Teen Spirit
Seventeen-year-old Sally gets an opportunity to get up close and personal with her forever crush, Damilola Taylor, but the encounter is not exactly how she envisages it to be.
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The Words They Couldn't Say
Weirdo 💙💙
Words Unspoken Hidden within but Loud The 'What Ifs' Spoken but Too Late.
𝑈𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒
Iman❤️🔥
𝐴𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝑢𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝐻𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑎 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑, 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑢𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝐵𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑛. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑏𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑝 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑙ℎ𝑎𝑗𝑖 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒. 𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑑𝑑𝑠.
The Day My Husband Stopped Praying With Me
OBlissPaul
Amara thought she knew her husband. For seven years, they prayed together every morning—until one day he stopped. As silence grows in their home, a message from a mysterious woman threatens to expose secrets that could destroy their marriage. Will prayer be enough to save what’s breaking?
The House That Raised My Silence
Adesuwa🌸
I ran down the dusty street , my heart pounding not knowing if I was escaping or running straight into more trouble .
The woman in my home
Amamirac
When her marriage becomes a prison of infidelity and silent abuse, she finds the courage to walk away — suitcase in hand, dignity barely intact. But nothing prepares her for the ultimate betrayal: the friend she trusted now living in her home… sleeping in her bed. In a world where loyalty is fragile and love is a battlefield, how do you rebuild when the people closest to you destroy everything? What secret is she hiding?
Run from you , run to you
Ammi
Layla a 18 year old is forced to bond with someone she doesn't want to.
The missing heiress who stole my heart
akusophiaachukee
Nneka is just a scholarship student trying to survive in a rich, dangerous university. Then Obinna — powerful, feared, and completely out of her reach — starts watching her like she’s the only one he sees. Their connection grows fast. So does the danger. Jealous rivals close in. Strange men follow her. And secrets from Nneka’s past refuse to stay buried. Because Nneka isn’t who she thinks she is. She is the missing heiress everyone has been searching for. Loving her could cost Obinna everything. Walking away might cost them their lives. In a world of power, jealousy, and hidden truths… can their forbidden love survive? Chapters one to three of this story is free! Hurry and explore!
The Crownless Jewel
The Whyssman
In the ancient Yoruba city of Ile-Ife, a time of spiritual and ecological decline unfolds as sacred traditions are abandoned in favour of foreign trade and modernisation. Adegoke, the gifted but overlooked son of a minor court artisan, feels the weight of this disconnection deeply—especially as the once-vibrant Osun River sickens and the people forget their covenant with the Orisha. After a mysterious voice from the river reveals a shattered beaded crown—a symbol of the sacred pact between the Oba and Oshun, goddess of rivers—Adegoke discovers he is the “unwilling heir” destined to restore balance. Guided by cryptic wisdom from the reclusive Babalawo Baba Ologun and accompanied by his sharp-witted friend Ifeoma, daughter of the royal drummer, Adegoke embarks on a quest to recover the three fragments of the crown before the next full moon. Their journey takes them through the enchanted Iron Forest, where truth must be spoken to outwit the trickster spirit Àjẹ́, and into the heart of political betrayal when they confront Prince Adetola—the Oba’s brother—who has hidden the final fragment within a royal scepter while promoting destructive “progress” that poisons the land. Through sacrifice, sincerity, and song, Adegoke and Ifeoma summon a sacred white crocodile, fulfil Adetola’s impossible challenge, and awaken his buried conscience. In an act of communal healing, the prince joins them in reuniting the crown—not through force or ritual alone, but through renewed commitment to memory, reciprocity, and reverence for the land. When Oshun herself rises from the river, she crowns not a king, but Adegoke—the “crownless” boy who dared to care. The restored covenant flows not from gold or power, but from daily acts of respect, storytelling, and stewardship. In the end, Adegoke becomes known as “the Listener,” teaching future generations that true legacy lives not in objects, but in choices made with clean hands and open hearts.
GROWING WITHOUT HER.🌼✨
MoMo.✨💚
A touching story of love, loss, and healing about learning to live and grow after losing a mother too soon.
SOMETHING ABOUT LOVE
MoMo.✨💚
She never planned to fall in love at least, not the way it happened. It started quietly, like a song she didn’t realize she’d been humming. He came into her life so unexpectedly, with laughter that made ordinary days feel special. They weren’t perfect far from it but somehow, it felt right. Their connection wasn’t loud,it was in the small things the long talks, the laughter, the teasing, the comfort of being understood without words.But love, as she learns, isn’t always about happy endings. Sometimes it’s about the lessons left behind. When distance, silence, and misunderstandings began to creep in, she found herself holding on to memories instead of moments. It hurt deeply, but it also made her stronger.Something About Love tells the story of a girl who gave her heart fully and learned that love isn’t measured by how long it lasts, but by how much it changes you. Through heartbreak and healing, she finds herself again softer, wiser, and still capable of love.By the end, she realizes something quietly powerful: maybe the person she was meant to love first was herself.
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