Category: New Adult/College Age

“Nad of Nadide” by Wagih Abu-Rish

March 1, 2024

Fareed, a university student, has decided to transfer to a new school in Turkey after breaking up with his beautiful but abusive girlfriend. Fareed finds his eye drawn immediately to the beautiful girl across the aisle on his plane and is intrigued to find her also enrolled in the same engineering class. They begin trading notes in class, but never speak. Even more fascinating to Fareed is that everyone warns him away from the beautiful Nadide. She is the daughter of a Turkish General and is expected to soon be engaged to one of his closest subordinates. The General expects his daughter to marry a Muslim of at least 3 generations of Turkish descent. Fareed, while Muslim, and the son of two world renowned neurosurgeons, has no chance to win the General’s favor: his father is a Palestinian and his mother is an Irish Catholic. … More “Nad of Nadide” by Wagih Abu-Rish

“A Conduit of Light” by Chelsey Ann Tompkins

February 13, 2024

“A Conduit of Light,” book one in A Conduit of Light series, is a work of romantic fantasy by Chelsey Ann Tompkins. In this book, a deadly blight is slowly eating up the world; if left unchecked, it will render the forest desolate. Ash is a child of mystery whose mother died giving birth to her; her father disappeared afterward. Queen Rina, fearing the prince would grow up lonely, introduced Ash to serve as a playmate for him. After discovering Ash’s innate power, Baron Heimlen transported her to Viridis as a Channeler for training in the hope she could help stop the deadly Blight from ravaging the Felgren forest. Ash shoulders the responsibility of saving the forest which produced all the magic in Arcaynen. But will she succeed in her fate? … More “A Conduit of Light” by Chelsey Ann Tompkins