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Nadia has rules: keep her head down, keep her grades up, and definitely don't fall for Declan Murphy - the quiet, steady boy who somehow sees straight through her. A fake‑dating plan was supposed to be simple. Controlled. Safe. But when the pretending stops feeling pretend, Nadia does what she's always done: she pulls back before she can get hurt. Only this time, the truth doesn't stay quiet. With family chaos, unexpected honesty, and a slow‑burn connection neither of them meant to start, Nadia and Declan have to decide whether they're done performing - or finally ready to be real. A warm, character‑driven romance about fear, courage, and the moment everything finally clicks.

"Weren't we supposed to just be friends? so why does he keep looking at me like that?" Eighteen. Plus-size. And officially over secondary school and family stress. Lailat "Lily" Adeyemi-Lawal doesn't do rule she just exists. Hiding from a past that, threatens to swallow her whole, she expects the summer lesson she never agreed to be signed up for to be tedious and boring. That is until she meets him. Tariq Hassani lives in a world without sound. Deaf due to an accident he's used to being overlooked, bullied, and pitied by most of the people around him. Now at the end of his terrible secondary school days, he wants nothing to do with the chaotic, loud girl who crashes into his life like a ram in Lagos traffic jam. But when a misunderstanding force's them together, Lily discovers the boy beneath the silence, while Tariq sees the girl behind the rebellion. As the humid Lagos summer heats up, so does the tension between them. But Lily past is a ticking time bomb for her present, and Tariq is protecting a heart he thinks is unworthy of love. In a city that never quiets down, can they find a language that belongs only to them?

A forgotten photograph. A chance meeting. A love story written by fate. When Ethan Carter meets Lily Morgan at Platform Seven, he never expects a single moment to change his life forever. What starts as an accidental encounter soon becomes something neither of them can ignore. Between late-night conversations, rainy rooftops, and shared dreams, their connection grows stronger every day. But love is never simple. As distance, ambition, and fear begin to test their relationship, Ethan and Lily must decide whether love is worth fighting for-or if some stories are meant to end before they truly begin. A heartwarming young adult romance about first love, second chances, and finding your way back to the person who feels like home.

Carmella Is a girl who enjoys being alone and painting art to represent the Kingdom of God, she moves into a apartment in New York which was a childhood place she would go with her mom when she was younger. So she made a decision to move there, a year after high school to see what her mother loved so much about the place. Besides the fact her mother met her dad there in the big city. She felt comfy and spiritually aligned with God when she arrived, It was just her in her in a spacious home allowing herself to develope being a young adult alone and to learn more about herself with God, she always been a God fearing woman who always wanted to be alone and free whenever she was a teen. So now she's granted that request by God's blessing, she has friends, A job, A healthy family and a new neightbor who is fancied with her. (Which shes unaware of) His name is Dylan he's an Italian man born and raised from New York with a chaotic family, he just moved into the complex with his apartment next to Carmella. What happens when he has a chance to spend time with headstrong Carmella during a random met in public and turns out they have things in common. Will she fall...