Rewriting Books for Feminist Characters and New Releases

Feyi Adekola’s best friend Joy, who she shares a brownstone with, has convinced her that it’s time to start dating again. The last time Feyi was with anyone was five years ago when an accident killed her husband. Now, Feyi is having a steamy lil something-something at a rooftop party with a man she just met. Probably not what her friend had in mind, but anyway… Since the encounter, Feyi has become open to other men and starts to explore new love interests, even as she is still contending with grief.

After the Korean War, Dr. Yungman Kwak left everything he knew behind in Korea when he immigrated to the U.S. For the last few decades, he’s done his best to achieve the American DreamTM in a small Minnesotan town as a doctor delivering babies. That is, until drama arrives in the form of a letter that threatens to expose the truth about who he is. Now he’s questioning all his life choices, and even if what America promised him is even real amidst all the ways the U.S. fails its citizens. This books travels back and forth in time and has a dark sense of humor.

Loulie al-Nazari finds and sells illegal magic with the help of her jinn bodyguard. One day she saves the life of a prince and attracts the attention of his sultan father, who blackmails her into finding a priceless item lest she be executed. The item in question is an ancient lamp that has the power to restore barren land, but that comes at the cost of all jinn. So, she sets out with the sultan’s oldest son to find the lamp, encountering ghouls, a jinn queen, and her and her bodyguard’s pasts along the way.

I love a good fantasy adventure, and am super excited to read one that has One Thousand and One Nights teas!