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'Lifechoice novels: An intriguing world of christian fiction'. The prices are 1)Blooms among Thorns: N600 (2) The Stolen Years - N700 (3)Fit for a Crown: N700. Read More

Book Review :

'Lifechoice novels: An intriguing world of christian fiction'. The prices are 1)Blooms among Thorns: N600 (2) The Stolen Years - N700 (3)Fit for a Crown: N700. Dats Nigerian price. For the ebooks and through Amazon

1)    THE STOLEN YEARS

A story about the ripple effects in a family torn apart by their parent’s greed.

Adenizen is the perfect school in every sense except for one thing. On the outskirts of its campus, there is a student villa where the female residents are fair game for any man who can pay the price. Madam Ofilia runs the villa and will go to any length to take the most promising girls under her wings, as long as they live up to their side of the bargain.

But when the ladies of A16 at Noble Hall become her next target, events take an unexpected turn. With each of these girls running her own agenda, it seems Madam Ofilia has bitten off more than she can chew. Things go awry and she is brought face to face with a buried past that might eventually cause her to meet her waterloo.

2)                BLOOMS AMONG THORNS

Like most ladies in the prime of their lives, Imade is determined to make a success of herself. She arms herself with everything that is necessary for this quest including a prestigious degree, a promising banking career and Dapo, her perfect man.

But she never anticipated that setbacks could occur along the way and is distraught when her perfect man walks out of her life and leaves her expecting his child. Then, just when she is learning to get along fine as a single mother, Dapo resurfaces; and it's not because he has missed her. Before long, Imade finds herself embroiled in one battle after the other as the ideal future she has mapped out, begins to fall apart. But though her dream of a perfect life is shattered, her faith in the perfect God is not. It is in her most dismal hours, that she discovers that God is able to turn her frustrations into triumphs if only she would yield to His transforming grace.

3. FIT FOR A CROWN

Three African women from three different eras are bonded together by a thin, fragile thread.

• Iyogie is the soft spoken matriarch of the Idusefe family. A lone figurehead in a community of ancient traditions, she practices her faith quietly.  But like a lamp which burns in a dark room, her inner strength cannot be hidden and she offers hope to those close to her.

• Ifueko: Living in the era of colonial transition, her destiny seems to have been decided by the men who rule the world in which she lives. But when these same men are subdued during the foreign invasion, Ifueko must take her destiny in her hands by deciding whether to go the way she has always known or to follow the road less travelled.

• Stella is a modern day beauty queen, living life in the fast lane. When her life begins to spin out of control, she realizes that she may need to apply the brakes before she crashes. In a bid to reverse some of her hasty decisions, she takes a trip into the past to discover what exactly has been holding her back and what she must let go, if she is to lay hold of the true essence of life.

These women swim against the tides of their time, each one drawing inspiration from her forerunner as a legacy of true royalty is passed down from one generation to the next.

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