Three Nigerian-American cousins. Three fake love stories. One plan to take their Black American matches Away to Africa…where the culture is deep, and the feelings get real.

Culture. Love. And just enough deception to get Grandma off their backs.

Meet the Kalu cousins—Arinze, Cheta, and Jidenna. When their matchmaking grandmother starts getting too involved in their love lives, the cousins hatch a plan: bring someone home, pretend to be in love, and keep the family peace.

Simple enough… right?

Except their “pretend” partners are Black American women with sharp minds, big dreams, and little patience for games. And when these women are whisked away to Africa, each trip becomes more than a cultural immersion—it becomes a journey of faith, family, and a love they never saw coming.

Kalu Family Tree

Away to Africa is a vibrant multicultural romance series featuring:

✔️ Nigerian men navigating family legacy & cultural pride
✔️ Black American women discovering new roots and unexpected love
✔️ Fake relationships, real emotion, and swoony international settings
✔️ The perfect blend of heart, humor, and heritage

Each book brings a new couple, a different African country, and a love story that crosses oceans—and breaks every rule.

New Year’s Kiss

Prequel to the series

Synopsis

“I knew when I met you a grand adventure was about to happen.”

It was just supposed to be a kiss. Not the spark that would set everything in motion.

Jasmine Bowman was in Montego Bay to work—not fall for the best man. But when Arinze Kalu flashes that smile, everything shifts. A New Year’s Eve wedding. A flirty connection. And one unforgettable kiss.

Neither of them expected that moment to follow them across oceans.

New Year’s Kiss is the flirty, fun prequel to the Away to Africa series and the beginning of a plan that will send three cousins—and the women they never saw coming—on a journey of culture, connection, and the wildest love stories of their lives.

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This is the final part of Jasmine & Arinze’s story. Elevate my soul is the wedding event we all have been waiting for.

Elevate My Soul

Return to Montego Bay for the highly anticipated wedding of Arinze Kalu and Jasmine Bowman. In this heartfelt novella from the Away to Africa series, one perfect day might take more than love to pull off.

Synopsis

Weddings are supposed to be joyful. Peaceful. Perfect.
But when it’s Jasmine and Arinze, nothing is ever that simple.

In Elevate My Soul, the spotlight returns to Rent A Bae’s favorite couple as they head back to Montego Bay—the very place their love story began—for the wedding of their dreams. With the entire Kalu clan and some unexpected faces in tow, the week-long celebration is meant to be a blissful sendoff into forever.

But as love, legacy, and a few lingering secrets collide, Jasmine and Arinze will need more than planning checklists and beautiful views to make it to the altar.

Because weddings aren’t just about saying I do—they’re about trusting that love can still rise when everything else feels like it’s crashing down.

With the family and other special guests arriving for a week full of activities, can the couple make it down the aisle without a hitch?

Do you want a BTS look into their invitation and wedding day preparations? Click here.