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The books

Satire, fantasy and contemporary fiction

Several books across three registers: Lagos satire, secondary-world fantasy, and contemporary stories about women, family and inheritance.

Cover of No One Dies A Virgin in Lagos by TopeLizbeth

Satire

No One Dies A Virgin in Lagos

When Akin is killed in a hit-and-run by a senator's son, his family expects grief. Instead, they discover that even his corpse belongs to the system. His body is withheld, his organs are sold, and his family's fight to recover him becomes a battle against a government that has weaponised poverty to control its people. As Taiwo, Kehinde, Tola and Abeke are pushed into roles they never imagined, survival begins to demand resistance.

Manuscript / unpublished

Cover of The Gutter Oracle by TopeLizbeth

Satire

The Gutter Oracle

When carpenter Tunde falls into a Lagos gutter while escaping a rampaging cow, he emerges with an extraordinary gift: glimpses of the future. A viral video transforms him into the “Gutter Cowboy,” drawing pastors, politicians, gamblers and influencers eager to exploit his newfound fame. Amid Lagos's poverty, chaos and opportunism, Tunde must decide what to do with a power that could change his life — or make him another commodity.

Manuscript / unpublished

Cover of This City Will Not Make Heaven by TopeLizbeth

Satire

This City Will Not Make Heaven

Ebuka arrives in Lagos wide-eyed, ready to take the city by the horns. Within twenty-four hours, Lagos teaches him why Eko o gba gbere. Alongside him are Augustine, the returnee from Toronto, and Fatima — Fati to her followers — an influencer who has mastered the art of performing Lagos for an audience. Funny, chaotic and sometimes brutal, the city puts them through its own survival experiment. Lagos is not the setting. Lagos is the antagonist.

Manuscript / unpublished

Cover of The Guardian's Bond by TopeLizbeth

Fantasy

The Guardian's Bond

Florian Riven Ashveil was born to rule the most powerful werewolf pack, destined to become its Ultimate Luna. But ten years in the human world have given her a life and freedom she refuses to surrender. Then her silent Guardian, Dodge Rikeon, touches her — and a forbidden bond awakens. With war approaching and duty demanding obedience, Florian must choose between the destiny written in her blood and the love she was never supposed to have.

Full book on Payhip · Excerpts on Inkitt & Wattpad

Cover of Lifebound by TopeLizbeth

Fantasy

Lifebound

Brii Carson has always believed she is human — until her magic awakens beneath a blue moon. At a supernatural school, she discovers she is the reincarnation of the first Lifebound and that her destiny is tied to Nikolai King, the fire prince who once made her life miserable. As students disappear and an ancient demon begins to stir, Brii must decide whether to fight the bond between them or trust the only person whose destiny may be inseparable from hers.

Complete on Inkitt · Ongoing on Wattpad

Cover of Violet Stormborn by TopeLizbeth

Fantasy

Violet Stormborn

A newborn prince with violet eyes and powerful storm magic is smuggled away after his father is murdered in a coup. Raised as Randall Bailey by a humble omega couple, he grows up unaware of his royal bloodline. But when his powers awaken and the usurper's forces close in, Randall must confront the identity he was hidden from, the kingdom he was born to rule and the price of reclaiming his destiny.

Coming soon to Inkitt & Wattpad

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Contemporary

Bloodline

On her seventeenth birthday, Jennifer Adeyemi discovers that her late mother has left her a letter, a photograph and the name of her father — the immensely powerful Michael Powers. Jennifer has unknowingly won an internship at his company, bringing her into the life of a father who doesn't know she exists and a stepmother who already knows exactly who she is. As Jennifer uncovers the truth, she realizes Michael isn't protecting his empire. He is quietly destroying it.

Available on Wattpad

Cover of A Woman of Parts by TopeLizbeth

Contemporary

A Woman of Parts

Dr. Abiodun Onifade has faced more than her share of obstacles, expectations and circumstances designed to define her before she can define herself. But she refuses to surrender her identity to the roles others have chosen for her. Through setbacks and difficult choices, she fights to determine her own path, become her own person and build a life on her own terms.

Manuscript / unpublished

Cover of The Weight of Two Names by TopeLizbeth

Contemporary

The Weight of Two Names

Six years after Caden Ashwell disappears, he is found alive — but without the memories of the years he lost and living under another name. His return disrupts the family his wife, Grace, built in his absence while reopening questions surrounding his disappearance and the theft of Aegis Grid. As old loyalties, marriages and identities are tested, Caden must confront a life that continued without him — and the question of where he truly belongs.

Manuscript / forthcoming

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