Meet Elaine Manaka the odd girl out at school and the sad "church" girl. Elaine longs for a life of adventure and perhaps some heart break here and there and some wine and dash of illicit acts here and there. Elaine finally meets her dream boy Calin Mashaka, he's the wealthy business man who's only 23 and seems to be the kinda bad news she's been longing for. Some tears and cognac is all Elaine needs to be the shameless woman she just wants to be or try to be. But things kinda get a little messed up when she meets Alantae, Calin's cousin. At the same time her one friend is after Calin and in some weird competition with her. What happens when the touch of love meets the touch of jealousy and lust?

*2019 WATTY AWARD WINNER: YOUNG ADULT* Madiera-Jade has no money, no luck, and absolutely no sense. Atticus has no interest and no patience, especially not for Jade. When Madiera-Jade enters Atticus' life (invades, really) she takes him by storm. On the run from a quarterback hell-bent on revenge, she attempts to steal from Atticus, the latest bad decision in a long line of bad decisions. Atticus, a perpetual grouch who is already a semi-established video game designer at 19, has no idea what's about to hit him when he agrees to his Aunt and brother's request to take her in.

"Anna Karenina" is the tragedy of married aristocrat and socialite Anna Karenina and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The story starts when she arrives in the midst of a family broken up by her brother's unbridled womanizing—something that prefigures her own later situation, though with less tolerance for her by others.