Complicated Codes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798299451740)

When an anonymous online bond collides with real life, corporate sabotage, family expectations, and long-buried feelings ignite.

With her MSc in Computer Science nearly complete, Maryam Jama has two choices: land a tech job in Vancouver or accept her father's ultimatum to come home and help with the family computer store. The plan is simple get hired, keep her head down, avoid disaster.

Enter Ismail Ayub, the brooding, brilliant CEO of CaqliStarts the man everyone whispers about. Maryam nearly short-circuits when she discovers he's also the anonymous correspondent who challenged her code on the Complicated Codes forum, the stranger who matched her wit.

But when CaqliStarts is sabotaged from within, Maryam and Ismail are forced into an uneasy partnership. Rivalry turns to slow-burn longing as they fight to save the company and face the truth they've both tried to deny.

A clean, Muslim workplace romance with enemies-to-lovers tension, secret identities, STEM nerdiness, and a dash of corporate suspense.