Some stories begin with love. Others begin with a mistake. For Jannah, life has always been about doing what is expected of her-until one unexpected encounter with Ahsan begins to unravel everything she thought she knew about love, family, and herself. Between celebrations, expectations, secrets that refuse to stay buried, and feelings neither of them is prepared to name, Jannah finds herself caught between the life she has always imagined and the one unfolding right in front of her. Because sometimes, the hardest thing isn't falling in love. It's figuring out what to do when love comes with consequences. So really, how do you breathe when the air no longer suffocates you? ECHOES IN THE OPEN A story of love, faith, family, and the things we leave unsaid.

Set in the years 1997-1999, Lekan Adeyemi is thirty years old, a successful investment banker, and doing everything right - including dating Ayomide Coker, twenty-six years old, HR Manager at an oil and gas firm, the daughter of his father's business partner and the kind of woman everyone expects him to marry. Imade Osazee is eighteen, a law student at the University of Lagos, his next-door neighbor, his younger sister's best friend, the girl he has pampered since she reached out to him when she was 5 months old and calmed something in him. She has been in love with him since she was sixteen. He has been trying not to notice her since she stepped out of a boutique changing room in a champagne-gold dress after her eighteenth birthday, and awakened something in him. What starts as a congratulatory letter after her Miss UNILAG pageant win becomes a correspondence neither of them can stop or name. And what cannot be named eventually has to be said - to each other, to their families, to a world that had very different plans for both of them. Ayomide Coker watches a love story that isn't hers unfold before her eyes; she is determined for her relationship with Lekan Adeyemi to work, as he is perfect for her. She asks him to set boundaries between him and the girl she feels is a threat, which he does till he can't. This is not just a simple love story. It is a story of the clash between personal desire and familial expectations. It is the story of two people who realise their love began long before they even knew it. A story of two people who always find a way back to each other despite the circumstances that separate them. A battle between two women who decide that they have to get what they desire the most, by any means necessary.

Amanda only wanted a quiet December, caring for her brother and preparing for the new year. Love was the last thing on her mind... until Ken. But some romances are built on secrets, and some hearts were never meant to be gambled with.

Many years after she left secondary school where she was the most popular girl, Ibukun Soetan has some serious money issues that she needs urgent solutions for. At her school's reunion, she meets a handsome 'stranger' the former resident loser turned billionaire, Yemi Edwards. Yemi used to have a serious crush on Ibukun but now he's over it. One thing is clear though, when she comes to him for investment for her failing business, he cannot turn her away. He wants her still after all these years but he's the only investment he's willing to give is money. Not emotions. But the game of feelings isn't fair and both of them will learn the hard way when complications enter.

Lola Sodipo (It's the year 1999) I grew up without much and at 19, I have had to work for everything I have - an education, the few clothes on my back and the meals I can afford. Yet, life feels unfair and I have to wage war against things that get in my way like my pervy Lecturer and the bunch of dreaded cultists in my school for instance. However, I have fought all my life and I will win this battle. Still, I am not prepared for the battle against my own feelings when the dangerous, rich kid and resident Playa, Tokunbo Carew comes into the picture. I don't know what to do when he insists on protecting me especially when I don't know how to protect myself from his charms. Yet, when the biggest battles of our lives come calling both of us have to decide what's worth saving. Even if it looks like we'd be crushed regardless of the choice(s) we make. ~ That '99 Love (Tomilola Coco Adeyemo)

"You're so beautiful Jenny." Kola's voice was dangerously low and his breath fanned her neck. Kola stopped talking and Jennifer could feel his lips slowly moving closer to hers, making her heart rate to triple. The air around the both of them suddenly felt so thick and tensed, she could hardly breathe properly. She shut her eyes as she anticipated what she felt was coming next; his kiss. "Tell me Jennifer, are you being a professional at what you do right now because I can't see any cameras around." Jennifer's eyes immediately opened in surprise at hearing what Kola had said. ***** In other to pull off the biggest job offer of her modelling career, Jennifer, a well-recognized professional model has to work with her high school crush-same guy who embarrassed her back in school. ACCOLADES featured on wattpad africa reading list Featured on wattpad multicultural reading list. Featured on wattpad Nigeria reading list.

[ 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄 ] War Of Hearts Marie Serrat , loses her father on her 19th birthday, a week later, his will is read. Marie inherits everything but for that to happen, she must marry his best friend, Balthazar Benedict in two days after the will is read or she looses everything. Marie is already in love with another.

Nsikan isn't just our cliché high school girl. In fact, she's as normal as they get. An average look, an average brain, and an average way of reasoning. With two amazing best friends she's supposed to be the center of attention right? Wrong, but she did gain some attention. Nsikan miraculously found a way to gain the Trix's attention despite her trying to be a wallflower which turned out to be a complete failure. Aside from that, she manages to gain the attention of the most attractive boy in school, but not in a good way. To Damian, Nsikan is weird. He sometimes wonders if her brain functions differently from every other human. Irrespective of being bullied on a few occasions, he realizes Nsikan still finds ways to smile and act silly and he found that strange. Damian and Nsikan might be two opposite individuals, but will there be something to learn from each other? Started: 16/12/2022 Finished: 16/12/2023 Impressive Rankings: #1 - wattnaija - 20/12/2022 #2 - nigerianhighschool - 2/1/2023 #1 - proudlynigerian - 23/6/2023 #1 - secondaryschool - 6/10/2023 #1 - nigerianbooks - 1/9/2023 #2 - african - 2/3/2023 #2 - nigerian - 28/3/2023 #3 - 9ja - 4/7/2023 #1 - nigerianstories - 5/11/2023 #3 - africa - 4/4/2023 #4 - besties - 9/7/2023 #1 - nigerianauthors - 3/8/2023 #70 - teenfiction - 6/10/2023 #462 - comedy - 16/12/2023 #60 - boyxgirl - 16/12/2023 #156 - bully - 16/12/2023 #7 - teendrama - 11/10/2023 #66 - popular - 14/10/2023 #930 - highschool - 17/12/2023 #4 - responsibility - 17/12/2023 #1 - naija - 22/12/2023 Cover by: Eddy622

Previously My Secondary School Life Tega Oghenevero is set to go into high school, but her days of sunshine and rainbows are over, and the harsh reality of high school hits her the moment she steps foot. Crushes develop, bullies take play, throw in betrayal and fake friends. And of course, that favorite Aunt of hers who waltzed into her life and shook her home. Join Tega as she learns to find herself, learn values that would guide her forever, and battle the unexpected in this tale of hers.