It is the story of Fila Enu, a beautiful young Nigerian girl. From a relatively unsophisticated background, on the death of her father, she moves to Lagos and its smart literary and political world.

Fila becomes a model and attracts the attention of an unscrupulous politician and a journalist of, somewhat, lightweight ideals. Conflict ensues.

The greater part of the story revolves around two non-identical twin sisters, Vivian and Vanessa, offspring of the unique maternal lineage of strong, gifted, intelligent, and relatively independent women. Vivian believes in always getting her own way, while boisterous and pretty sister, Vanessa is reckless in her enjoyment of attentions of men.

The story is intriguing, refreshingly fascinating and so full of suspense that you feel as if you were watching a well-crafted movie: you just can’t stop until you get to the end.