The Thing with Zola
Will be published approx. on 17. September 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-918228-01-4 (ISBN)
Description
Twenty-nine. Heartbroken. And back home with nothing to show for the life she left behind.
Zola's life didn't just stall - it collapsed. An expired visa will do that to you.
Now she's back in Johannesburg rebuilding from scratch, dodging family judgement and learning from past mistakes. There's no room for love in her new life plan.
Enter Mbali. Equal parts irresistible and infuriating, he threatens to undo everything she is trying to rebuild. With Mbali comes heat, but also history in the form of his ex Okuhle... who just happens to be Zola's razor-sharp new boss.
Caught between desire, ambition, and a past that won't stay buried, Zola is about to learn that real, messy love doesn't wait for you to be ready.
The Thing with Zola is a sharp, sexy contemporary office romance about starting over and what it takes to let yourself love again.
Zola's life didn't just stall - it collapsed. An expired visa will do that to you.
Now she's back in Johannesburg rebuilding from scratch, dodging family judgement and learning from past mistakes. There's no room for love in her new life plan.
Enter Mbali. Equal parts irresistible and infuriating, he threatens to undo everything she is trying to rebuild. With Mbali comes heat, but also history in the form of his ex Okuhle... who just happens to be Zola's razor-sharp new boss.
Caught between desire, ambition, and a past that won't stay buried, Zola is about to learn that real, messy love doesn't wait for you to be ready.
The Thing with Zola is a sharp, sexy contemporary office romance about starting over and what it takes to let yourself love again.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cassava Republic Press
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-918228-01-4 (9781918228014)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Zibu Sithole lives in Johannesburg with her son. She is a journalist with more than ten years of experience writing for television and radio as well as print and digital media. She is a published ghostwriter of mainly romance novels. The Thing with Zola is Zibu's first novel published under her own name.