Like a moth to a flame

by Shazia Akhter

( #enemiestolover #betrothedaskids #childhoodnikah )


Nawal and Adil were once friends but now are foes. Their love was buried deep under intense aversion. They are constantly at each other's throats. Pranks and revenge are the only reasons for their interaction.
can the long-forgotten love and friendship resurface or are they going to hate each other for the rest of their lives?
Dive into this rom-com novella to find out...

44 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 21, 2021

About the author

Shazia Akhter is an ultimate daydreamer. Her writing journey began as a way to bring to life the stories that constantly occupied her mind. Shazia is all about weaving romance tales where love conquers all, and happily ever afters are her thing. She is a student apart from being an author and a poet.

Works:

1. It's about destiny (Published on January 3, 2021)
2. Tangled Threads (Published on March 10, 2021)
3. Like a moth to a flame (Published on May 22, 2021)
4. Can't Let You Go (Published on May 26, 2023)
5. Gentle echoes of us (Published on August 27, 2023)
6. I can't help falling in love with you (Published on December 2, 2023)
7. You Felt Like Home (Published on 15 May 2025)
8. Jaded Heart (Published on 29 September 2025)

Reviews

[Sharpee Tekriwal · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lovely short read ❤

'Like A Moth To Flame' is a beautiful, cute, humorous, romantic short love story. This is the third book I am reading by the author. And I am always amazed with the author's ability to introduce so many different characters in a single story, without confusing the readers 🥰

What really is magical about the author's writing, is the way in which, she generally does not stick to just the love story of the main characters in the story, but she always perfectly weaves in the love stories of the supporting characters as well. So whenever you pick this author's book, be sure that you will not just get one love story, but you will definitely get more than one love story 🥰

This particular book, is also, no different, even though it is a short book, it does not just have Adil and Nawal's love story but it also has Zayan and Momina's love story 😍

I loved all the characters in the book, especially Nawal and Zayan. Zayan is too funny. The concept of this story was wonderful. I loved the family interactions scenes, especially when Aqsa tries to control her unruly and shameless son Zayan. I also liked the pillow fighting scene between Nawal and Adil 😄

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this lovely short story, and I would definitely recommend it to all readers ❤

[Ashweeni Kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

A cute book!

This book starts with a short Glossary, of which only few words I was earlier aware. Initially I thought this may not interest me, but when I started reading it felt very nice. I liked 1st half more when Adil & Nawal played pranks on each other. It was hilarious at times that really made me smile & laugh! But at times it took serious turns too. Overall a nice entertaining read!

[Ahmad Saad · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book that beautifully describes how two people fighting every now and then, develop feelings for each other, two people who love each other should say everything that is in heart, keeping secrets will ruin a relationship and sometimes even break them. The book is short so build up of love stories is very short.

[Amreen Shaikh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A simple, cute and beautiful story. It has two stories within but I liked more of Adil n nawal and the bantering of both. A very cute, and impossible love story. I wanted to read more of these two but still a good read.