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Yadili series #3
Bad Santa
Although Gina Badu is a good girl all-year-round, she knows her Christmas wish will never come true. Not with a recent divorce, late parents and a sister who courts trouble. Then Santa abducts her in the middle of the night. Except this Santa is terrible—a silver fox of a tattooed fallen angel.
Osagie Peters is a ruthless, cartel boss whose dark soul threatens to consume her. He scares her as much as he fascinates her. It seems he’s got her on the naughty list. Still, there’s a chance she might have a Merry Christmas after all. Celebrate the festive season Yadili style.
Bad Santa is an Enders series romantic suspense novella and is the prequel to King of Clubs. Osagie was first introduced in Killer of Kings, Enders series book 2.
Osagie Peters is a ruthless, cartel boss whose dark soul threatens to consume her. He scares her as much as he fascinates her. It seems he’s got her on the naughty list. Still, there’s a chance she might have a Merry Christmas after all. Celebrate the festive season Yadili style.
Bad Santa is an Enders series romantic suspense novella and is the prequel to King of Clubs. Osagie was first introduced in Killer of Kings, Enders series book 2.
154 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 23, 2021
About the author
Kiru Taye
63 books342 followersAs a lover of romance novels, Kiru wanted to read stories about Africans falling in love. When she couldn’t find those books, she decided to write the stories she wanted to read.
Kiru writes sensual stories featuring African characters whether on the continent or in the Diaspora. When she's not writing you can find her either immersed in a good book or catching up with friends and family. She currently lives in the South of England with her husband and three children.
Kiru is a founding member of Romance Writers of West Africa. In 2011, her debut romance novella, His Treasure, won the Book of the Year at the Love Romances Café Awards. She is the 2015 Romance Writer of the Year at the Nigerian Writers Awards and 2017 Author of the Year at the Ufere Awards.
Kiru writes sensual stories featuring African characters whether on the continent or in the Diaspora. When she's not writing you can find her either immersed in a good book or catching up with friends and family. She currently lives in the South of England with her husband and three children.
Kiru is a founding member of Romance Writers of West Africa. In 2011, her debut romance novella, His Treasure, won the Book of the Year at the Love Romances Café Awards. She is the 2015 Romance Writer of the Year at the Nigerian Writers Awards and 2017 Author of the Year at the Ufere Awards.
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January 23, 2021
Osagie doesn't know what's hit him when he kidnaps Gina because of something her sister did (no spoilers for you, thank you. 😊). Despite the way these two meet, the sexual tension is off-the-charts and Gina chips away at Osagie's armor until he has not option but to fall. Gina is Osagie's match at every level and both of them are old enough and have seen life, if you know what I mean. Although this is a prequel to an upcoming story, it is also a great standalone with a happy ending. Perfect.
December 6, 2021
I gotta read the rest of the series!! When Osagie finds out he’s been robbed, he’s looking for swift retribution but when he’s instantly attracted to the thief’s sister, Osagie finds it’s a little more complicated than he first realized, especially when the attraction is mutual.
February 13, 2021
This is another fantastic addition to the Enders series and a great Christmas dark romance. If kidnapping and mafia bosses have never seemed Christmassy to you in the past, let me tell you, it works! There’s enough Christmas in this that if you were reading this at Christmastime, you’d feel the seasonal “awwwws,” but there’s also not sooooo much Christmas in this that reading this feels like you’re reading it out of season. This novella is probably my favourite in the series so far, featuring older main characters, 50-year-old Osagie, mafia Don and club mogul on Lori Osa, and 40-year-old gym owner and former championship athlete, Gina.
The premise is that Gina’s younger sister works for Osagie and unbeknownst to Gina, embezzles thousands of dollars from her dangerous boss (Osagie) to go on vacation and a shopping spree to Dubai. When Osagie kidnaps Gina to use as security to get his money back and find out more about the whereabouts of Gina’s younger sister, he doesn’t expect the instant attraction he feels for her. But in his line of work, with his experiences, trust is everything and he’s not sure Gina can be trusted.
I really liked this book, kidnapping premise and all. I liked that Gina never let attraction remove her common sense, I liked that she wasn’t ever powerless and always had fight left in her, I liked that she stepped up and was powerful in the climax of the story when she discovered why she was kidnapped. I really liked her chemistry with Osagie. For a short novella, I enjoyed the build of that chemistry from Instalust to... “more.” This is pretty mucha slow burn, but it does get to a pretty high heat level at the end, not red alert heat like the previous book, but pretty hot. But even without that component, this would have been a delight to read. Unlike other heroines in the previous two Enders series books, Gina is neither a damaged heroine nor given to self destruction. Being somewhat of a more mature character, she knows and has come to terms with who she is and it shows in her interactions with the hero. Even with the kidnapping set up and the awkward power dynamics that can bring between the kidnapper and the kidnappee, Gina never felt like the victim. There were really good statements made in this book about consent and it was in all, very sex positive. This novella retains the need for moral justification by the reader. The hero is clearly a bad guy but we love him because he’s gorgeous and cute when he’s with the heroine. That’s the nature of this kind of dark mafia-style romances. I think they’re for very specific audiences who are done with doing the work of that moral justification and overlooking the much more horrible side of organized crime which features a bit in this novel. If this was the only story we got from Gina and Osagie, I would have been happy, but I’m even more excited to know that this is only a prequel and that the author plans a full novel for them later. I can hardly wait. One of my absolute favourite series by an African authors Can’t wait to read more!
The premise is that Gina’s younger sister works for Osagie and unbeknownst to Gina, embezzles thousands of dollars from her dangerous boss (Osagie) to go on vacation and a shopping spree to Dubai. When Osagie kidnaps Gina to use as security to get his money back and find out more about the whereabouts of Gina’s younger sister, he doesn’t expect the instant attraction he feels for her. But in his line of work, with his experiences, trust is everything and he’s not sure Gina can be trusted.
I really liked this book, kidnapping premise and all. I liked that Gina never let attraction remove her common sense, I liked that she wasn’t ever powerless and always had fight left in her, I liked that she stepped up and was powerful in the climax of the story when she discovered why she was kidnapped. I really liked her chemistry with Osagie. For a short novella, I enjoyed the build of that chemistry from Instalust to... “more.” This is pretty mucha slow burn, but it does get to a pretty high heat level at the end, not red alert heat like the previous book, but pretty hot. But even without that component, this would have been a delight to read. Unlike other heroines in the previous two Enders series books, Gina is neither a damaged heroine nor given to self destruction. Being somewhat of a more mature character, she knows and has come to terms with who she is and it shows in her interactions with the hero. Even with the kidnapping set up and the awkward power dynamics that can bring between the kidnapper and the kidnappee, Gina never felt like the victim. There were really good statements made in this book about consent and it was in all, very sex positive. This novella retains the need for moral justification by the reader. The hero is clearly a bad guy but we love him because he’s gorgeous and cute when he’s with the heroine. That’s the nature of this kind of dark mafia-style romances. I think they’re for very specific audiences who are done with doing the work of that moral justification and overlooking the much more horrible side of organized crime which features a bit in this novel. If this was the only story we got from Gina and Osagie, I would have been happy, but I’m even more excited to know that this is only a prequel and that the author plans a full novel for them later. I can hardly wait. One of my absolute favourite series by an African authors Can’t wait to read more!
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November 9, 2024
The good thing about romance fiction is that it would feed into your delulu. If you’re someone who likes to make sense of what they read and you want to analyze till thy kingdom come, this is not the book for you.
One thing I had to understand was this book was a very fast paced book and a fast burn as well. Tell me why I kept asking why Osagie and Gina abandoned the business of kidnapping and were catching feelings with one another; both kidnapper and kidnappee. Who gets kidnapped only to start noticing how sexy their kidnapper is and how they’d want them to dress up in a Christmas suit, well that person is Gina ohh.
This is the first time I’ll be reading a love story with 40+ characters and I love that the author wrote about something different and unusual.
All in all, it’s a very easy book to read. The plot is not convoluted and generally, an okay roll in the sack 🤗
One thing I had to understand was this book was a very fast paced book and a fast burn as well. Tell me why I kept asking why Osagie and Gina abandoned the business of kidnapping and were catching feelings with one another; both kidnapper and kidnappee. Who gets kidnapped only to start noticing how sexy their kidnapper is and how they’d want them to dress up in a Christmas suit, well that person is Gina ohh.
This is the first time I’ll be reading a love story with 40+ characters and I love that the author wrote about something different and unusual.
All in all, it’s a very easy book to read. The plot is not convoluted and generally, an okay roll in the sack 🤗
December 30, 2022
Black romance, insta-lust, MC 40+
FMC has a gym, and an unreliable sister. MMC has sex clubs, night clubs, some seedy business.
Kidnapping, shenanigans, some role play, sex toy
"She liked him, aside from the whole captivity thing."
FMC has a gym, and an unreliable sister. MMC has sex clubs, night clubs, some seedy business.
Kidnapping, shenanigans, some role play, sex toy
"She liked him, aside from the whole captivity thing."
July 20, 2021
Enjoyed this! Osagie kidnaps Gina to settle a score. They fall in love. Throw in a feisty heroine and some kinky sex and you get an exciting love connection.
Finished in a day.
Worth the read.
Finished in a day.
Worth the read.
August 27, 2026
4 stars
so this was good ✋🏿🙂↕️🖐🏿
but these characters where 40+ ???
so this was good ✋🏿🙂↕️🖐🏿
but these characters where 40+ ???
October 22, 2023
Bad Santa
I enjoyed reading this book it was very entertaining and action packed. Gina's little sister steal money from her employer and goes on holiday. Osagie wants his money back so they kidnapped Gina. This book is part of a series that I recommended you read.
I enjoyed reading this book it was very entertaining and action packed. Gina's little sister steal money from her employer and goes on holiday. Osagie wants his money back so they kidnapped Gina. This book is part of a series that I recommended you read.
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