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Quite recently, I ordered a copy of The House Girl, alongside two other titles by the same author. It was a privilege to have the mentioned books autographed and delivered to my door-step by the author herself. During my meeting with the…
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 […]
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 […]
So this month, I released two new titles, Perfect Love and The House Girl on Okadabooks.com and Amazon.com as ebooks on the 2nd and 8th of August respectively. My books have been doing really well on Okadabooks, where the reviews for both have been amazing! I’ve got one […]
Here’s a short excerpt: First of all, I must give thanks to God. Â I stand here today by His amazing grace. Â I praise Him for all that He saw me through and the many ways He has moulded me to be the woman I am today. Â I give […]
Here’s a short excerpt: “The day wey you throw me commot for house,” Chinyere began, looking at Osinachi. “I think say I go go my aunty office, but the place de far. I don tire for sun and I begin de stop taxi for road.  I tell them […]
Here’s a short excerpt: Osinachi walked in to the small two-bedroom apartment. She placed her dish on the dining table and stood awkwardly until Chinyere offered her a seat. “Thanks.” Chinyere went into the kitchen to get a plate and a spoon. She had just been about to […]
“How’s your day going?” Those four words were as “I love you” to Osinachi. Â Donald didn’t say those three amazing words often, but whenever he sought to communicate with her and find out how she was doing and feeling, and made the effort to show he cared, she […]
It had been a month since that horrible day, when Mrs Peterson had thrown her out of her home. Â Only Chinyere knew the hell she had suffered that day before she’d made it to her aunty’s place in Abuja. Â She’d initially thought of going to her Oga’s office […]
Donald could hear the sirens from a mile away. Â He looked out of his bedroom window and saw the police cars as they drove on his street and parked outside his house. Â They were here! Â Ms Ebuka had called the police! Donald panicked. Â They had already blocked the […]
“Three nights ago, my niece showed up at my doorstep soaking wet and looking like she’d run into some thugs, who had beaten her mercilessly! Â She fainted moments later. Â How she got to my house, I don’t even know. Â Why she left your house, I still don’t know. […]
Osinachi returned home on Thursday morning, as she preferred to return when she knew Donald would be at work. Â She wasn’t yet ready to see him, and they still hadn’t spoken since she’d left home on Monday. Â She’d contacted the nanny service to request for the woman she […]
Chinwe Ebuka was shocked when she opened her Abuja apartment door at 9:30pm that Monday night to find her niece standing there, unkempt. Â She opened the door wider to let her in, her thoughts racing as she wondered what could have happened to her. “What happened to you, […]
August 2003. Â Garki District, Abuja. Osinachi took Monday off to interview a few nannies. Â Her friends had given her the names of some reputable agencies in Abuja, and she’d contacted them all on Saturday. Â She was expecting six women to show up for interviews today. Â She had specified […]
“Osinachi, what’s the matter with you?!” “Donald, I did it for us!” “NO! Â No! Â You did this for yourself! Â How could you plan this without me?” “It wasn’t like that, Baby…” “Don’t! Â Don’t Baby me… Â I don’t even know who you are anymore. Â God! Â All these secrets and […]
Grace and Truth 