ONCE UPON A BLUE MOON
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Last published Sat, Dec 9, 2017
"How do I do it? Am not strong enough." Whispered prince Obieze.
Olaedo reached for his hand and intertwined their fingers. She smiled bravely at him. "You are never alone..."
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Once upon a blue moon is a historical romance story set in the African Igbo backdrop.
It tells of a tale of a young prince who must navigate through obstacles to become the Igwe of his kingdom.
Obieze is the crown prince of Ezeama Kingdom. All his life, he has been groomed to rule as King after his father and this made him closed up from people. He had no idea what it felt like to be normal, free, love and be loved in return until he met Olaedo.
Olaedo is Ichie Nnaji's daughter, a cabinet man of the Igwe. She has been sickly from infancy and shielded from the rest of the world. Somehow, she lives up to her sixteenth year where she meets prince Obieze by serendipity. The duo hit it off despite not knowing each other's identity.
What happens when they fall in love but all odds seem against them and the peace of the Kingdom is threatened?
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