Her Mama’s Love, My Own Shame

Amara’s world crashes when her mother publicly disgraces her for scoring just half a mark below perfection on New Year’s Eve. No matter how hard she tries, Mama only sees her flaws, turning every celebration into a punishment. Can Amara ever break free from her mother’s chokehold and find her own happiness, or will she always be the girl whose best is never enough?

Ifeoma’s secret crush on Seyi ended in public disgrace and heartbreak, but that pain was only the beginning. When tragedy snatches both her parents and poverty forces her to abandon her dreams, she’s left with nothing but memories and shame. Eight years later, hunted by Seyi’s mocking ghost and desperate for peace, she returns home—only to face a final choice between life, death, and the hope that someone, at last, will call her back from the edge.

Ifeoma’s life is on the line—her first big project meeting in Abuja, but her stubborn mama won’t stop calling about a forgotten schoolbag. With her career, dignity, and family pride at stake, Ifeoma must survive public embarrassment, her boss’s warnings, and a mother who will do anything for her grandchild—even if it means hunting down her daughter’s oga. Can she hold her life together, or will family wahala destroy everything she’s worked for?

Amina, the nameless daughter, has lived in the shadows—secretly carried each night to Oga Presido’s bed, never allowed a title or a place. When her hope for love is shattered, she’s forced into a humiliating marriage as junior wife to the very son of the man who owns her shame. Now, her secret threatens to explode, and every step she takes could destroy her family, her pride, and the only chance she has at freedom.

For seven years, Ifeoma gave Tunde Jinadu her loyalty, only to discover his heart still beats for another—and her sacrifice was just his debt to repay. When a hidden diary exposes years of secret disgust and old wounds, Ifeoma must decide: keep begging for crumbs, or finally choose herself? In a world where shame and love clash like market women, she walks away—dignity tied tight like wrapper, heart bleeding but free.

After years of sacrificing everything for her entitled daughter’s wild obsession with a pop artist, a single mother gets a rare second chance at life—and this time, she’s done being used. With her heart on the line and her freedom at stake, she decides to let her daughter face the real consequences of her choices, no matter how messy the fallout.

Chisom, blamed for her mother’s death, grows up as an outcast in her own home while her father pours love on adopted Ifeoma. On her sixteenth birthday, public humiliation and a violent family rift explode—but a mysterious call from beyond the grave promises a second chance. Will Chisom finally reclaim her place, or will secrets and betrayal destroy her for good?

On her son's birthday, Morayo's world shatters when he publicly wishes for her to disappear from their lives forever. Betrayed by family and mocked by in-laws, she dies alone—only to awaken on the very day everything went wrong. This time, she refuses to beg or break, ready to reclaim her dignity and make those who cast her aside taste the pain they gave her.

A Makurdi buka owner’s world shatters when a drunken customer assaults his beloved wife, Morayo, unleashing a spiral of public humiliation, violence, and impossible choices. With his reputation, freedom, and family on the line, he battles rage, shame, and a vengeful antagonist who refuses to let their pain rest. Now, every decision risks losing everything—his marriage, his unborn child, and his future.

Mama Chika, always the silent pillar, watches her own children suffer as her husband Ifedike and co-wife Morayo snatch away every blessing. Betrayed, ignored, and blamed, she faces a breaking point that threatens to shatter the family’s carefully hidden secrets. Now, given a second chance at life, she’s ready to fight for her happiness—even if it means burning every bridge.

Nnenna thought marriage would bring peace, but her mother-in-law’s love comes with public shame and silent battles. When a single act of rebellion turns into a family war, secrets, insults, and old wounds spill out—until one shocking moment leaves the whole house stunned and no one innocent. In this home, respect is a weapon and pride is deadly; who will survive the next round?

On my mother’s wedding day, I was forced to call a stranger 'Daddy'—and his son nearly drowned me for it. Now, trapped in the Adekunle mansion, I am treated like an outcast, blamed for a death I did not cause, and forced to kneel before a stepbrother who would rather see me gone. I thought I was escaping poverty, but I entered a house where my suffering is the only thing truly mine.