
Genre:
Literary / General Fiction
Themes:
Adoption / Surrogacy
Angsty
Danger / In Peril / On the Run
Found Family
Kidnapping / Disappearance
Married or Established Couple
Heat Level:
Fade to Black (sex scenes are mostly implied and use euphemistic language)
Archetypes:
Psychologist / Therapist / Psychiatrist
Social Worker
Geographic Location:
United States: South
Setting:
Big City / Urban
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Protagonist Identity:
Black / African American
Year of the Monsoon
By Caren J. Werlinger
Everything Leisa believed about her life is suddenly turned upside down.
Leisa Yeats has always defined herself by the things that are important to her – a good family, a loving relationship and a meaningful job working with kids. Life is good. But within a span of a few weeks, all of that changes. She’s always known she was adopted, but newly revealed lies and secrets kept by her parents make her question everything she thought she knew about her beginnings. Her ten-year relationship with her partner, Nan, is unexpectedly on shaky ground when she discovers that Nan, too, has kept a secret from her all these years.
Suddenly, everything Leisa believed – about her life, about the people around her, about herself – everything is turned upside down, and nothing is as she thought it was. Pulling away to try and sort things out, Leisa reaches out to the wrong people and, in the process, nearly loses herself. Buffeted at every turn by storms that shake the very foundation of her world, Leisa must figure out whom and what she can hold fast to as the winds of change blow.