"Ulokhu uwaphenqile la mehlo akho kanti ang'dlali ngawe. Ngiyazi iy'nswelaboya sezashela ngomendo, zidlala ngawe. Kepha mina ntokazi angik'khohlisi. Inhliziyo yami usuy'phendule eyakho kodwa ang'khalazi ngoba ngiyazi isezandleni ey'phephile. Ngiyazi uzongang'kholwa mengithi ngiyaqala uk'zizwa ngalendlela ngomuntu eng'qalayo ukumbona kodwa kuyobe kuyiqiniso elimsulwa. Uma kuyidliso leli, ul'faka kancane, nyusa is'kali mama. Ngithathekile ngawe, sala usuk'thatha konke, Mnininhliziyo. Thatha nalu uthando lwami, ngikunika lonke unreservedly. Thatha isandla sami, sigxume, sizicwilise othandweni. Thatha ngisho nazi iy'ndlebe zami, ngizwe ngawe. Whatever you want, MaNdwandwe, as long as you'll have me," he said. Siminaye Nxumalo has sworn off men - well, at least love from men. Still healing from a relationship that nearly broke her, she finds herself unexpectedly pursued by Qophelo Dlomo - a forward, confident Zulu man with marriage on his mind from the very first encounter. When Qophelo proposes marriage, foregoing courtship and even dating, will Naye allow the walls she's built to protect herself be wrecked or will fear of the unknown conquer?

𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬. 𝐀 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧, 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐌𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐀 𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐀 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

Sequel to A Thousand Hills and 'After happily ever after'