More Than my Skin - E-book - ePub

Marooned within a sea of white, Ife, a Nigerian adoptee living with her Polish family, grapples with racial isolation in a foreign land. Thrust into an unfamiliar culture, she struggles to see herself reflected amidst it all. An illicit truth, etched on paper and hidden within Radomir's sketchbook, pierces her world. It reveals a yearning that soon kindles an forbidden dance between roommates, blazing with passion and desire.
As she threads through the maze of newfound emotions and forbidden affection, her foster roommate, Sylvian, emerges from the shadows, armed with a cruel ultimatum and dangerous desires of his own. Ife must wrestle past love, lust, and fetishisation, deciphering affection from deception, while she embarks on an arduous journey towards self-discovery and empowerment. Amid a whirlwind of secrets, longing, and treachery, can she reclaim control over her life and desires?As she teeters on the precipice of passion and self-destruction, Ife's world threatens to succumb to the very flames that marked her rebirth.
Her life becomes a tightrope act, balancing between clandestine love and the threat of ensuing chaos, leaving readers to wonder: Can she navigate the turbulent waters, or will she be consumed by the burning embers of her own passion?