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This is a story ahout the tales of a teenage Nigerian girl who saw the frowning and smiling aspects of life. From losing a parent and sibling to rejection by her family, she is finally welcomed into the home of a stranger ;a place that created her best and worst memories. She's young, She's beautiful, She's resilient, She's Mimi.

*Completed* Abigail "Abbie" Duke learnt to depend on only one person. Herself. Growing up to always being second choice to her older sister, Abbie watched her mom give up her marriage to focus only on her sister's eventual rise to stardom. As a grown woman, Abbie keeps her family at arm's length and puts her career as a priority; not paying attention to her dwindling love life. Her life takes an unforeseen turn when her work pulls her back to her mother's vibrant town. While writing an article on Christmas, Abbie finds herself getting attached to the town's people and its festive traditions, unexpectedly finding love along the way Awards 🏅1st place - University of best books Awards (Chicklit category) 🏅2nd place - The Creative Minds Awards (Chicklit category) 🏅2nd place - Holiday Writers Awards (Chicklit category) 🏅2nd place - The Wattpaders Awards (Chicklit category) 🏅3rd place - Rising Stars Awards (Chicklit category) ★★★UNEDITED BOOK VERSION★★★ A Nigerian Christmas romance/chicklit featured novel

The novel, Daniella, chronicles the odyssey of a teenage orphan who is raised by her grandparents in the village. She has always longed for one thing: to leave her lusterless village to explore new horizons in the city. And when the news comes that she will be moving to Lagos with Aunt Carolina, her joy knows no bounds as she thinks that she is on her way to paradise. What she, however, fails to realize is that the road leading to hell is tarred with ignorance. Amidst Daniella's helluva experience in Lagos, she meets with three teenagers in Damien College who made her stay a little less rueful - or so she thought. With these trio, friendship builds; they also break. Hearts melts; they also wrench. One thing is for sure: lessons are learned. This is a story of self-discovery, perseverance, family relationship, friendship, betrayal, sexuality, child abuse and the drama of high school.

They were only supposed to be acting, it should all have been pretense, so how dare she fall in love. Falling in love wasn't part of the agreement, but she wasn't really put in a position to go against her heart, not with the way his eyes looked at her as if he could see through her like glass, definitely not with the way his touch set her body ablaze. he could never be her's even though she was already his, and she was ready to let go and forget about him forever but fate had other things in store for both of them *** A few more years and he would be a free man right, no more of this bondage called marriage? but why didn't the thought make him happy anymore. Why was he always thinking of that Godamn woman he pretends to be married to, why did her smile make him weak?

When Ruby James had failed her promotional examination in Benson college, she was advised to repeat the class but her parents didn't want that, so they thought of enrolling her in a tutorial lesson. Ruby, on the other hand, didn't want to go for the lesson because of her social anxiety, neither did she want to repeat the class owing to the fact that she felt it was a huge embarrassment on her part. However, despite being faced with the horns of dilemma, she just had to choose between the two- repeating or tutorials? Will her choice change her life completely. Find out!

•Completed• Every spark is felt differently. Some are never felt at all. A collection of first kiss stories by twelve authors.

"You're alive for a reason. Everything you've passed through will shape you into the ultimate masterpiece because even golds are forged in fire to become jewels." I whispered softly. "And I dare you, Abel Ugochukwu Ejiofor. I dare you to persevere." Lucky Adekunle is a timorous seventeen year old with a mountain of insecurities and unending questions about her family. Even though her name has the word 'Luck' in it, It's the one thing she's never had. All her life she's dealt with an abusive father who wants nothing more than to mold her into the 'perfect child'. But the abuses suddenly become tolerable when she meets a certain boy diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. This is a story of two young adults from turbulent homes and their struggle to make it out alive.

Addison finds out she is pregnant for her boyfriend Ethan and decided to go to his house to tell him, on getting there she saw the shock of her life Read so u find out how she changed from the naive girl she was to a sophisticated girl

"I got someone pregnant," A simple word that bore so much weight, it was only the beginning of how they fell apart, of how everything changed. Those words shattered Ajike's very existence. Who knew words could shatter the very walls that words had built. Àjíkè's dilemma is how to make sure she gets out of it all unscathed. This is her story.