Readers can purchase the ebooks of the Stranger’s Enigma Series at a discount or read free of charge:
- The stranger’s Enigma
- Born of Dreams (it may be read as a sequel to The Stranger’s Enigma or as its own.)
Prime Amazon members can read THE STRANGER’S ENIGMA (ebook#1) free of charge until July 26, 2021. BORN OF DREAMS (ebook# 2) is $9.99, but from May 23-25 goes down to $ 0.99; May 26 -27, $ 3,99, and May 28-29, $ 6.99.
The first book has been praised:
“Villalba’s novel is a provocative character study of a man facing a personal and professional crisis. The first-person narration brings immediacy to Daniel’s story and allows readers to have the same wonder and confusion Daniel experiences in his dreams. His romance with Julie adds an extra layer of emotional depth. Like his protagonist, Villalba has a vivid imagination. (Kirkus Independent review.”
“Villalba writes with artistry and passion, and that makes this novel all the more worthwhile. I’m so happy I’ve been coming across all these really interesting and intellectual novels because I’ve been in a bit of a drought. It’ll be hard to find a book to live up to the standard set by The Stranger’s Enigma.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.” (Goodreads’ independent reviewer.)
The second book (BORN OF DREAMS) was just published. Sonie, the man who lives in Daniel’s dreams is born to trade places with him and remedy his wrongdoings.
The first novel features Dr. Daniel Brandon, a successful neurologist who falls victim of marital discord and job stress. An unfair and torturous malpractice suit compounds his problems. The situation threatens his sanity, and nightly dreams become his only getaway. He discovers Sonie, the protagonist of his nocturnal escapades. He resembles Daniel physically but always looks young and happy. Daniel Brandon is convinced that Sonie holds the secret of eternal bliss—never-ending youth and joy. The doctor decides to study his dreams and unveil the mystery. He envisages cryptic messages embedded in the nightly scenes. They should steer him through a maze of trails and lead to the resolution of his quest. In a dream, Daniel enjoys a torrid encounter with Julie. She does not look like anyone he has ever met in real life. He falls head over heels for her. The new love catapults his research to an unprecedented height. Daniel must find the secret. He hopes its discovery will let him enter the world of dreams and share eternal bliss with Julie.
In “Born of Dreams,” a righteous man from a utopian land of happiness and beauty trudges along the tortuous path of society to conquer a woman he has fallen in love with.
Sonie, the man who lives in Dr. Daniel Brandon’s dreams, trades places with him. A virtuous person is born in Chicago, IL, at the age of 54 on July 15, 2009, and supplants the doctor. Dreams serve as guidance and channels of communication between them. Sonie has given up his joyful, eternal existence in an idyllic world to remedy Daniel’s wrongdoings. Medical-practice woes, aloof children, an angry mother, and Marlene, a neglected and disgruntled ex-wife who is about to marry a con man. Unveiling her fiancé’s charade and securing her happiness turn into an arduous task. The situation gets more complicated when he falls head over heels for Marlene. His attempts to seduce her threaten to expose his identity and lead to unforeseeable consequences.
