{"product_id":"the-captors-choice-udochi-okeke-9798183987614","title":"The Captor's Choice: a clean, enemies-to-lovers, African, historical romance","description":"\u003cb\u003eYesterday, an Arochukwu trader accused me of stealing and dragged me from my father's compound.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil that moment, I was only Adaora Obidinma, the poor man's daughter who kept her head low and her hands clean.\u003cbr\u003eNo one cared that I swore I was innocent.\u003cbr\u003eNo one cared that my father begged until his voice broke.\u003cbr\u003eThey said I would be taken to face the Arochukwu Long Juju, and after that, my fate would no longer belong to me.\u003cbr\u003eThe trader who captured me was called Arinze Njoku.\u003cbr\u003eTall, broad-shouldered, and silent as a blade, he looked like the kind of man who had buried every soft thing inside himself.\u003cbr\u003eI hated him for taking me.\u003cbr\u003eI hated the rope around my wrists, the fear in my father's eyes, and the way everyone stepped aside when Arinze gave a command.\u003cbr\u003eBut the road to Arochukwu was long.\u003cbr\u003eToo long.\u003cbr\u003eLong enough for rain to trap us beneath leaking roofs.\u003cbr\u003eLong enough for hunger, fear, and silence to wear down the hatred between us.\u003cbr\u003eLong enough for me to see that the man taking me to judgment was not as cruel as he pretended to be.\u003cbr\u003eI expected him to treat me like a thief.\u003cbr\u003eInstead, he gave me food before he ate.\u003cbr\u003eHe loosened my bonds when no one was watching.\u003cbr\u003eAnd when I stumbled from exhaustion, his hand caught me with a tenderness that frightened me more than his anger ever could.\u003cbr\u003eI should have looked away.\u003cbr\u003eI should have remembered that every step beside him carried me closer to the Long Juju.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut somewhere between the rain, the firelight, and the lonely road, my enemy became the only man I trusted.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen he confessed the truth.\u003cbr\u003eHe knew I was not a thief.\u003cbr\u003eHe knew I had been set up.\u003cbr\u003eAnd still, he delivered me to his father.\u003cbr\u003eBy then, I carried another secret he did not know.\u003cbr\u003eA child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHis child.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Udochi Okeke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798183987614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Udochi Okeke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173896855807,"sku":"9798183987614","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f789686-0e71-46fa-8585-67def22a32bd.jpg?v=1788956893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-captors-choice-udochi-okeke-9798183987614","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}