Married Strangers (Urban Christian) [Paperback]

Dwan Abrams (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 262 pages
• Publisher: Urban Books (December 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1601629753
• ISBN-13: 978-1601629753
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,478,463 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dwan Abrams is a full-time novelist. She's the award-winning, best-selling author of When the Fairytale Ends (Book #2 in the Married Series), Married Strangers (Book #1 in the Married Series), Divorcing the Devil, My Mother's Child (the sequel to Divorcing the Devil), Only True Love Waits, and The Scream Within. She's currently working on her next book. She resides in a suburb of Atlanta with her family.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Married Stangers, May 12, 2009

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Rosharon Cotton (League City, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Married Strangers (Urban Christian) (Paperback)

The book was pretty good the only thing I hate, that there was no solution to any of the couples problems

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Did I Marry The Wrong Person?, April 15, 2009

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The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers (RAWSISTAZ.com and BlackBookReviews.net) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Married Strangers (Urban Christian) (Paperback)

MARRIED STRANGERS shines the spotlight on the importance of having God as the head of the household. Otherwise challenges faced between a husband and wife could turn them into strangers. In MARRIED STRANGERS, Abrams uses the lives of three women to share her message. The characters are faced with financial issues, baby mama drama, trust, disagreements, and bedroom issues.

Rayna married Bryce for all the wrong reasons and now she wants to end the marriage. She doesn't know how to tell him they're not physically compatible; so she makes excuses not to be intimate with him. Shania is recently engaged but a disclosed secret may mean she will have to call off the wedding. Aja is dealing with baby mama drama and regrets getting married; she could be push into the arms of another man.

MARRIED STRANGERS is a quick, enjoyable read. Although I felt the characters could have been more developed and the story more descriptive, the message I received from reading the novel is valuable.

Reviewed by Sharon Lewis
of The RAWSISTAZ(tm) Reviewers

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars You Think You Know But Really Have No Idea, April 2, 2009

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Tavares S. Carney "Inspire, Motivate & Encourage" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Married Strangers (Urban Christian) (Paperback)

Author, Dwan Abrams writes about relationships in Married Strangers. Three couples, at different stages in each of their respective relationships, learn through various occurrences, that communication is a key factor when it comes to having a lasting and fulfilling relationship with others.

Rayna, Aja and Shania are all in relationships filled with uncertainty. Rayna, recently married to Bryce, who leaves her intimately unsatisfied, isn't so sure she married the man for her. Believe it or not, being an interracial couple is the least of Rayna's concerns. Aja, married and still experiencing baby mama drama, isn't so sure her relationship is rock solid. Trust becomes a major issue for her and her husband, Hunter. Shania, recently engaged to a man from a loving family, struggles to let things be, accept things of the past and face the future. Supporting characters Lucille, Fox, Cheyenne, Jonathan and Sunni help the story along. Subplots involving these characters will help the reader to understand reasons for certain behaviors exuded by the main characters.

The lesson I took away with me after having read Married Strangers is that the journey from not knowing to really knowing a person involves getting to know them on varying levels, as well as learning their history, what drives and motivates, as well as what pains them and keeps them from moving forward. The first step for resolving bothersome matters is to communicate them. Without communication in relationships, bothersome matters that go unaddressed can easily fester into more complicated issues.

I enjoyed the story. The author's style of writing offered to me, personally, a bit of suspense, as I was left wondering a few times about what the underlying issues could possibly be. This kept me reading, hoping to find out the underlying reasons for things affecting each couples' relationship. I would consider other selections by Ms. Abrams.

Review by Tavares S. Carney