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Kiru Taye

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in Enugu, Nigeria

May 18

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Romance, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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As a lover of romance novels, Kiru wanted to read stories about Africans falling in love. When she couldn’t find those books, she decided to write the stories she wanted to read.

Kiru writes sensual stories featuring African characters whether on the continent or in the Diaspora. When she's not writing you can find her either immersed in a good book or catching up with friends and family. She currently lives in the South of England with her husband and three children.

Kiru is a founding member of Romance Writers of West Africa. In 2011, her debut romance novella, His Treasure, won the Book of the Year at the Love Romances Café Awards. She is the 2015 Romance Writer of the Year at the Nigerian Writers Awards and 2017 Author of the Year at the ...more

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	Keeping Secrets (The Essien Series, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 702 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Scandal (The Essien Trilogy, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Valentine Challenge (Challenge, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bound To Fate (Bound, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Her Protector (Men of Valor, #3.5) 3.56 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riding Rebel (The Essien Trilogy, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kola (The Essien Trilogy Book 4) 4.68 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Treasure (Men of Valor, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Engagement Challenge (Challenge, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freddie Entangled (The Essien Trilogy Book 6) 4.45 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A SUITORS & SWEETHEARTS EXCERPT: Vegas Nights by Unoma Nwankwor #Romance @unwankwor

It's less than ten days to the release date for Suitors & Sweethearts African Romance Box Set. I have the next excerpt from each book in the box set.

Next up is Vegas Nights by Unoma Nwankwor. Enjoy the teaser.

EXCERPT from Vegas Nights by Unoma Nwankwor:

“I said no cheese and no onions!”

Darius heard the raspy voice as he walked into the hotel’s restaurant the next morning. His newest luxury hote

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The Essien Series (7 books)
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Challenge (4 books)
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Men of Valor (4 books)
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Bound (5 books)
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Passion Shields (3 books)
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Love In The Bar

by Maggie Smart (Goodreads Author)

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Screwdriver

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Alex

by Pierre Lemaitre

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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
― Plato

tags: attributed-no-source, compassion, kindness

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“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles W. Eliot

tags: books, friends, reading, teachers

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“There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.”
― Doris May Lessing, Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949

tags: fiction, on-fiction, storytelling, truth, truth-telling

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“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
― Gustave Flaubert

tags: books, inspirational, life, reading

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“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning

tags: love, sonnet

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