Story By Kristen Akpomiemie
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Kristen Akpomiemie

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I’m a storyteller drawn to complicated characters, unexpected connections, and the emotions people hide beneath the surface. My writing explores the space between what people want and what they’re willing to admit—whether it’s the dangerous boundaries between a CEO and the woman who challenges him in The CEO’s Worst Decision, the mystery and tension surrounding 175 Hidden Eyes, or the blurred line between love, identity, and reality in He Hates Me in Real Life. I enjoy creating stories that combine emotional depth with intrigue, strong character dynamics, secrets, and twists that make readers question what they think they know. My characters are rarely simple, and their stories are built around the choices, relationships, and hidden truths that shape them. As an emerging author, I’m committed to developing stories that are emotionally engaging, commercially appealing, and memorable long after the final chapter. I’m not interested in telling the same story twice. I want every book to leave readers with a question, a feeling, or a character they can’t quite forget.
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He's Not Him in Real Life
Updated at Nov 3, 2026, 10:44
Maya has two problems.The first is that she's hopelessly attached to a boy she's never met.For the past year, she's been talking to someone known only as E. He's funny, thoughtful, infuriatingly charming and somehow manages to make even her worst days bearable. They exchange messages, voice notes and secrets at ridiculous hours of the night. He's become her favourite notification, her best-kept secret and possibly the closest thing she's ever had to a boyfriend.The second problem?She's just met Ethan.Charming, popular, effortlessly handsome and practically adored by everyone on campus, Ethan is everything Maya could possibly want in a real-life boyfriend. And when she begins to suspect that he might be the person she's been talking to all this time, she can't help thinking that perhaps her online fairytale is finally becoming reality.Except college has other plans.Between embarrassing encounters, accidental coffee spills and an increasingly complicated social life, Maya finds herself repeatedly crossing paths with Eli, an antisocial computer science student who seems to have made it his personal mission to test her patience. He's quiet, difficult to read and possesses the extraordinary ability to make an ordinary conversation feel like an interrogation.She can't stand him.Unfortunately, the more time she spends navigating college life, the more complicated things become. Her online relationship is growing deeper, her feelings for Ethan are becoming harder to ignore, and someone is keeping a secret that could turn everything she believes upside down.Because people aren't always who they appear to be.And sometimes, the person you've been looking for has been standing right in front of you all along.Two boys. One impossible coincidence. And a girl who might be falling for the wrong person twice.One thing I particularly like: The final line gives readers a hint that something isn't quite right without exposing the identity twist. It creates curiosity rather than spoiling the reveal. ❤️
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He Hates Me In Real Life
Updated at Nov 2, 2026, 20:48
*HE HATES ME IN REAL LiFE*For two years, Quinn Jettson has been in love with a boy she's never seen.No face. No name. No last name.Just a username: *_Blake.*He's her 2am voice note. Her study buddy during finals. The boy who sends her blurry gym pics and shirtless post-game selfies with the caption _"for my girl's eyes only."_ The boy who begged her to let him hear her laugh once, and then told her he'd replay it forever. The boy who wears the delicate gold necklace she sent him — with her name, QUINN — and never takes it off.She's in love with his obsession. He's in love with hers.Until one lunch changes everything.Her overprotective older brother Aiden forces her to have lunch with him and his infuriatingly handsome roommate — his academic rival, Columbia's Biochemistry golden boy and basketball star, *Dorian Blake.*Tall, cold, handsome to the point it's annoying. The boy every girl on campus wants and no girl can get. He doesn't look at women. He doesn't talk to women. He barely looks at _her._Except... around his neck, tucked under a plain black t-shirt, is a thin gold chain.With her name on it.Quinn's heart stops. It's him. It's been him the whole time. Her online boyfriend, her sweet, clingy, golden-retriever boy, is her brother's ice-cold, gynophobe roommate.She's glowing. She's about to tell him. She's about to finally get her happy ending.Then her phone buzzes.*Blake:* _bro your sister is here. she keeps staring at me like a fucking creep. it's weird as hell._And then another:*Blake:* _i don't like how she's looking at my necklace. does she know what it means?_Quinn stares at the messages, then at the boy across the table who just called her a creep without knowing he's wearing her name over his heart.He ruined her in texts. She decides to ruin him back in real life.She won't tell him who she is.Not yet.First, she's going to make the coldest boy on campus fall for his brother's little sister — while he's already obsessed with his online girlfriend.What Dorian Blake doesn't know is that they are the same girl.And when he finds out?He's never letting her go. Online or offline.
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THE ROSSETTI HEIRESS HAS STOPPED BEGGING
Updated at Oct 13, 2026, 09:11
*THE ROSSETTI HEIRESS HAS STOPPED BEGGING*Isabella Rossetti hid her name to marry Arthur Knight.For three years she was his dutiful wife, thinking patience could earn love. She was wrong.To Arthur, she was a speck of dust - a wife taken only for a business alliance. He flaunted his childhood sweetheart, Toria, cheating openly just to see Isabella scream and beg him not to leave.And she did. Until it broke her.Toria poured hot tea on her thighs, framed her for stealing his grandmother's jewels, pushed her down the stairs. Arthur believed Toria every time and had his men beat Isabella for it.Even when Toria poisoned her three-year-old son and killed him, Isabella stayed silent.That was when she understood: tears were exactly what they wanted.So she stopped.She disappeared.Years later, Arthur's empire is collapsing. His only chance is a meeting with the new CEO of the Rossetti Group - the richest family in the country.He waits for hours on his knees. The doors open.It's Isabella.Cold. Untouchable. The Heiress. And beside her- Justin Ford. A gang leader, a drug dealer, a mafia king. And a man who would burn the world for her and let her bask in the ashes. She is not back for his love. She is back to take everything from the man who treated her like trash, and the woman who took her son away from the world. And this time, she will not beg.
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STARLIGHT: LOVE'S NOBLE PURSUIT ✨ ✨
Updated at Oct 13, 2026, 03:33
STARLIGHT: LOVE'S NOBLE PURSUIT ✨ What happens when a girl who has spent her entire life feeling ordinary discovers that she was born to become something extraordinary?What happens when the prince she is destined to marry is the very man who makes her question whether she will ever be loved?And what happens when the magic sleeping inside her is powerful enough to change the fate of an entire kingdom?Gwendolyn Rowen has always been an unusual girl in a world where beauty, bloodlines, and magical abilities determine a person's worth. Raised in a noble household, she has grown accustomed to living in the shadows of her beautiful half-sisters, Meredith and Luna, while her stepmother, Isla, ensures that she never forgets her place.With her long brown hair, striking blue eyes, and freckles scattered across her cheeks, Gwen possesses a quiet beauty that few bother to appreciate. She is neither the most admired girl at court nor the most powerful. She has no remarkable reputation, no extraordinary accomplishments, and no reason to believe that the world has anything special planned for her.Yet Gwen has something that even the most powerful nobles would kill to possess.A gift.She can bring paintings to life.What begins as an unusual talent gradually reveals itself to be something far more mysterious, something connected to an ancient magic that has been sleeping for generations. Her dreams become increasingly vivid. Strange voices whisper through the darkness, and a beautiful, otherworldly woman begins appearing in her visions.The woman's message is always the same.Never forget where you came from.But where did Gwen truly come from?Why does her magic respond to emotions she cannot explain? Why does the forest seem to recognize her presence? And why does she sometimes feel that an entire world is waiting for her to remember something she has never known?Gwen has spent her life believing that she is merely a girl caught between the expectations of her family and the demands of a noble society.She has no idea that she is a hidden princess of the Fae and the Elves, the daughter of Halifax and Lilibet, the magnificent Fae Queen whose beauty and power are spoken of in legends.Nor does she know that her destiny reaches far beyond the walls of her childhood home.A destiny that will awaken the goddess within her.A destiny that will change everything she has ever believed about herself.And a destiny that will place her heart in the hands of a prince who was never supposed to love her.In a world of elves, fairies, and ancient magic, Gwen’s destiny is far greater than anyone could imagine. Blessed with a beauty that hints at her divine origins, she must navigate family secrets, royal expectations, and a world where appearances can be deceiving.But everything changes when Adrian, a captivating prince with piercing blue eyes and a commanding presence, enters her life. Their connection sparks a romance neither of them expected, one that challenges their loyalties and threatens to change their destinies forever.As love blossoms between Gwen and Adrian, jealousy, hidden truths, and the mysteries surrounding Gwen’s goddess form threaten to tear them apart. With her sisters, magical beings, and powerful family caught in the unfolding drama, Gwen must discover who she truly is and what she is willing to sacrifice for love.In a world where magic rules and destiny calls, will love be their greatest blessing—or their greatest downfall?
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175 HIDDEN EYES
Updated at Sep 30, 2026, 06:50
175 HIDDEN EYES Winifred has spent years studying the human mind. After losing her parents at a young age and growing up moving between foster homes, she devoted herself to psychology. Now a respected therapist, she has built her life around understanding people—their fears, their patterns, their obsessions, and the warning signs most people overlook. She believes there is no mystery a trained mind cannot eventually unravel. Then Evan Gray walks back into her life. Years ago, Evan was the quiet, frightened boy at the orphanage—the boy everyone bullied for being small and different. Winifred was one of the few people who ever defended him. Then he disappeared. Adopted by an extraordinarily wealthy family, Evan grew into someone almost unrecognizable: powerful, intimidating, wealthy, and surrounded by rumors. Beneath his controlled exterior lies a connection to the criminal underworld that made him one of the most feared figures in his world. But Evan never forgot Winifred. And when he finally finds her years later, his return is only the beginning. Because Evan's adoptive family has been hiding something. Something connected to the orphanage. Something buried deep enough that people have gone to extraordinary lengths to keep it hidden. Then Winifred begins investigating the strange circumstances surrounding her parents' deaths. What initially appears to be an old tragedy begins revealing a disturbing pattern. The orphanage. Evan's adoption. His powerful family. Her parents. And the secrets surrounding all of them. One thread connects everything. And the closer Winifred gets to the truth, the more she realizes that the people she thought belonged to separate chapters of her life may have been part of the same story all along. There are 175 hidden eyes watching from the shadows. But the real question is: Who has been watching—and what have they been waiting for her to discover?
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The CEO's Worst Decision
Updated at Sep 16, 2026, 07:12
Cassian Vale has built an empire on control.As the untouchable CEO of Valecrest International, he is feared in boardrooms, respected in the business world, and almost impossible to impress. He has rules for everything, plans for every possibility, and absolutely no patience for people who disrupt his carefully ordered life.Then Amelia Bennett walks into his office.Mia is brilliant, observant, independent, and far too comfortable telling her new boss exactly what she thinks. She's supposed to be his advisory assistant, but somehow she becomes the one person capable of challenging his decisions, dismantling his arguments, and talking his ear off before his first cup of coffee.Cassian finds her infuriating.Mia finds him insufferable.And neither of them is prepared for how quickly their professional rivalry turns into an unlikely friendship.Behind Cassian's cold exterior lies a painful secret. Years ago, he lost his younger sister, Elena, and has spent the years since trying to control every part of his life in the belief that control can prevent another loss. Mia is the first person to see the grief beneath the polished suits and ruthless reputation.But Mia has her own walls.She has worked hard to build a life that belongs entirely to her. Her own apartment. Her own career. Her own independence. She has no interest in becoming another woman whose life revolves around a powerful man.Unfortunately, Cassian is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.Between international business trips, corporate rivalries, late-night arguments, suspicious leaks within Valecrest, and one very inconvenient contract requiring them to maintain physical distance, the line between boss and assistant becomes harder to define.Then comes the night Cassian takes Mia to Elena's grave.For the first time, he shows her the photograph of the sister he lost. And as he introduces Mia to the woman who shaped so much of his life, he says something that changes everything:She is the woman he chose.But choosing someone doesn't mean possessing them.And loving someone doesn't mean controlling them.For a man who has spent his entire life trying to control the world, Cassian is about to discover that the one thing he never planned for was falling in love with the woman who refuses to let him control her.And Mia?She may have just become the worst decision the CEO of Valecrest ever made—and the one decision he will never regret.
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