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Alisha Kabir has loved only one man since she was eight years old. But life had other plans. After her family's painful downfall from wealth to survival, she rebuilds herself in Abuja, chasing a career in cybersecurity while nursing a heart shattered by betrayal. She swears never to fall in love again. Then fate brings back Ibrahim Bello her childhood friend, now one of Abuja's most respected doctors. He doesn't recognize the little girl who once followed him everywhere. She never stopped loving him. Just when they begin to find each other again, an old family feud stands between them. Their parents, once inseparable friends, now refuse to let their children marry because of a betrayal that destroyed two families years ago. With another man already chosen as her husband, Alisha makes one reckless decision. She tells a lie. A lie so big it forces Ibrahim into a marriage he never wanted. A lie that saves her dream... ...but may destroy the only man she has ever loved.

OUR DEAL Layla Idris doesn't trust men especially not men like Farooq Maccido Moddibo. When a business deal forces the cold, stubborn CEO and the arrogant Fulani businessman into each other's lives, neither of them expects the constant arguments, unwanted attraction, and feelings that follow. It was supposed to be just a deal. But some deals come with consequences neither side is prepared for.

They were never meant to fall in love. He was her brother's best friend,the one she was warned to stay away from. She was the one he swore never to touch. But one stolen glance became a conversation. And one conversation became a love too fierce to hide. Temi is Yoruba and a Christian. Soft-spoken, rooted in faith, and raised to know her place in the world. Abdul is Hausa and a Muslim. Disciplined, loyal, and burdened by duty, legacy, and expectation. Between faith and desire, loyalty and choice, they build a bridge their worlds were never meant to cross. Every step toward each other comes at a cost tradition questioned, loyalty tested, and hearts stretched thin. Because love does not always mean forever. Sometimes, love is the bridge that changes everything. A Bridge Between is a story of love, faith, sacrifice, and the courage to choose your heart-even when the world says you shouldn't.

Fatima Bukar Danbatta, popularly known as Jidda, is a beautiful girl full of vibes, confidence, and life. When it comes to men, though, she has never given any of them a chance-except her one and only, Sadiq Wambai. She thought her heart already belonged to the man she loved. Until an unexpected person walked into her life. Imran Muhammad Ameer Matawalle. She never knew his arrival would change everything. And just like that, her perfect little world began to take an unexpected turn... So, come with me as we dive into Jidda's world of love, friendship, family, and unexpected twists. 😘❤️

Hana Kim leaves her sheltered life behind to begin college at Whitman, ready to discover who she is beyond her family's expectations. When an anthropology project brings her closer to a boy she never expected to know, late-night conversations, inside jokes, and unexpected nicknames begin turning a simple class assignment into something more. Between friendship, family, culture, and first love, Hana discovers that growing up rarely happens the way you plan.

୨୧ 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒈𝒖 𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒊 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝑷𝒖𝒏𝒋𝒂𝒃𝒊 𝑱𝒂𝒕𝒕? 𝑰𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒂 𝑹𝒂𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌. 𝑬𝒌𝒂𝒎 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒉 𝑨𝒉𝒖𝒋𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒆. 𓍢ִ໋🌷͙֒ 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒔. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒔. 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕. 𝑯𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆. 𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ 𝑨 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒕𝒉. 𝑨 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑷𝒖𝒏𝒋𝒂𝒃𝒊 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒔. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔

One glance. Years of memories. Two hearts that never really forgot. She fell first, without knowing that one ordinary day would become the beginning of a story she would carry for years. Between school corridors, late-night conversations, misunderstandings, distance, and growing up, their story slowly became something neither of them could simply call a crush. Because some stories are not just hers or his... they become theirs. 🤍 She fell first. He was her senior. What began with a single glance slowly turned into years of memories, conversations, distance, and feelings neither of them could completely forget. Teri Meri Kahani ~ A Story Of Us is a story of two people who grew up, changed, and somehow kept finding their way back into each other's story.❤️🧿

What is a family? What is a home? Everyone may have their own definition. Yet one truth remains unchanged: every choice demands consequences, and every consequence comes at a cost. Something not merely possessed but chosen, fought for, and sometimes. . . paid for through loss. For those who endure until the very end, the meaning of family and the idea of home will sink deeper than nails, outlast oceans, and linger far longer than stars in the sky. << Release on every Saturday: GMT+7 >>

لە ماردین و دیاربەکرەوە بنەمالەی حەسەنیەکان و جەلالیەکان دوو بنەمالەی بەهێز بەهۆی دوژمنداریەکەوە بۆماوەی چەندین سال و زیاتر ئەو دوو بنەماڵەیە تینوی خوێنی یەکتر دەبن چی رودەدات کە کور و کچێکی ئەو دوو خێزانە ئاشقی یەکتری دەبن؟! هەندێک جار دوژمنەکەت ئەو کەسەیە کە دڵت زیاتر لە هەموو کەسێک بۆی لێدەدات

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He waited five centuries for a ghost. She fell from the burning sky. Halima never made it to the stars - not the way she dreamed. A failed cadet turned waste technician, she spent her nights aboard a ship, invisible to everyone who mattered. Then the ship burned, and she fell. She wakes up alone in an alien desert, certain she's about to die - until a stranger finds her in the sand. Silver-haired, eyes like molten gold, Yahya has spent five hundred years waiting for a face he'd only ever seen in the water of a sacred lake. Her face. Now Halima must learn to survive in a world ruled by ancient law, ancient faith, and a bond neither of them chose - while hiding a truth from her old life that could destroy everything she's just begun to find: a home, a family, and a love she never thought she deserved. "Some loves are written to outlast a single lifetime - this one was written to make the most of the years it had." 🗨What to expect: ● Desert Fantasy Romance ● Arabian-Inspired Worldbuilding & Lore ​● Epic Saga / Long-Form Story ● Fated Mates / Soulmates ● Spice Level: 0/5 🌶️ (Zero Spice / Innocent Romance) ● Protective Hero (Desert prince) ● ​Slow Burn & World Discovery ● Found Family & Hurt/Comfort ​● Bittersweet ending ⚠️Content Warnings / Trigger Warnings (TW): ● ​Mentions of past child neglect/abuse (heroine's backstory) ● ​Mentions of historical female infanticide (world lore, non-graphic) 📢 Update Schedule! ​New chapters will now be published three times a week: every Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday! ✨

The world is a complicated place. Not only humans but several livings have been living in this multiverse for years, building love, trust and most importantly collarboration to keep the peace. But this peace didn't last long. The ruler of the world has fallen and so has the wall of solidarity. The story follows the protagonist, a girl named Flora Gray, who firstly seems to be a normal girl in a normal life. After moving into a new city after her grandma's death, she digs into her grandma's story that goes back to the rulers of the world. Are humans the only existence? No! Let's follow Flora on her journey to becoming something that once held the world together! In her journey, she meets several new friends like elves, vampires and even werwolves! Is she just a normal girl now or is there more behind her ancestors?? Let's find it out and welcome to a love beyond the mortal realms, a story about a seemingly normal human girl and her destined lover... Follow her into a journey where she falls inlove with someone outside the human world! That's right! Maybe..that someone will help her fix the world. This story is originally made up by me and all the characters also are mine!

Arkan has never felt like he belongs, not to his family, his faith, or his world. But when global events begin spiraling in ways no one can explain, Arkan finds himself at the center of something ancient and terrifying. The signs are there for those willing to read them and someone has been waiting for him to wake up. A story about the end of the world, the nature of evil, and one man's desperate search for truth when the line between prophet and monster begins to disappear.

I'm Rooh. Eighteen. Tamil. And currently regretting 92% of my life choices, including moving from the sweaty comfort of Chennai to the "why-is-it-so-cold" chaos of New Delhi for college. I didn't just switch cities. I switched languages, clothes, food, and apparently, my entire personality. Everyone here wants me to be soft, agreeable, and cute in that effortless Instagram-filter way. Especially Dhruv, the college heartthrob who might possibly like me back. Hmm. That's perfect. Right? Haha, Just Kidding. Nope. College is weird, too. Some days, it's hostel makeovers and flirty advice from your best friend for life. Other days, it's silence, misread signals, and feeling like I'm too much and not enough at the same time. I thought I was going to come here and discover myself. Instead, I mostly discovered that I'm allergic to Delhi winters and overthink everything. And then something happens. Someone sees me. Like, actually sees me. Not the polished version. Not the people-pleaser. Just... me. All my weirdness, softness, mess, and ache. And suddenly, I don't want to disappear anymore... ----------------------------------------------- Set against the pulse of modern India, this is a story of first heartbreaks, second chances, and the quiet rebellion of becoming who you are. This isn't a story about loud girls with big dreams. It's about the quiet ones. The soft ones. The ones who are still figuring it out and finding strength in their quietest selves.

Being Indian American feels like living in a pressure cooker wrapped in a smile. You're told to be perfect, productive, palatable - never loud, never intimidating. But travel to India, and you'll meet folks who are bold, stylish, confident, and unapologetically gangsta. DEAR DIASPORA, YOU'RE NOT THE MAIN CHARACTER is a sharp, personal callout - not to India, but to the suffocating performance of "representation," perfectionism and intraracial competition that dominates Desi life in the West. This isn't a sob story - it's a truth bomb. A cultural essay that demands real freedom, not filtered branding. If you're ready to sip some realness, break free from the cage of expectations, and find your max pro aura - this is for you. 🍋 Bold. Tart. Sweet. Unfiltered. 🍋 Just like a glass of limeade on a hot day.

The Soprano Family is a story about family, self-discovery, identity, culture, and bloodline. It is a fictional compilation that advocates for family, health, youth, and art. This book also discusses justice, power, kindness, and courage, which include the universe and the many possibilities that go along with it.

💫 Royal Whispers - A Modern Indian Love Story In a palace where traditions rule and appearances matter, one wedding is about to unravel more than just old customs. Meera Sharma, a quiet yet sharp-eyed wedding planner, arrives at the opulent Rathore Palace to organize the royal wedding of the year - a grand union between Prince Veer Raj Singh Rathore and the poised, perfect Devyani. Meera is focused, professional, and determined to keep her distance from palace politics. Until she meets the groom. Prince Veer, bound by duty but aching for something real, finds in Meera not just a planner - but a mirror to the life he yearns for. Their connection is unexpected, unspoken, and entirely forbidden. As silences deepen and stolen glances burn, the lines between right and real begin to blur. Caught between tradition and desire, responsibility and freedom, Meera and Veer must navigate palace secrets, family bonds, and their own tangled hearts - all under the watchful eyes of a world that expects perfection. Will they walk away for the sake of others, or rewrite their destinies for love?

Ayu | 🌸 Marathi girl • Computer Science student • 5'2" • Ambivert What happens when a little PG mix-up in Canada brings together four strangers from the most unexpected corners of India? Ayu, far away from home and trying to find her footing in a new country, certainly wasn't prepared to share her journey with three boys who couldn't be more different from her-or each other. Different languages. Different cultures. Different stories. Yet, somewhere between awkward introductions, hilarious mishaps, homesickness, chaotic conversations, and the unforgiving Canadian storms, strangers slowly begin to feel like home. What begins as a mistake gradually turns into something far more beautiful- a chosen family, strengthened by every storm they weather together. ❄️🤍 Come find out how four young souls, miles away from everything familiar, find pieces of home in one another.

In a world where trust is very rare to find Abubakar and Fatima are forced into an arranged marriage , join me to explore the ups and downs they have to face in their alignment.

Set in the prestigious kingdom of Odoku Olokun, this African fiction novel follows the life of Princess Adeshewa, the youngest and most beloved daughter of Oba Adeyeye Onudoku 4th of odoku land. Beautiful, intelligent, and admired throughout the kingdom, Adeshewa dreams of living freely and pursuing her education without interference. However, her peace is threatened by her half brother, Prince Adelana, the heir to the throne. Unable to distinguish between genuine love and unhealthy obsession, Adelana becomes increasingly determined to control every aspect of Adeshewa's life. As his obsession deepens, he manipulates those around him, destroys relationships, and commits terrible acts to protect his secrets. As the truth slowly emerges, the gods of Odoku Olokun grow angered, setting in motion events that will determine the fate of the royal family and the entire kingdom. A story of power, obsession, betrayal, tradition, and divine justice, Odoku Olokun explores the consequences of unchecked desire and the triumph of truth over darkness.