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Babalola is incisively funny, capturing the kick and sweetness of her title with her words.\" — Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by Time • Esquire • Vanity Fair • Oprah Daily • Cosmopolitan • Elle • Harper's Bazaar • Southern Living • Buzzfeed • Women's Health Magazine • AudioFile • Popsugar • and more!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroducing internationally bestselling author Bolu Babalola’s dazzling debut contemporary romance, full of passion, humor, and heart, that centers on a young Black British woman who has no interest in love and unexpectedly finds herself caught up in a fake relationship with the man she warned her girls about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSweet like plantain, hot like pepper. They taste the best when together...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharp-tongued (and secretly soft-hearted) Kiki Banjo has just made a huge mistake. 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