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‘A big hearted story about friendship, family and love’ Beth O’Leary

Yinka, Where is Your Huzband?

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Such a fun, romantic read with a brilliant concept. I loved seeing Wale open up and Temi build her confidence as their love story blossomed

This is novel about so much more than love, it’s about changing your own story, being honest – both with others and yourself – and the power your truth has to help you find the best version of yourself

Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of Us

This book melted my stone cold heart

Jendella Benson, author of Hope and Glory

A delightful romcom packed with humour and heart. With a deeply lovable cast of characters, irresistible chemistry and a page turning premise, this warm and witty novel is a wonderful celebration of love and storytelling

Rufaro Faith Mazarura, author of Let The Games Begin

The spiritual heir to Bridget Jones's Diary, while bringing something entirely fresh and modern to the table

Emily Henry on Yinka, Where is Your Huzband?

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Temi and Wale meet in London. They flirt, date, meet each other's friends. 
 
. . . Then Wale dumps Temi to go on Love Villa. 
 
Instead of giving in to heartbreak, Temi throws herself into her dream: writing. She's within touching distance of a book deal that would solve all her problems. But publishers keep passing on her novel and bills still have to be paid. So, when the opportunity to ghost-write a celebrity memoir arises, Temi finds herself accepting. 
 
And, of course, the celebrity turns out to be Wale... 
 
Has too much time passed . . . or just enough to spark a whole new kind of relationship?

ONE STORY. TWO EXES. CAN THEY CHANGE THEIR ENDING? 
 
‘Such a fun, romantic read’ Beth O’Leary 
‘This book melted my stone cold heart’ Jendella Benson 
 
Temi and Wale meet in London. They flirt, date, meet each other's friends. 
Then they break up. And Wale goes on a reality dating show. 
 
Instead of giving in to heartbreak, Temi throws herself into her dream: writing. She's within touching distance of a book deal that would solve all her problems. But publishers keep passing on her novel and bills still have to be paid. So, when the opportunity to ghost-write a celebrity memoir arises, Temi accepts. 
 
And, of course, the celebrity turns out to be Wale... 
 
Will Temi and Wale repeat the patterns of their past? Or can they write a whole new story? 
 
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Praise for Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? 
‘The spiritual heir to Bridget Jones's Diary’ Emily Henry 
‘A warm, witty and joyful novel’ Lauren Ho 
‘A delightful romantic comedy that refuses to play by the genre's rules’ PopSugar 
‘A witty millennial novel is about love, life and London’ Evening Standard 
‘A pinch of Bridget Jones, a dash of Queenie and a large glug of incredibly relatable situations’ Stylist Loves

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn is a British-Nigerian writer, born in Peckham, who wants to tell the stories that she and her friends have longed for but never seen - romcoms 'where Cinderella is Black and no-one bats an eyelid'. In 2019 she won the Literary Consultancy Pen Factor Writing Competition with the early draft of Yinka, Where is your Huzband?, which she had been writing alongside juggling her job at Carers UK. She has been at the receiving end of the question in the title of her novel many times, and now lives with her husband in Milton Keynes.

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