No Ordinary Love

About the Book

Katarina and Josh fell in love with each other the moment she accidentally crashed into him. Having been brought up within the folds of a doting family, she found it difficult to come to terms with Josh’s mercurial temper. When Josh realized the damage he was doing to their relationship and the hurt he was inflicting upon his beloved, he broke it off with her and started on a journey of self-discovery. Will the lovers ever meet again? When and if they do, under what circumstances? Love demands sacrifices. It is in the giving that one proves one’s love for the other. The theme runs through the entire novel as the writer shares her glimpses into other relationships, which are set amid the backdrop of Malaysian society in the twentieth century. She tries to remain as close as possible to the facts of history in so far as they blend with the plot of the novel. Sonia Mael is a Malaysian author known for her rich and precise vocabulary and captivating writing style. Sonia Mael won the 2016 Popular Star Readers’ Choice Award for fiction for her novel Don’t Forget to Remember. With her choice, concise vocabulary, and smooth, easy style of writing, she tries to capture the history, beliefs, and traditions of her people, as well as the conflicting values of the different cultures of the period.

About the Author

Sonia Mael started writing late in life, after the demise of her beloved husband, who succumbed to leukemia after forty years of marriage. They met in their early twenties when both were awarded The Colombo Plan Scholarship to study in Australia. After an eighteen-year stint as an educator, she turned her attention to business investments so she could help bring up her grandchildren. Now that they are young adults, she is enjoying her life writing romance novels, “to put a smile on my friends’ faces.” Currently, she resides in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.