there anything thicker than blood that can hold the family together?