Maranatha Abutu-Akor is a writer, author and podcaster who lives in Abuja with her plants. She studied Industrial Chemistry at the University of Ilorin. She enjoys discussing women's rights issues, watching movies, reading novels and eating tasty meals.
She has eight books on Sọna. They sit across contemporary fiction, literary fiction and romance, and three of them are free to read.
Where to Start
Lost in You (18+)
After a hard breakup, Uchenna has her life back on track. Then a diagnosis threatens to undo it. She meets Leo, a tech billionaire in Nigeria for business and pleasure, whose past sits closer to her world than either of them knows. This is the first book in the City of Hills series.
Lost in You
by Maranatha Abutu-Akor
After a shattering breakup, Uchenna finally has her life back on track—until a shocking…
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diagnosis threatens to unravel everything. Fate throws her in the path of Leo, a dazzling billionaire tech mogul visiting Nigeria for business and pleasure. Behind Leo’s polished exterior lies a past dangerously close to Uchenna’s world. As sparks ignite, Uchenna is thrust into a heart-wrenching dilemma: forgive Leo or walk away. With emotions running high and secrets unfolding, they must decide: will they fight for the future they could have together? Or will they take the easy but heart-breaking way out?
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Years ago, Lami loved Basil and walked away. Now he is back as her client. Choosing him would cost her a great deal, and walking away a second time might ruin them both. Another City of Hills book.
Written in Us
by Maranatha Abutu-Akor
Years ago, Lami loved Basil—and walked away before love could ask her to stay. Now he is back…
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as her client, a past she never truly left behind. Basil refuses to let her disappear again. But loving him would cost Lami everything—her father’s faith, the life she barely survived, the future she fought to hold together. Choosing him could break her. Walking away again might ruin them both.
Show lessPicture of Colours (18+)
Tiwalade grew up in Akure with a secret, and she ran at seventeen. Years later she works for an art-theft syndicate in London. She is sent to steal a painting by Edidiong, an artist who believes honesty is the only thing worth making. The second book in the Colours of Us series.
Picture of Colours
by Maranatha Abutu-Akor
Tiwalade Ayeni grew up in Akure hiding a secret that would cost her everything. At seventeen,…
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she ran. Years later, she is working in a London art-theft syndicate, moving between identities so easily that she sometimes forgets which one is real. She’s sent to steal a painting by Edidiong, an artist who believes honesty, however costly, is the only thing worth making. He is the last person she should fall for. Becoming someone he could truly know was never part of the plan. Elsewhere, Ojoma is haunted by visions she can’t explain, fragments of what’s coming, rarely knowing how to stop it. As old secrets surface and the lives they’ve built start to unravel, Tiwa, Edidiong and Ojoma must decide what they’re willing to lose to live honestly. Because sometimes the greatest theft isn’t a painting. It’s the person you might have become. Content warning: This book contains depictions of child sexual abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, and loss. Intended for adult readers (18+). If any of this touches something close to you, please take care of yourself first.
Show lessFriendship Illusion (18+)
Imaabasi has her life in order. She reconnects with a childhood friend and meets the love of her life. Then an eccentric couple enters the picture, and a friendship that looked perfect turns out to hold years of unspoken grievances. The first Colours of Us book.
Friendship Illusion
by Maranatha Abutu-Akor
Imaabasi Uduak, a self-assured woman who had her life in order, met the love of her life after…
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she reconnected with her childhood friend, Eno Iniabasi. Everything seemed fine until an eccentric couple entered their lives, and what at first appeared to be a perfect friendship harboured secrets and unspoken grievances for years. This is the story of one self-righteous woman, a broken friend, one eccentric couple, an intentional man, and their circle of friends whose lives are forever changed by love, desire, and everything in between.
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If you want to try her writing first, start with one of these.
A Love Like This (18+). Nene turns to her best friend Ebuka, the one person who has always been there, and the lines they drew so carefully begin to blur.
A Love Like This
by Maranatha Abutu-Akor
Some say falling in love with your best friend is the easiest thing. Others say it’s the most…
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dangerous. For Nene, it starts with a simple touch that threatens to unravel years of friendship. Between a frustrating boss and a best friend suddenly keeping secrets, she turns to Ebuka, the one person who has always been there. But when their carefully drawn lines blur, she’s faced with a question she never thought she’d have to answer: Can love and friendship truly coexist, or is she about to lose another friend? Keywords: Friends to Lovers Heat Level: 4
Show lessBack to the Beginning (18+). Efoneli and Ufedo are on the verge of divorce. Heavy rain and floods trap them on the drive back to Abuja, where they meet a woman whose mission is tied to their marriage.
Back to the Beginning
by Maranatha Abutu-Akor
Efoneli finds something in her husband's old shoebox and becomes enraged. Ufedo insists it is…
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not what it looks like. On the verge of divorce, they take a trip to their village to visit her parents to cement their split. Forced to make the trip back to Abuja in the same car, the floods from the heavy rain hinder their journey. While dealing with the setback, they meet a woman on a mission tied to their marriage.
Show lessLeila Khalid. A 28-year-old lawyer from a wealthy family learns that money does not keep life's troubles away.
Leila Khalid
by Maranatha Abutu-Akor
It is often perceived that "living in affluence automatically equates to all-round comfort",…
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but in reality, "life's issues" are inevitable no matter the state of wealth. Such was the life of Leila Khalid. A 28-year-old lawyer whose tenth generation was financially secure. Yet, life had other plans for her. Having been diagnosed with a condition that led to losing love and suffering "Generalized Anxiety Disorder", a stranger rescuing her from collapsing may change her life's course.
Show lessAlso on Sọna
At Eight. Jolasun became accomplished at an early age and dreamed of retiring at thirty-five. The story follows her after the loss of a child.
At Eight
by Maranatha Abutu-Akor
Jolasun Idowu, a young woman who became accomplished at an early age, met Ayomide Ashiyanbi,…
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the man after her own heart, and thought that all of her childhood dreams of retiring at thirty-five were coming true. Jolasun's world came crashing down when several doctors explained why she had lost her child.
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