Three Months in ACCRA (Stamped: A Love Story Collection Book 1)

by L.B. Gaines

Learn about the culture and connect with what feels right to your soul—but don’t be a culture vulture. Honor don’t imitate. Respect don’t romanticize.

But the truth was, I just wanted to be wanted. Fully. Freely. Without having to edit myself into something easier to love.

Our roots are important. It’s what shapes us into our future selves.”

“what I do know is this—on the other side of fear is life. So go live.

“What’s Akoma mean?” His gaze didn’t falter. “It means my heart.”

“I don’t want to just flirt under string lights or kiss between chapters of a history book. I want something real.”

And to know that your story doesn’t end in chains. You are the proof. You’re the return.”

“Tourists come. They consume. They romanticize and record and retreat. I’ve watched people take everything from our home except the truth.”

“You deserve to be happy. With someone who makes your heart race, and your rules disappear. Not someone you were assigned to.”

I didn’t just come here to win her back. I came because some people are not chapters. Some people are the whole damn book. And you don’t stop reading until you find the end

“I’d never give yours away either. Even when I hated you a little. Even when I was mad enough to wish I never met you. I didn’t let anybody else touch what was yours.”

“We are not strangers. We’ve come to ask for your daughter’s hand. We heard there is a beautiful flower blooming in your garden. We wish to pick it—not to steal, but to water it with honor.”

“Our flower is wise. She chose her own gardener. But if you promise to treasure her, the garden is open.”

“Kofi, what do you bring to this woman’s life?”

“Peace. Protection. Purpose. Joy.”

What do you bring to this m...

“Loyalty. Freedom. Softness. ...