18-year-old Oluwatimileyin Turner had seen enough of the world to know that it was unfair. He's spent most of his life in the most dreaded parts of Lagos State, where men, women even children risk their lives on highways just to make a living--- and had barely enough to put food on the table and clothes on their backs, barely enough to send them to school. Then Timmy decides to stand up for himself and his siblings after his mother's death. Did he make it despite all the challenges faced? Find out by reading "Reasons To Live"

Meet Adansi, the rebellious Prince of the Ashanti Kingdom in Ghana, Africa. It's 1778 and when Adansi is faced with an arranged marriage from his father, the winds of Africa takes him places he would've never know.

...for the love of ease, most times we need not be uptight...

An alpha-male educator due for an office promotion has to implement a curriculum change project in a high school, but schoolgirls and female colleagues stand in the way of success. Will he return home to his fiancée or get carried away in the tide of temptations and challenges?

Friends deride her, people make fun of her name, Alayonmbere queries her mom why she has to share a name with a reptile. The feisty teen soon finds out that the name she hates so much has a story behind it - a story she wont forget for the rest of her life. #WattysNG2020

(Book Two) "I've been looking for you for two years now. Luckily for me, I saw you at the beach party which a friend hosted. It also broke my heart when I decided to follow you home, and saw the hardship life you were living." "In a nutshell," I wanted her to hit the nail on the head. Not because I wanted to sound rude, but because my legs were aching me from standing for too long. "I need your help," She paused her lips. "Which involves being me." ~°~°~°~°~ Uyai is far from being rich. And when we talk about far, we meant FAR. Uyai wasn't a people person. She didn't have much friends, except from her best friend, Judith. Judith was someone, whom was obsessed with rich Lekki secondary school boys. On a faithful day, Judith got invited to a rich beach party and forced Uyai, to tag along. Uyai so much hated the rich kids, cause she believed they were tinie tiny no good spoilt brats. But things began to change for Uyai, when she accompanied Judith to the party, and saw what she believed must be her clone, or her brain just playing tricks on her. Uyai began to receive an anonymous letter, from someone whom identified herself as 'T'. What would happen when 'T' reaches up to Uyai, claming to be her long lost twin, and also asking for help, to act as her? Would Uyai accept the offer by choice, or by force? ~°~°~°~°~ "I feel someone wants me dead and you being the stronger twin, I want you to help me protect myself." ~°~°~°~°~ Started : 05/04/2020 Finished : 18/10/2020 ~°~°~°~°~ Highest Rankings 02/06/2020 #1 - proudlynigeria

A story of falling and finding oneself. Women are put under pressure, dejection, and in an utmost act of servitude. Especially the Women of color, there are most of them that are have been made guilty just for being a woman, The trials, abuse, pain They are been trampled upon, been told their weak, of no use and valueless. Being taken advantage of. Even the challenges that befall a man that is dark skinned is enough talkless of being a dark woman. So I am here to give a voice to all black woman you deserve to be praised to be loved, Cherished and adored, I have a mother, and I use her as an extension to all dark women on earth. I am a man that believes in the well being of women, and I offer you this story as the greatest source of inspiration to you. 88 out 10k stories on Mine.

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?

"I'm black!" Nathan screams but the voice that erupts from his throat is a high shrill screech. "I'm white!" Blessing screams but she brings her hands to her throat, mortified at the deep resounding voice that escapes. Nathan and Blessing look at one another in shock and awe, unsure of how to comprehend the situation. "Damn, I am so good looking," Nathan states haughtily, admiring himself through Blessing's eyes. ****************************************** Nathan and Blessing have three things in common - 1. They both go to the same university and live on the same floor. 2. They are both the sluts of their campus and have a running competition to see who can out sleep who. 3. They've been arch enemies since they were 16. One morning they wake up in their beds, in their rooms, in their flats...in each other's bodies! Nathan attempts to find a cure or an explanation to the body swap however Blessing finds this as a golden opportunity to get revenge on Nathan. Nathan gets wind of this and decides that two can play this game and he too begins sabotaging Blessing's life. As they try and navigate and destroy one another, they realise there's more to the surface than what meets the eye.

Victor -- The Vic, a global superstar seems to have everything. But he has a dark past that leaves him drained. Broken and drained. Even as he is topping charts, his past is slowly catching up to him. The only normalcy in his chaotic life is the girl he can't seem to keep out of his head. Can he hold out just long enough before his darkness takes over? Cass's world is Theoretical Physics and poetry. What happens when she can't get enough of the famous badboy she just met? What happens when she is thrust into the public eye? Victor and Cass are as different as ice and fire, but what happens when they can't stay away from each other? Will their differences make or break them? This can only end badly. They both know it. [Winner of The Best Badboy Character in The Yearly Garden Awards 2018] [2nd Place in Romance - Ankara Awards] Highest Ranking: 581/36.4k in Young Adult Started[May 3, 2018.] Finished[February 23, 2019.]