Author Spotlight: Tonia Obiajulum Okonji

her parents are hiding something. The last thing she wants is to be sent away in the middle of their cold war; especially at Christmas. Thrown into the overwhelming heat and chaos of Lagos, Daniella feels out of place and longs for home. Then there’s Demola; sharp-tongued, infuriating, and impossible to ignore. He pushes all her buttons and makes her blood boil, but somehow, he also sparks something deeper inside her. She hates his smart mouth and sarcastic jokes. Yet, the more she tries to resist, the more drawn she becomes. Because sometimes, the thinnest line between love and hate is all it takes to set a heart on fire. But holiday flings rarely survive real life. And when reality comes knocking, so do choices that will haunt them for years to come. Set eight years before their second-chance reunion, this prequel is a steamy, slow-burning, emotional journey into first love, heartbreak, and the complicated truths we carry into adulthood.

finance division. She's cool, composed, untouchable. Until the company’s survival depends on working with the one man who once burned her without a backward glance. Ademola Ojo is the new Chief Strategy Officer. He is brilliant, ruthless… and the reason Daniella stopped believing in second chances. Now he’s her boss, her daily tension, and the fire she thought she’d long buried. Together, they’re tasked with saving a crumbling empire, but late-night meetings and long looks threaten to unravel more than just corporate strategy. In the boardroom, they clash. Behind closed doors, sparks ignite. But when old wounds resurface and secrets threaten everything, Daniella must decide: can she trust the man who left her once… or is surrendering to him again the most dangerous move of all?

Spa and Wellness, she lives by three rules: ambition first, control always, and to never let feelings get involved. The only men she makes room for are the ones willing to submit. Kaobidike Davis knows he shouldn’t be falling for an employee. Behind the polished CEO is a man who discovers freedom in surrendering control, and he wants no one but her. Patient and unwavering, he’s determined to break through the walls she’s built around herself. But as desire turns into something deeper, Rega must decide if she’s willing to risk the one thing she’s always protected, her heart.

certainly not by the father she only just discovered exists. Eloran University is supposed to be a fresh start, a place where she can stay small and unnoticed while she learns how to live in a world that suddenly expanded without her permission. Then she meets Jaye. Jaye Wellington is everything she isn't: popular, carefree, impossible to ignore. But beneath the charm is a boy who is exhausted from pretending, from living up to a name that never truly felt like his. With Cheta, he doesn't have to be any version of himself except the real one. Little by little, he draws her out of her shell. And little by little, she becomes the quiet place he didn't know he needed. But as their friendship deepens into something neither of them meant to feel, the life Jaye was born into begins to tighten around him, family expectations, alliances, a future already mapped out for him. And choosing Cheta could mean risking all of it. In a world where she's learning to believe she's worth choosing, and he's learning what it means to choose for himself, their hearts begin to shift in ways they can't ignore. A soft, slow-burning college romance about finding belonging, discovering courage, and the unexpected tenderness of being truly seen.