Five years of loving a man who gave her the bare minimum taught Joy Eke one expensive lesson: love is a terrible investment when you're the only one paying.
After being dumped by the man she'd spent five years understanding, forgiving, and loving, Joy is done being the patient girlfriend who gives everything and receives crumbs in return. This time, she's choosing herself.
Then comes a wealthy man who gives her everything her ex never did. The attention. The affection. The kind of love that makes her wonder whether all those years of disappointment were merely preparing her for something better.
There's just one problem, Her new man isn't simply wealthy. He's a Nigerian mafia boss, a dangerous man whose world runs on blood, power, and rules Joy was never meant to learn.
And the deeper she falls for him, the harder it becomes to separate the man who makes her feel cherished from the man the rest of Lagos has every reason to fear.
Joy once prayed for a love that would finally be worth the sacrifice. She never imagined the answer would come with this much danger.
LOVE ON BUDGET is a Nigerian Mafia Romance of danger, desire, and impossible choices. Because in Lagos, loving the wrong man can cost you everything. And loving the right man might cost you even more.
