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About this book
When a scandal strips away everything—her money, her man, and her carefully curated image—Theana flees to a small Nigerian village hoping to disappear and rebuild. But her fresh start gets deliciously complicated when a charming musician with a reputation as notorious as her own keeps showing up, determined to prove that sometimes the best reinventions happen when someone sees you at your absolute worst. With the village buzzing with gossip and both of them nursing their own scars, these two damaged souls discover that maybe getting knocked down isn't the end of the story—it's just where the real love story begins. A swoon-worthy second-chance romance wrapped in small-town Nigerian charm and sizzling chemistry.
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Blend soulful indie and contemporary R&B with acoustic vulnerability. Capture raw emotional rebuilding, second chances whispered in humid night air, and the slow burn of attraction between two beautifully broken souls. Think: Sade, Daniel Caesar, H.E.R., with folk-tinged introspection.
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