Synopsis:

One tiny lie.
One fake boyfriend.
One awkward twist… she’s falling for him again.

Feranmi Adewunmi didn’t mean to lie to her parents—she just wanted them to stop matchmaking during her holiday visit to Nigeria. So she made up a Nigerian boyfriend.

Now, her parents are flying to Atlanta and expect to meet “him”… and Feranmi is fresh out of options.

The only person willing to play along? Alex Montgomery—her ex, the one she broke up with because he wasn’t Nigerian. The irony isn’t lost on either of them.

With time running out, Feranmi does the unthinkable: she starts teaching Alex how to “act” Nigerian. The accent. The culture. The food. It’s all fun and games—until the pretending feels a little too real.

Between laugh-out-loud lessons, rekindled emotions, and long overdue honesty, Feranmi and Alex must decide: is this a charade to survive her parents’ visit… or a second chance neither of them saw coming?

An Unexpected Blessing is a joy-filled romance about faith, cultural identity, second chances, and the beauty of love that doesn’t follow the script.

Excerpt

Feranmi’s phone rang. It was probably Ini calling to find out how the date went. She secured the satin scarf on her head and went in search of her phone. She was right, it was Ini. Feranmi answered the phone, placed it between her shoulder and ear, picked up the empty glass on her nightstand and made her way to the kitchen.

“Hey, girl, how did it go? Ini asked.

“It was terrible. The guy was rude, pompous, and he believed in a higher power. Can you believe it …a higher power?” Feranmi paused to let Ini’s laughter subside. She was glad someone was having a nice time. “It’s not funny.”

“Calm down, Fera. Your folks aren’t here yet. You still have time, besides…”

“Besides, what?” Feranmi asked when she sensed Ini’s hesitation.

“At the risk of you biting my head off, I was gonna say besides your buddy, Alex, is back in town. He could always help out.”

“That’s out of the question. Please find me another date,” Feranmi snapped. She couldn’t imagine asking Alex to stand in as her man. There was unfinished business between them that she had no intention of finishing. It wouldn’t be fair to him or her. They both knew the way they left things. She had spent the last four years trying to get over him. But apparently that didn’t happen, because ever since they ran into each other, he had constantly invaded her thoughts.

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