I am Layla. A proud Fulani girl from Sokoto. My life was cattle, hijab, and Fulfulde.He is Major Tunde Balogun. A Yoruba military officer from Ibadan. Tall, disciplined, dangerous, and already MARRIED.We should never have met.I was serving as a nurse in the military hospital in Kaduna during the communal crisis. He was brought in with a gunshot wound, bleeding but still shouting orders."Don't touch me, I'm fine!" he growled in Yoruba.I answered him in Hausa, "If you are fine, why are you bleeding like a slaughtered ram?"For the first time, the feared Major smiled.He was forced into an arranged marriage at 25 by his family to his cousin Bimpe - a marriage with no love, only duty. His family tradition: marry the first wife chosen by family, then you are free to marry the woman your heart truly wants as second wife.But his heart had chosen no one. Until me.He calls me "Ayaba mi" - My Queen. I call him "Gidado am" - My Heart in Fulfulde.But love is not that simple.He is Yoruba, Christian family. I am Fulani, Muslim family. He is a soldier who speaks Yoruba and English. I am a village girl who speaks Fulfulde and Hausa. When he says "Mo nife re" (I love you in Yoruba), I answer "Mi yidi ma" (I love you in Fulfulde). Two languages, one heart.His first wife says I will never be accepted. My father says a Fulani princess will never marry a Yoruba man, talk less a man who is already married. His mother says she wants a Yoruba daughter-in-law, not a Fulani. My mother says soldiers die young.Now I am pregnant.And Major Tunde has been deployed to the war front in Borno for 6 months with no communication.Will our families ever agree to this impossible love? Will his first wife allow me as second wife or destroy me? Will he return alive to claim me and our child?This is not just a love story. This is a war between tribe, tradition, religion, and a love that refuses to die.Can a Yoruba soldier and a Fulani girl rewrite the rules of love in Nigeria?---What you will love in this book: Military Romance, Second Chance, Polygamy Love Triangle, Yoruba x Fulani Culture, Strong Fulani Female Lead, Possessive Soldier Hero, Language Twist (Yoruba/Fulfulde/Hausa), Pregnancy, Family Drama.

Nadia Adeyemi has always believed her father is a good man.She knows him as a loving father, a respected businessman, and the man who sacrificed everything to give his family a comfortable life.Then Rayyan Malik walks into her world.Rich, handsome, powerful, and painfully mysterious, Rayyan seems to have an unusual interest in Nadia. She believes their meeting is fate. What she doesn’t know is that Rayyan has spent years planning his revenge against her family.Years ago, his family lost everything after a devastating betrayal that destroyed his father’s business and reputation. Rayyan believes Nadia’s father was responsible.Now he has returned with one goal:Destroy the man who destroyed his family.And Nadia is the perfect weapon.Rayyan deliberately gets close to her. He earns her trust, wins her heart, and makes her believe that their love is real.But revenge becomes complicated when the woman he planned to use becomes the woman he genuinely loves.For the first time, Rayyan begins questioning everything he has believed.Then Nadia discovers the truth.Their entire relationship began as a lie.The man she trusted entered her life with a plan to destroy her family.Heartbroken, Nadia walks away.But Rayyan soon discovers something even more devastating:His revenge was built on a lie.The person responsible for destroying his family has been hiding in plain sight—and may be closer to Nadia than either of them realizes.Now Rayyan must face the consequences of his actions while fighting to uncover the truth.Because he came into Nadia’s life seeking revenge.He never expected to find love.And now that he has found it, he may have to lose everything to earn her forgiveness.He planned to destroy her family.She became the reason he wanted to save it.And somewhere between revenge and betrayal, they fell hopelessly in love.