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Emem Bassey

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Emem Bassey loves romance in all its forms. She writes what she terms a hybrid romance - love stories with bits and pieces of other genres. All her stories carry plus size heroines and she staunchly believes the world is filled with tragedy, so she writes to entertain and lighten hearts.
Emem lives at Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and is basically a ghost to her neighbors.

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Average rating: 4.41 · 336 ratings · 123 reviews · 49 distinct works • Similar authors

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	Fine Scotch (Age Is No Bother Book 3) 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SAVING SUNNY 4.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rough 4.85 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LOVE'S COURAGE 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FAIR ODDS (Retired Navy Men #1) 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shots Fired 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A LOVE AT FORTY (Acorn Securities Series Book 1) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Romance in Nigeria

Being a romance author in Nigeria can be a bit daunting, especially, for people who care about what other people say. My country is judgy, the people can be as mean as they are accommodating; I know this is applicable all over the world, but there is a special set of people who just enjoy criticizing the romance genre.

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LOVE'S FUTURITY (LOVE SERIES)

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Emem Bassey rated a book liked it Women Rent Men and Secrets Here by Damilare Kuku	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I ignored the few disparities in the FL's character and simply enjoyed the story, especially, the investigation. However, it wasn't a well rounded ending. It felt as though my intelligence had been insulted. I mean, time was invested in following the ...more
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Emem Bassey and 3 other people liked Oreoluwa Dada-Phillips's review of Women Rent Men and Secrets Here: "WTF did I just read? I don’t know why I do this to myself anymore. Granted, the plot and idea was promising, the writing itself sucked. My issue with a lot of books by this author is she wants to make an impact and make the book more intriguing but s" Read more of this review »
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Emem Bassey and 3 other people liked Sandra Gboneme's review of Women Rent Men and Secrets Here: "For context. I love D. Kuku. Her first book blew my mind and I ran to get the second one (which till this day I have struggled to get past chapter 3. ) Now when this particular book was dropping sometime December/january, I was very eager to get my h" Read more of this review »
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