Nothing Comes Close

by Tolulope Popoola

Overview

Lola's life reads like a success story: a thriving career in London, a close-knit circle of friends, and the kind of beauty that turns heads. But beneath the polished surface lurks a yearning she can't quite name – until she meets Wole.

Their connection is instant, electric, and consuming. In Wole, Lola finds everything she never knew she craved: passion, adventure, and the intoxicating thrill of falling hard and fast. He's mysterious, magnetic, and seems too good to be true.

Because he is.

When Wole's carefully buried past erupts into their present, Lola discovers that loving him comes with a price she never expected to pay. As murder investigations, an arrest, and family secrets threaten to tear them apart, Lola must decide: is their love worth the cost of his truth?

From London's social scene to a heart-stopping chase across continents, this gripping romantic story asks the ultimate question: how far would you go to protect a love that could either save you – or destroy everything you've ever known?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045004466
Publisher:	Accomplish Press
Publication date:	09/22/2012
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	465 KB

About the Author

Tolulope Popoola was born in Lagos, Nigeria and has lived most of her adult life in the UK. She started her career as an Accountant, but discovered blogging in 2006, which rekindled her love for writing and telling stories. She took a few writing classes and then co-wrote an online fiction series which was well received. In 2012 Tolulope quit her Accounting career to focus on writing and publishing. She has published a novel and four collections of flash fiction stories, earning her the nickname of Africa's Flash Fiction queen. She is also a writing coach and consultant for aspiring authors. When she is not writing, she can be found reading, eating and listening to Afrobeats.

Editorial Reviews

Shortlisted for "Best Books of 2012" by Africa Book Club

"Nothing Comes Close explores the usual love story in a very fresh manner, employing lovely prose, suspense and the posing of serious questions to tell an immensely entertaining story. Highly recommended." ~ Richard Ali, Editor-in-Chief, Sentinel Nigeria Magazine.

A truly African love story, Nothing Comes Close shows us how African women fall in love-cautiously but completely. Before I began reading, I was worried that Nothing Comes Close would be a generic romance novel about characters with African names. My worries were certainly dispelled as it became apparent that the characters and their lives were crafted by someone who has an eye for and a sense of how African woman think about love and romance. If you enjoyed reading Chibundo Onuzo's Spider King's Daughter, you'll like Nothing Comes Close. It is a romance novel, an adorable chick lit, but it also has a touch of thriller and mystery. ~ Ainehi Edoro, Editor, Brittle Paper

In her debut novel, Popoola, explores a theme familiar to most of us, which is that of finding love. However, an unexpected death, imprisonment, betrayal and dark secrets, add twists that make this book much more than a boy meets girl story. A fine debut. ~ Yejide Kilanko, Author of Daughters Who Walk This Path

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