You've read it as a Biblical tale of courage, now experience the beloved story of Esther as it springs to fresh life in this inspired, modern-day novel! A gripping tale of jealousy, obsession, betrayal, love and mercy is told anew. Witness the book of Esther like never before! It is the pageant of a lifetime. 127 women and only one chance to win. A young, beautiful maid named Katherine -- a simple commoner -- suddenly finds herself chosen as a contestant for the handsome, mature King's potential bride. She is faced with an uncertain future and he is a magnificent King with a lonely heart. Through unlikely circumstances, they develop a friendship and an unexpected love. But as the day of the King's decision draws near, she discovers that the stakes for the crown are much higher than she thought and their very lives could be in danger. Will their love be enough to save his kingdom and her life? Or will it be the key to their undoing? It all comes down to one simple question, does she have what it takes to be the Queen?

Ayomiposi Faleye's middle name could be dubbed Insecurity and it would suit her perfectly. Battered by her mother's verbal abuses and her father's abandonment, she longs for something or someone that can fill that void and replace the uncertainty she feels. Olatayo Adekiitan Sijuade is drowning in the aftermath of his wife's death. He is wealthy and has the love of his family and the God of His wife to run to. But he feels too far gone to have that sweet communion of his new birth experience. While both are still coming to terms with their newly-found bliss, they receive a shock that threatens everything they have ever known. Will they both crumble under the weight of insecurities and miss what God has predestined for them? Or continue to long for the One Who knows all things? • [Word Count: 80,000-90,000 words]

Two complete different personalities would have to learn to get along and play nice in order to survive a will that would change their lives. For twenty years, Tyler Hayes had been ripped from his childhood home. After the horrific accident that took away his parents' life, Tyler's grandfather removed him from the mansion and sent him away. Now, after twenty years, his grandfather had passed away and he could finally go home. However, even in his death, Tyler's grandfather had betrayed him once again, leaving the mansion to a woman he had never met. Even though Kate Mitchell had never met Tyler, she knew all about the accident that changed the Hayes's family. Unbeknownst to her, was how she was going to end up being caught in the middle of a long estranged relationship between two different generations. How will Kate survive the year with a man who wants nothing to do with her?

Set in modern-day Nigeria, Adaora and TaraOluwa are mother and daughter set to go down a journey of healing wounds. Tara's ex-best friend partnered with her former crush to sell her to human traffickers. The memories of her short time in hostage before her successful escape still haunt her. On the other hand, Adaora battles with the pain from the physical and emotional abuse from her husband. The betrayers are now gone from their lives, but the scars they left behind still live in the two women. Tara is the most wounded and wishes to be released from the shackles of her past. However, her past haunts her both in her sleeping and waking hours. Adaora is in pain to see her daughter recline into a shell. She pleads with God to heal their wounds and to bestow them with happiness. The unexpected entrance of Dora's ex-husband and Tara's former crush scratches their wounds and threatens to open new ones. Would they be able to resist the force pulling them to the demons of their past? But he was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace upon him, By his stripes, we are healed. - Proverbs 53: 5 NKJV

Fikayo knows there's no escape from the darkness she has known and lived in for years. Lit cigarettes give her comfort but it doesn't last long. She finds herself continually at its mercy, begging for a renewal of relief from her pain. Can a life deluged with gloom be lit up? She is in too deep, irredeemable, too broken to be mended into wholeness.

Princess Elara Aviella Monteya wants only to experience life outside of the secure walls of her palace home. While wandering the city disguised as a maid Elara is kidnapped by foreign raiders. She wakes up on a ship headed for Adavia, surrounded by other young women with no clear memories of her former life. Her companions tell her she is a maid named Eyla, turning her disguise into her new reality. Before reaching Adavia it is revealed that the women were taken as brides for the men aboard. Elara, now Eyla, finds herself married to a young merchant and sailor named Noah Marchand. Noah Marchand expected to return from his journey across the sea with new stories and a few foreign trinkets, he never expected to return home with a wife. Noah has been striving to rebuild the family name tarnished by his misspent youth and a strategic marriage seemed like the perfect solution. Instead, he finds himself married to a woman from a land most of his peers consider savage. This arrangement is far from what either ever expected in their lives, but it could prove to be exactly what they needed.

Hannah is nervous to start her freshman year at a new school, Thomas Edison High. As her school year begins, she finds out schoolwork is pretty challenging-not to mention her closest friend at school is beginning to be bullied by some mean students. She is also starting to be influenced by a new friend at Thomas Edison who encourages her to make some decisions she isn't so sure is right as a Christian girl, and meets Danny, a fellow student involved the school's drama production. Unsure of the decisions she should make and how to cope with all the bullying freshman year, she learns some valueable lessons in and out of school this new year, about who really are her best friends, always and no matter what. I'd like to thank @kirstenk923 for the wonderful cover she made for this story. Thank you so much, its beautiful! <3

Meet Jemima, a christian and a lover of God. Born by Christian Ministers and raised in the way of the Lord. But then Jemi's lovely family is crashing, her parents are opting for a divorce. Jemima falls in love and gets into an unexpected relationship that she has to keep a secret. Her relationship with God grows sour, far from who she is and how she was raised, was the effect adjusting to university life gave her. She's far from her 'best' self. With all these trials and tribulations, can Jemimiah still stand strong?