The release date for the English version of 'Light from Uncommon Stars' by
Ryka Aoki is Sep 2021. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
A story about gay extraterrestrial courting over freshly baked donuts, Faustian deals, and cursed violins set in the San Gabriel Valley of California.
A bargain was struck between Shizuka Satomi and the devil: in order to avoid damnation, she had to lure seven other violin prodigies into exchanging their souls for success. She's already given birth to six.
Shizuka can almost feel the curse lifting when she is approached by teenage transgender runaway Katrina Nguyen, who has a crazy gift for catching her ear. She's located her ideal applicant.
However, Shizuka meets Lan Tran, a mother of four, an intergalactic refugee, and a retired starship captain, at a doughnut shop along a busy highway in the San Gabriel Valley. With her whole soul on the line, Shizuka doesn't have time for crushes or coffee dates, but Lan's kind smile and starry eyes may just redefine what a soul is really worth. Perhaps even something as little as a warm donut has the ability to lift a curse as big as the California coast.
A tale of magic, identity, curses, and hope unfolds as the lives of these three women become intertwined, and a family worthy of traveling beyond the cosmos is discovered.