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The Glistening Pearl
Meet Cute
Selaya, a resilient oyster farmer in 18th‑century Zanzibar, finds her life transformed when she meets Jamal, the idealistic son of a powerful landowner who challenges the barriers between them. As their forbidden bond deepens, Selaya must confront her past while Jamal faces pressure from family and rivals like Zahara. Their love becomes a fight for identity, courage, and the belief that she is worthy of being cherished.

Ultimate Manifester
Manifesting from the Heart: Aligning with Your Inner Knowing
“Manifesting from the Heart” exposes why vision boards and forced affirmations fail—and why your heart’s intuitive wisdom is the real creator. Blending ancient insight with modern energy science, it reveals how honoring your deepest feelings, even in love, unlocks the destiny your mind keeps resisting.

Tina Isabel Leung
Private Pleasures
Espen and Rune start as friends exploring a shared curiosity, but a compromising moment forces them to fake a long‑term relationship to avoid judgment from their conservative circle. Pretending to be a couple blurs every boundary they set, pushing their connection into unexpectedly tender territory. As the lie deepens, they must face whether their feelings have quietly become real.

Tina Isabel Leung
Exotic Malady
Friends to Lovers
“Exotic Malady” follows Javier as he travels to Lavana—an island still scarred by a deadly outbreak—to finally meet Manuel, the online friend he’s been secretly in love with for years. As the two explore abandoned towns and empty beaches, their friends‑to‑lovers tension erupts into a desire as dangerous and irresistible as the island’s past.

Tina Isabel Leung
Heirs in Love
Forbidden Love
Set in 1930s Shanghai and inspired by "Romeo and Juliet"—but with a far happier twist—"Heirs in Love" follows Zihan Wu and Yichen Liu, heirs to warring mafia families who fall for each other while uncovering a plot against Yichen’s mother’s business. As violence closes in, their forbidden love becomes the one thing powerful enough to unite their families.

Leandra Dare
Unburned Tree
Olivia is drowning in debt and family crises when a neon‑lit ghost attack awakens the dangerous magic in her bloodline. Drawn into a war between factions and trained by Rodrigo—a guilt‑haunted fighter whose glowing tattoos react to her touch—she’s forced to confront the hungry spirit inside her. When a crime boss targets her brother and captures Rodrigo, Olivia must decide how much power she’s willing to take on to save the people she loves.