Author Spotlight: Erhu Kome

the connections that matter most. Sixteen-year-old Zenobia spent her childhood living with her paternal grandmother. After she passed away, Zenobia is shipped to Lagos to live with her parents who feel more like strangers, especially her mother, whose coldness is so stinging it makes Zenobia wonder if she’s even wanted at all. So she shuts down. No friends, no attachments, no heartache. But when she decides to escape the chaos of her home, this time to her maternal grandmother’s quiet village in a small island country, Zenobia finds something she didn’t expect: Raluki. Warm, open, and impossible to ignore, Raluki pulls Zenobia into his world of laughter, friendship, and the kind of belonging she’s secretly craved—alongside his friends Nicolas and Anara. Until Zenobia learns the truth—Raluki’s family is known in the village as cursed, and being close to him isn’t just forbidden…it’s risky. Now Zenobia has to decide between guarding her heart like always… or taking the risk and letting Raluki in.

pantheon, finally starts to feel it for herself. But when her assigned couples start dying and a werewolf tries to kill her, the future of this budding love is put at risk. Yena will have to survive long enough to figure out who's killing off her couples before it's too late.

wasteland and society fractured into small groups, water becomes humanity’s only currency. Zane, leader of The Freeborn, strikes a deal with the Soldiers of Fortune, offering a prized prisoner for precious water. But when the exchange is ambushed by mutated creatures born of the disaster, the deal takes a deadly turn. Zane must choose: escort the surviving Soldiers of Fortune back to their stronghold through monster-infested wastelands for the promise of more water or protect his people from the perilous journey.