It Hurts To Be In Love

Pierre Paul Abutu gives a humorous, fascinating and dispassionate narration of the unique intimate and romantic events of his life from teenage to adolescence, and into the early stages of his adult life. This narration revolves around the lives, and relationships of sixteen ladies with whom he shared happy, intimate, eventful and evergreen moments of his life with. These love affairs occur in Pierre Abutu’s life, at his university, the Augustine Nnamani Campus, Agbani, in Enugu Campus of the Nigerian Law School, Akwa Ibom State and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Due to his religious beliefs, personal convictions, personal principles, metaphysical and supernatural predictions and postulations, the media, intellectual and literary effects in his life, most of these affairs either ended abruptly or amicably. These love affairs also reveal the negative attitudes, traits and deceptive machinations of these girls and ladies. Even though certain unpleasant and resultant effects were never intended at any particular stage, or with any of these girls and ladies, one thing was very clear: each love affair was and would always be evergreen to Pierre Abutu.

This book gathers different love stories, yes, love stories. All these stories that I collected over time, that were told to me by friends, acquaintances, relatives and others from my own imagination ink. And perhaps, there is some coincidence.

Waking up to a sudden change in your life, how do you think you'd cope? Same goes for Jasmine Kane whose life changed overnight because of a simple Marble. Problem arises when the owner of the Marble comes to find her and she falls in love with him and puts herself in more danger. Now she has to choose between saving her own life and Dying to save the one she loves....is their love really the one to die for? Will it be a Tragic Ending or A Happy Ending?

It is a novel with mysteries and tons of secrets that will not go as you hypothesize because the art of keeping secrets is not what every novel knows. It's a masterpiece jumbled up with suspense, mystery, romance, and thriller. “Heavenly Love “revolves around Sarah and John. These two characters are connected together by a scared childhood bond engagement that was forgotten as John moved to the U.S. with his family a long time ago. Sarah gets selected for a Fulbright scholarship. The main reason Sarah to apply for this scholarship is John. The U.S. changed Sarah forever and for good. The journey of problem takes very interesting turns for both Sarah and John

A week before the wedding, my fiancé, Luke Graham, announced that he needed to marry his first love, Mandy Lynch, before marrying me. “It’s because her mother passed away,” he explained, “and her dying wish was to see Mandy married to a good man. I’m just fulfilling an elder’s final request. Don’t overthink it.” But the company had already planned to launch the “True Love” jewelry line on the day of our grand wedding. Impatiently, he dismissed my concerns: “It’s just a few million. Does that compare to Mandy’s love for her mother? If you’re so eager to make those millions, go find someone else to marry.” Hearing his cold and heartless words, I understood everything. Without another word, I turned and dialled my family. “Brother, help me find a new groom.”

Jayde Clinton’s life has been a series of uphill battles since her father’s death. Struggling to support her mother and fend off ruthless loan sharks, she’s grown used to the feeling of desperation. But when her mother is taken as collateral for unpaid debts, Jayde makes a shocking deal: to impersonate Hattie Everett, a billionaire heiress who vanished days before her arranged marriage. Thrust into a world of deceit, betrayal, and power struggles, Jayde finds herself pretending to live the life she’s always dreamed of, only to realize wealth comes with its darkness. As lies unravel and secrets come to light, Jayde must decide if survival is worth losing herself—and her heart. Can Jayde hold onto her dignity in a world determined to strip it away, or will the weight of manipulation and betrayal be too much to bear?

Olivia Conner was only sixteen when she was diagnosed with amnesia, it's been three years and she still doesn't remember half of her life but she's more than okay with that. She doesn't let that dark stormy night define her life, but when she meets a mysterious yet attractive tattooed guy who knows more than he's letting on, she finds herself being dragged back to the past.

Isabella Elvis thought she could deal with her fiance's billionaire father who is determined to fight her until she gives up on his son. He preferred a billionaire's daughter for a daughter in-law. Isabella finds herself in more trouble when she has to deal with the billionaire's daughter and her fiance's best friend Sullivan, who also wanted Sebastian for himself. Just when Isabella thought the war was over and she could be with the love of her life, she got the worst betrayal of her life from the person she trusted the most. How will this love story end when Sebastian finds out that Isabella is the one who killed his father? Do you think love is really worth killing for? Why could Isabella have done that?

Maximus was a playboy quite the opposite of his younger brother, Nathaniel, who was a complete gentleman. He never approved of his older brother's lifestyle but though they may have their differences, they were still brothers no matter what. Until one day, Nathaniel's best friend and one of his older brother's many lovers caught Maximus sleeping with another woman. She was enraged with the fact that she was being cheated by her lover and betrayed by her best friend for not telling her. What was worse, they didn't know she was a witch. Fueled by anger, she cast a curse on them. A curse of immortality. As proof, she gave them a mark of a small bloody rose surrounded with vines on their chest. The only way to break the curse was to find true love. But, it was not that simple.

Madin, 18 years old, is forced to dress up like a girl to go and serve in the palace as a servant. His aunt who he lives with wants to benefit from that since servants in the palace are paid. But when Madin gets there, the Prince is immediately attracted to "her" composure, unlike other girls who try to get his attention. The prince makes "her"_ him-- his servant, and with time, he starts developing feelings for him, not knowing he is a boy. Madin tries to avoid the affection from the Prince but the Prince is already in love, Madin's presence eases his weight of responsibilities... and the dealing of his siblings who are fighting to obtain his future position as the king. ~What happens when the Prince finally finds out that he fell in love with a man, also realising that even if he wants to stay away from Madin-- he cannot because he has come to desire him strongly regardless of Madin's gender. And what will the kingdom's reaction be, including the king and queen? What about his siblings? Will they use that as an opportunity to claim that he doesn't fit to be a ruler, a king.