When Dieko's father becomes a drunkard overnight, her mother becomes a punching bag but she endures it hoping it will all end soon but when he then brings a young pregnant girl home as his new wife some weeks later, Dieko's mother feels she has had enough. She leaves the house with Dieko and her sister and they go back to Lagos to live with Dieko's grandmother, now Dieko has to start at a new school, with new friends, a new environment, she doesn't even know what to expect, but there's one thing she's sure of... She's Starting Anew. Started- (July 29, 2020) Published- (August 3, 2020) Finished- (October 26, 2020) ✨ 1k reads- (August 27, 2020) 5k reads- (October 26, 2020) 10k reads- (January 10, 2021) ❤️ #1 in Nigerian High School out of 12 books... 28-10-2020 #1 in Africans out of 72 books... 25-12-2020

Whenever you hear the name Kimani Sumner in the streets of the.Bronx, her older brother, KJ's, name is spoken shortly after. Ever since she was a child she was put on to a pedestal by her father and brother and anyone who crosses her always regretted it. Her fathers status and her brothers short temper has made her a social outcast as a kid. Girls wanted to use her to get closer to KJ Guys were too afraid to talk to her After an unfortunate event that happened when she was 16 that caused her to move in with her Aunt, Toya in Delaware. 4 years later she's back in the Bronx and everyone is shocked by the girl she has became and she's even more shocked to find out about her brothers newly found status. Her brother followed in her father's footsteps and Kimani is repulsed by this news but she shortly realizes that she's not too different from her brother and father and battles with the idea of giving in to this life or branching off and becoming her own person. All events and characters in this story are fictional while all rights to this story are reserved to @baabiiee_doll (Lorraine)

Rema nods, "oh y'all look alike a lot though, how come he never mentioned you?" "I'm a very private person" "Zara? What does it mean anyway?" "Princess" "Make sense, I mean you look like a princess"he winks at me. "Thank you" I tried to hide the blush. Rema pull the car in front of my gate. He turn off the engine. I peep at my house, not really wanting the night to end. "Wanna hangout sometime?" Rema ask "Yeah" "Cool" he pull out his phone, "give me your number, I'll fix something" "Okay" I punch my number in, I gave his phone to him, Rema dials my number. My phone rang out. "Save my number I'll call you soon" he say. "Okay" Rema unlock the car door, "thank you once again" I smile at him. Rema smile back, "anything for you pretty Zara. I'll call you soon, goodnight." I wave at him and enter the gate, my heart pounding through my chest like it wanted to explode. I like him.

We don't ever go to no restaurants, cinema date, she don't know that tension.

"The Prince may love her, and she may share the same name, but this girl is no Grace Kelly" ~~~ Working class, black, and insecure. The opposite of the British princess stereotype. But Grace Roberts might just change the rules when she meets a handsome classmate with a huge secret.

Their families are sworn enemies yet the two teens fall in love after he helps her go through a difficult moment of her life. Shit happens and they break up. But she cant help herself from crawling back to him even a few years later.

(For my black girls) You already know what the deal is. Go read! 18 and mature. Minors do not interact!

"You think I'm leng init?" he smiled. "loool don't gass yourself, Mari." When Janiyah thinks no one in this world could scare her, she meets gang leader, Mari... and falls in love?

𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘠𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘞𝘈𝘕𝘛𝘌𝘋 𝘏𝘌𝘙, 𝘉𝘜𝘛 𝘚𝘏𝘌 𝘞𝘈𝘕𝘛𝘌𝘋 𝘔𝘌. ❝you're such a dream to me❞ 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝙭 𝘧𝘦𝘮!𝘰𝘤

love • /ləv/ an intense feeling of deep affection.