Why is their true love condemned to lurk in the shadows? Told from the female protagonist’s first-person perspective, this story immerses readers in the emotional journey of a couple entangled in an adulterous affair.

This is a story of little rooms and a furtive romance between a writer and her lover – a film director and ostensible family man. As they pursue their passion in nondescript room after nondescript room, their affair grows from raw, mutual lust into a sweet and stimulating romance before devolving into a consuming jealousy that ultimately ropes the writer’s good friend into the fray.

The writer, finding herself crushed under a maelstrom of conflicting emotions about their still-hidden affair, falls back on what she knows best – writing – to bring their love into the light. But, will this bring the respect she craves to their relationship or will it send both of their lives into an irretrievable tailspin? Does the writer, now battered and bruised, have any real hope of redeeming her love, her relationships, or her life?

Despite the prominence given to “problem” in the title, this story orbits around issues such as love, intimacy, power, deceit, jealous enmity, despair, and self-doubt that invariably arise with infidelity, with the narrative pertly plumbing the nature of love, relationships, and family, and fleshing out the state of women in society today. The first-person perspective enhances the immersiveness of this work, while key passages cut to the chase, exposing its underlying essence and plunging the reader headfirst into the emotional dilemmas faced by the protagonist. These insights may even turn the mirror around on the reader’s own innermost thoughts and experiences, enhancing self-awareness and providing the wherewithal to continue facing life’s myriad challenges.