A collection of wonderful and artistic works exuding the love and cheeriness attached to the season, woven into words. Each piece delivers a tinge of joyful sensation that tells more about the season. Spreading love, happiness and glad tidings in every word,in every work, from each of the writers to you, and collated into a single piece. Hence, delivering to you CHRISTMAS IN A BOX. Delve into this wonderful piece, have a share of the goodness the season brings and happy reading! Amazing cover design by @DonaldPrince #1 in miraclesindecember

We've all most likely heard of people seeing Love as a means to an end. But what if there's no end? What if it's a means to no destination at all? In this story, a charming young man in his mid twenties, every woman's dream, struggles his way through his childhood into a promising individual, acquiring power, wealth and influence. He sees love as myth, something that should not be taken seriously. But. . . Tragedy strikes as his past sneaks into his present. What happens when he's caught at crossroads with two women he loves just the same? And secrets he thought he knew become exposed? Wanna know how subjects of trust, betrayal, violence and heartbreaks are tussled? How emotions are split? Find out on Finders Keepers. . .

ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴛᴇᴇɴ sᴇʀɪᴇs: ʙᴏᴏᴋ 2 For the SSS3 students of De Royals College, Lagos; their last year in secondary school was supposed to be their yet most memorable and most beautiful year after all they were finally leaving secondary school. But when the year starts with their power couple breaking up, a scandal involving one of the best students, the most unlikely student getting pregnant amongst many other secrets been unveiled. The whole year is plunged into chaos. And just like that, their yet most beautiful year turned into the grounds of hell but before they finally leave, before they say their last goodbyes, will they be able to let go of their past and secrets, seek forgiveness and forgive and as well move on? @ᴅᴀʀᴇ-ᴀᴛᴜɴsᴇ 'sᴇᴍɪʟᴏᴏʀᴇ.

BEING A TEEN SERIES: BIMBO (BOOK 4) That line, that fucked up imaginary line. I like you, you like Bose, Bose likes John, John likes Feyi, Feyi like Kunle, Kunle like Jumoke, Jumoke likes Daniel, Daniel likes me. We all know that fucked up imaginary "love" circle. The people we like never like us back. They either like someone and that someone else ends up liking you or that usual crazy line. One sided love is something nobody wishes for, everybody wants the people we love to us back and however for everybody, that's not the case. For Adewole-Adedeji Abimbola, hers was the complete opposite. She had liked Paul for a long time;since their preschool days and the latter barely acknowledged her. He hated her being around him and being around him was something Bimbo enjoyed. Until Paul asked her best friend to be his girlfriend and despite the both knowing her feelings, they both went ahead to date each other and so Bimbo lost three things. She lost her dream guy, she lost her best friend and she also lost her heart. She was too heartbroken and became cold and distant to everyone. Her character took on a new phase as she shut everyone out. She focused on her books and topped the class leaving both her best friend and Paul running after her. With her new cold and indifferent attitude, she barely noticed a particular someone who had eyes on her since forever. But she never noticed him. Meet Adeleke Jeremiah, Boston International College, social prefect. Tall, lean and he had an amazing athletic build. He played football too and the whole female population had eyes on him but Jeremiah enjoyed being low profile. What on earth that attracted him to his one year junior;he couldn't decipher it at all. He even went ahead to stalk her on IG and someone he was on her contact list yet they never spoke. When Jeremiah is assigned to her class as her Prep Captain, sparks finally fly. Sometimes, who we want is not the best for us.

BEING A TEEN SERIES: THAT GUY (BOOK 1) Every single teenage girl fantasizes. And most times they fantasize about the same thing. About THAT GUY. THAT GUY, she'll have a crush on and he'll discover and like her back. THAT GUY, that will sweep her off her feet. THAT GUY, that's gonna spoil her rotten. THAT GUY, that's gonna give her everything she wants. THAT GUY, that's gonna call her and she'll blush while they talk for 6,7 hours. THAT GUY, that his message would be the first message she'll see in the morning and the one she'll see when she's about to sleep. THAT GUY, that's gonna be with her through her times of pains. THAT GUY, who's gonna be her Red Ranger and be overly possessive of her. THAT GUY, that can't get angry with her even though she's the most annoying person on earth. THAT GUY, that's gonna shower her with love. THAT GUY, that's gonna hold her hands and remind her everyday that "You are the most beautiful person on earth" THAT GUY, that she's gonna love in love with and would love fall in love with her too. Well, I Olaniyi Omotoke wasn't exempted from this fantasy, infact I was the queen of fantasizing. Korean movies weren't helping either. I was waiting and anxiously waiting for THAT particularly GUY. But if anyone told me, that THAT GUY was going to be Ajayi-Ayodele Philip,Boston's most sought after guy, he was my one year senior and also the school Assistant Senior Prefect Boy. Philip was perfect. He was God's own made human. I was sure, God took a day off to create him and God was extremely patient in creating. But I never saw him except assembly days because SS3 block was segregated from the normal Senior Secondary School Academic Block, you couldn't just run into any SS3 student not to talk of Snr Phil, that was what everyone called him. But here's the question, what if to THAT GUY, am not THAT GIRL?

|| PUBLISHED ON PABPUB || || PUBLISHED ON NOVELCAT || || PUBLISHED ON FOXNOVEL || || PUBLISHED ON HINOVEL || A NIGERIAN SHORT STORY. After losing her younger sister who was more like a best friend in a bus accident she was supposed to be, and getting rejected by her long time crush the same day, Osanyibi Oluwanishola life takes a drastic turn. She seemed disconnected from everyone else and after a year, she falls in love again. Her falling in love again is like a blessing in disguise as she discovers the secrets surrounding her younger sisters death. A mint flower means "if fate allows, I'll like to love again" SEMILOORE™

BEING A TEEN SERIES: PERFECT BAD BOY (BOOK 3) Parents generally classify teenagers into two categories, its either you are a good, obedient, respectful teen or you are a bad, disobedient, adamant and disrespectful teen. And most parents liked their children to be the first, they naturally despised the latter but for Mr and Mrs Adele-Akinnyi, theirs was the exact opposite. Meet Adele-Akinniyi Luke, good, bad, disobedient, obedient, respectful, disrespectful, adamnet and arrogant. It totally depended on his mood and whoever he was dealing with He was the total mixture of these two categories. Except being a lover of football and a footballer himself;Luke didn't give a care about how the earth revovled around the sun or how the world fared. He was cocky and didn't mind what people thought of him. He was a slight bully and could tease someone till you cried. No one had the courage to stand in his way, the ones with borrowed confidence had their own share of beating. Luke never fell below third in any exam or test and was a straight A student which came as a surprise to many people. He never failed a test or exam even when he missed classes and school many times. He was a fierce competitor and never came second in any competition. With all these, made people scared of him and at the same time, admired him to the ends of the earth. Each time he bullied someone, beat up someone, insulted a teacher, maybe broke some lab items, skipped school which always made him end up in Principal Michaels office. The 45-year old man would just stare at him through the rim of his glasses and sigh heavily before letting him off. Adele-Akinniyi Luke was one of the best student in Preston International College but yet was one student every teacher wanted to get rid off. One way to describe Luke.... He was an.. Oxymoron character.

BEING A TEEN SERIES: CLOCKING SIXTEEN (BOOK 2) Every teenage girl looked forward to clocking sixteen. Not that there was anything special about the day you clocked sixteen but the fact that you were sixteen already. To some girls, its the time to have a boyfriend, the age to get disvirgined, the age to set loose. To other girls, its the age to start living independently, the age to start living your own life. Some many perks came with clocking sixteen. As for me, Olumayede Rachel, I wasn't left out in this expectation. Born with a silver spoon and extra loving parents, my familial life is perfect. Everything seems to be fine except that academically, I am a failure, in terms of friends, I don't have any except the clique I'm always trying to fit in. In terms of the relationships, the guy I like doesn't even know I exist. In summary, my teenage life was a mess. I tried desperately every day to fit in but the harder I tried, the more I felt I didn't belong there. 2 weeks to my sixteenth birthday, my dad gave me an assigment. To me, it was rather a funny assigment, he told me to discover myself and he would get me an iPhone. If I had an iPhone I would finally be able to fit in with my friends. I was excited and eager to finish the assigment until I realized that the so called assigment wasn't really an assigment, it was about me, it was me discovering myself. Like every girl who clocked sixteen experienced a dramatic change in their life, I wasn't left out as I also experienced a dramatic change too. THIS IS A JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY. MORE OF LEARNING TO LOVE YOURSELF. ALWAYS REMEMBER TO LOVE YOURSELF. ©COMING SOON AUGUST 2020

----------------------------- PUBLISHED AS A PAID STORY ON GOODNOVELS UNDER EDITOR'S PICKS. ------------------------------ You are an 100 lvl student bah?" "Yes" "Turn right,there's a guy in black overalls,he'll register you" "Thank you" "You are welcome" I gave a curtsive nod as I walked forward and turned right. Paul was chatting and laughing with some boys and as I was about to say something, I saw a guy in black overalls so I quickly walked up to him. Paul could wait for now. His head was buried in his phone as I approached him. "I want.... " "What's your name?" He asked without taking his eyes off his phone cutting me off. I stilled immediately. I was dazzled by his voice as I instantly craved to hear it again. "Huh?" "What's your name?" He asked again without even raising his head. Oh god! I could have an organsm right now. Oladele Anjola is an 100lvl student of Computer Science who just got admitted into Federal University of Technology, otherwise known as FUTA. She's extremely reserved and a big introvert. Although beautiful and intelligent, she has zero social skills. Adeleke Kolawole is your typical one of the most popular guys at FUTA. Cute, tall, handsome and brilliant and has more than half of the female population running after him. But Kola is the second definition of being snubbish and icy. He barely has friends and keeps to himself. Jola is totally smitten by Kola on their meeting and for the first time in Kola's life, he has a girl in his head. No matter how hard he tries to get her out of his head, she wouldn't budge, its not like he wanted her out of his head though. And so, an interesting love story starts. What will happen when Jola discovers that her very first friend in FUTA, Fisayo also has a huge crush on Kola. Will she give him up for friendship or give up her friendship for Kola. Its truly an hard decision, but sometimes before anyone else, we should come first.

Every year once a child turns 14, a special exam is conducted all over the country. No one knows why the exam is written or the purpose of the exam because there are no results and most of the questions pertain to one's view of life and mentality of a few things. No one knows that, this exam is actually the entrance exam to becoming a member of the Nigerian Secret Teenage Spies. [ N. S. T. S.]. An organization located several kilometers below an expensive boutique in the middle of town. N. S. T. S is an extremely secretive organization has only few people knows its existence. Even the President doesn't know that there are shadows protecting him and the country. Neither would he think or believe that these shadows are teenagers between the ages of 14-18 years. 15-year old Adekola Feranmi walks into her home two days after writing her exam only to find two men in black suits and sun glasses talking to her parents. There's also a strikingly handsome teen seated beside them. When Feranmi realizes she has been chosen to become a member of the N. S. T. S., she decides to give it her all. The new things she has to learn is very exciting for Feranmi. She even learns how to use a real gun! Feranmi must train hard and rise up in the ranks. She must learn how to and protect her country, her family and her loved ones. ©Dare-Atunse 'Semiloore.