Erhuvwun preferred to wash their clothes by the stream. She had told Amadi how the flowing water was ideal for rinsing them off and left a lovely fragrance in the fabrics. After the first time, when his wrappers had returned brighter than they’d ever been, he hadn’t challenged […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Pregnant? The word rang in his ears. Ifeanyi dropped the receiver and crashed in his seat, as though he had been hit by a bulldozer. He hadn’t even imagined this possibility. He sat horrified, his mind racing, thinking about how he was going […]
The first month was the hardest. Erhuvwun woke up to the realisation that she’d married a stranger, and the scarier part of that was the meaning of marriage, rather than the fact that he was a stranger. In every respect, she had been sold into bondage, and she […]
I’m not okay. I’m not okay with the way of the world. I’m not okay that we don’t agree. I’m not okay that everything costs money. I’m not okay that so many have to do without. It seems these days everyone’s out for number one. Nobody seems to […]
Hey hey! How’s the weekend going? Welcome to another episode of The Spotlight. Today, I’m doing another book review of a book which tells an age-old story in a whole new and African way. Meet the author, Sinmisola Ogunyinka. She’s a wife, mother, movie producer and talk-show host. She […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY It had been a month since he had submitted his notice, and Ifeanyi was still at Solomon Investment Bank. A replacement had been found, but he was still on his first week of training. After he had completed his first month, and Ifeanyi had handed over […]
Erhuvwun’s first thought was of Akpos, the man she’d wanted to marry, when her father told her about his foolish mistake. She’d been holding out for Akpos for over a year now, and had turned down other suitors, believing he was going to come back and take her […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Seventeen years ago. Amaka looked down at the folded white note that had just been passed to her by her neighbour and friend, Sade. Her heart flipped in her chest. She knew who it was from already. He had sent her two before, […]
Onuoha was sober for the first time in five years. Last night, he’d made the biggest mistake of his life, and there was no way he could correct it… What had possessed him to mention her name…? To even think of such a thing? He sat outside his […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Ifeanyi handed in his letter of resignation when he resumed work on Monday. Unfortunately, due to his high level position, he wouldn’t be able to leave the job for three months or until a replacement could be found and trained, which ever […]
Yeah, it’s about time, right?!! It’s not the way I thought it would be. I haven’t booked a venue or a hall and I’m not touring different states or countries. I’ve just gone DIGITAL! This is the tech age! We don’t have to do things the way they […]
Hey, hey, hey! How are you? I hope awesome… So, I just concluded running Perfect Love on my blog for my patrons. If you couldn’t follow the series, you still have the option of getting the ebook or buying the paperback, which is also now available via Amazon. […]
Wow! Exactly a month ago, I published my first paperbacks on Amazon.com, being for Perfect Love, The House Girl and He Cheated!. This month, I published The Originals (being The Church Girl, An Emotional Affair and Broken; my first three stories whose characters continue to live through my […]
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AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY It was a beautiful sunny Saturday in early April. The socialites, and everyone who was anybody in Lagos, were at the Reception of the wedding ceremony between John Solomon Jnr’s first son, Jamie and Chiamaka, the second daughter to the late General […]
Grace and Truth 