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Sun Darkened: Black or Gold

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Sun Darkened: Black or Gold In the gilded cage of Lekki Phase 1, perfection is the only currency. Seventeen-year-old Bisola Oladehinde is the pride of Valour College. As the President of the Applied Science Club and the school's top student, she lives a life of calculated brilliance. But behind the high walls of her home, her world is ruled by her father, Oladele; a man who built a shipping empire on iron discipline and a refusal to acknowledge anything he can’t control. In his house, there is no room for God, no room for "unfeminine" engineering, and certainly no room for a daughter to have a voice of her own. Bisola has learned to thrive in the shadows of these rules, wearing her "perfect daughter" mask like armor. That is, until she meets Cian. A fifteen-year-old new arrival of Irish-French and Nigerian heritage, Cian is a biracial prodigy with golden eyes that seem to see through her every defense. He doesn't just challenge her top spot in Physics; he challenges the very foundations of her reality. Carrying forbidden books and a sense of freedom Bisola has only ever dreamed of, he represents a world her father fears. As the lines between academic competition and a deeper connection begin to blur, Bisola must decide: Will she remain safe in the shade of her father’s empire, or will she step into the light and risk being burned?
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