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Sa'adatu Kabir Maidoki has always dreamed of one thing; freedom. A reckless, carefree life far from the watchful eyes of her mother, who never stops reminding her about Deen and culture. So when she finally gets the chance to study abroad, it feels like everything she's ever wanted. But freedom comes with consequences. In a new world where no one is watching, Sa'adatu becomes someone her mother wouldn't recognise, bold, daring... and dangerously impulsive. Then she meets Saif. He isn't just anyone, he's her stepbrother's cousin. And with tension already brewing between her mother and stepmother, what starts as attraction quickly turns into something forbidden. Now Sa'adatu is caught between the life she wants and the values she was raised with. And this time, the consequences might cost her everything.
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Maryam Nazeef Danbatta is the crown jewel of the Danbatta legacy. Surrounded by five overprotective brothers and a father whose name commands the very soil of Kano, her life is a beautiful, velvet-lined cage. At twenty, her world is defined by lecture halls, family traditions at her grandmother's estate, and the silent understanding that she is "too delicate" for the world outside. She is safe. She is loved. She is invisible to danger. Then there is Khalil. Cold, brilliant, and devastatingly powerful, Khalil is the son of a political dynasty and the only man the Danbatta lions truly respect. He has been a fixture in Maryam's life for years...a silent, arrogant shadow who barely acknowledges her existence. To Maryam, he is the "Ice King," a man too high on his own pedestal to notice a girl like her. But behind Khalil's chilling indifference lies a calculation years in the making. He hasn't been ignoring her; he's been waiting. Waiting for her to grow up. Waiting for the right move. Waiting to dismantle the very walls her brothers built to keep him out. In a world where reputation is everything and family is law, can a quiet obsession turn into a "halal" happily ever after? Or will the secrets Khalil carries burn down the fortress Maryam calls home?

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