Wahala：A Novel

"Utterly winningbrings to mind Sex and the City but feels more modern, more real. When I closed Nikki May's delicious, hilarious novel, I felt I was returning to joy. I knew it was time to call my friends...time to get into some good wahala of my own." -- Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters and The Lifeguards

An incisive and exhilarating debut novel following three Anglo-Nigerian best friends and the lethally glamorous fourth woman who infiltrates their groupthe most unforgettable girls since Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha.

Ronke wants happily ever after and 2.2.

kids. Shes dating Kayode and wants him to be the one (perfect, like her dead father). Her friends think hes just another in a long line of dodgy Nigerian boyfriends.

Boo has everything Ronke wantsa kind husband, gorgeous child.

But shes frustrated, unfulfilled, plagued by guilt, and desperate to remember who she used to be.

Simi is the golden one with the perfect lifestyle. No one knows shes crippled by impostor syndrome and tempted to pack it all in each time her boss mentions her urban vibe. Her husband thinks theyre trying for a baby.

Shes not.

When the high-flying, charismatic Isobel explodes into the group, it seems at first shes bringing out the best in each woman. (She gets Simi an interview in Shanghai! Goes jogging with Boo!) But the more Isobel intervenes, the more chaos she sows, and Ronke, Simi, and Boos close friendship begins to crack.

A sharp, modern take on friendship, ambition, culture, and betrayal, Wahala (trouble) is an unforgettable novel from a brilliant new voice.