First Wife, Last Tears

Dragged into a loveless marriage as 'addition', the main character battles shame, betrayal, and bitter rivalry in Chief Okezie's compound. When her only friend is sold and her pregnancy threatened by jealous wives, she must use all her wit and prayers to survive. In a house where power and envy rule, one misstep could cost her everything.

The night my wife died, I rushed to another woman's arms—leaving my own son to carry his mother to the hospital alone. Now, guilt chokes me while my son’s silence grows deadly, and my new bride prays for peace in a house where love and betrayal mix like bitter leaf and honey. But in Nigeria, when a child goes quiet, only God knows what storm is coming.

Ngozi, the senior wife in a powerful Yoruba household, battles betrayal, heartbreak, and the crushing weight of tradition as her husband’s wandering eyes and polygamous desires shatter her world. Trapped between pride, survival, and the love for her children, she must choose whether to keep swallowing her pain or risk everything for one final act of truth. In the shadow of death, will Ngozi finally claim her own voice—or will the ghosts of her marriage follow her to the next life?

Wura Okoye was hailed as the perfect widow—faithful, patient, and the pride of her family—until the day she discovered her husband's death was a lie. Betrayed by those closest to her, she’s given a second chance to rewrite her fate and expose the secrets of the Okoye compound. With revenge burning in her heart, Wura will risk everything to take back her life, even if it means breaking every rule that once kept her bound.

After twelve years as Chief Femi's most envied wife, Chichi is discarded for his true love and forced to marry a stranger. Betrayed by the man who once saved her, hated by the children she nearly died to bear, Chichi clings to the ashes of her lost babies—her only treasures left. But as she escapes in disguise, a secret plan and a stolen name become her only hope for freedom in a world where women are traded like gold.

For six years, Funmi was Akinlolu’s hidden wife—unseen, uncelebrated, always a secret in a city that loves gossip. Now traded for his younger girlfriend, Funmi must choose between dignity and disgrace as her marriage ends in the same darkness it began. But in Lagos, even a quiet divorce can shake the streets—and the woman everyone counted out is about to write her own ending.

Five years after our wedding, Tunde Adekunle—my husband—publicly claims he wishes he met his new lover, Morayo, first. The whole of Lagos hails their romance, forgetting I ever existed, until my warning to my past self goes viral. Now, as I sign the divorce papers and face the woman who took my place, I must choose: drown in heartbreak, or rise and claim the freedom I thought I’d lost forever.

Morayo enters a marriage of convenience with Olumide Fashola, only to discover she can never compete with the memory of his first love, Tani Yewande. As Tani returns and old wounds reopen, Morayo must decide between saving face for her family and claiming her own freedom. At stake is her pride, her family's survival, and her chance to finally live for herself, not for love that was never hers.

After a wild mountain romance with mysterious Morayo, I thought it would end as a secret. But when my powerful wife Halima returns to catch us red-handed on our own marriage bed, my world shatters. Now I must choose between the woman who built my life and the woman who set my soul on fire—knowing whichever I pick, heartbreak is waiting.

After seven years of sacrifice, Morayo’s husband betrays her by bringing his childhood lover into their home as a lesson teacher—then crowns her the new wife. Even her own children turn against her, blinded by the rival’s sweet words. Humiliated and heartbroken, Morayo faces the shame of divorce and losing everything she built, but she must choose: hold on and be destroyed, or walk away and reclaim her dignity, no matter the gossip that will follow her name.

Uche tricks his loyal wife Ifeanyi into a fake divorce to avoid sharing his hard-earned wealth, replacing her with Halima, the first love who once abandoned him for being poor. Ifeanyi leaves without drama, but her quiet strength and sacrifice for their daughter haunt Uche, even as he basks in his new 'perfect' life. When the truth about Ifeanyi's role in his success and her silent exit unfolds, Uche must face the real cost of betrayal—because in Lagos, karma never misses address.

Morayo tries to hold her marriage together after her husband Ifedike returns from the south a changed man, but old wounds and secrets refuse to die. As shame, betrayal, and public insults threaten her dignity, Morayo must decide whether to keep enduring or finally fight for her own happiness. Everything is at stake when the woman from Ifedike’s past suddenly reappears.