THE AUTHOR Rushdiyah Narker is a Cape Town-based author weaving love, culture, and identity into slow-burn romance. Her childhood home was consistently filled with wedding planning of family and friends, and now as an entrepreneur in the wedding industry, she witnesses love in many forms. Currently pursuing a Master's degree in Social Anthropology, a desire to see her community's stories on the page bloomed while learning about ethnographic fiction. Off the page, Rushdiyah is living her own "friends to lovers" romance with her husband, four daughters and five cats.