Uzma Jalaluddin Books in Order

Aspiring poet Ayesha works as a teacher while resisting her family’s expectations of marriage. Her attraction to conservative Khalid grows complicated when he becomes engaged to her cousin, forcing both prejudice and hidden family truths into the open.

Aspiring radio storyteller Hana helps at her family’s struggling halal restaurant while developing an anonymous online connection. A rival restaurant, community prejudice, and growing feelings for its owner challenge her ambitions and the future of her neighborhood.

Engineer Nada Syed feels trapped by a failed start-up and her family’s marriage expectations. A Muslim conference reunites her with Baz, bringing their secret shared past into conflict with her hopes for a new beginning.

A turbulent flight brings Maryam Aziz and Anna Gibson together before an emergency landing strands them in Snow Falls. Confessions made in the air complicate their holiday plans, while unexpected encounters offer both women new possibilities for love.

Widowed Kausar Khan returns to Toronto after her daughter is accused of killing her boutique’s landlord. With old friends and her teenage granddaughter, she probes neighborhood crimes and family secrets to find the real murderer.

Attorney Sameera and aspiring chef Tom pretend to be a couple after a viral rumor offers professional advantages. Their families’ Christmas gathering in Alaska brings cultural misunderstandings, parental interference and feelings that complicate the bargain.

Dina hopes to conceal her failed marriage during her sister’s lavish wedding, until she encounters Lucky, the law school crush who disappeared years ago. Renewed attraction forces them to examine the misunderstandings and manipulation that kept them apart.

The death of a young man close to her granddaughter draws Kausar Khan into another investigation. Its resemblance to her son’s unexplained death twenty years earlier makes uncovering the truth a painfully personal undertaking.