LT Ladino’s debut offering,  To And Fro  was originally published in 2005. However, having to complete the project during the painful transitional period of divorce, the book’s agonizing reminder of betrayal caused the writer to become disinterested in further pursuing the original concepts intended for the book series.

However, if it is true that “pain is weakness leaving the body”, then the last three years have served as a maturation period for the writer to no longer be affected by life’s curveballs in order to be effective in delivering a poignant viewpoint of growing past life’s disappointments. Out of the ashes of brokenness, LT Ladino  resurrects  The To And Fro Trilogy  with a fresh new perspective. The revised first installment of the trilogy, now dubbed  To And Fro: Kelsey's Journey,  serves as an introduction to the expedition of one woman’s quest for truth in her life.

To And Fro: Kelsey's Journey  is the story of Kelsey Smith-Pritchard’s journey through amnesia after a life threatening car accident, in which she has to be reintroduced to herself and her loved ones. It is her story of redemption as she combats infidelity, parental abandonment and generational curses. It opens the Pandora’s Box on a bevy of topics such as submission, releasing the past, and forgiveness. The storyline weaves in and out of reality and the main character’s dream world.

A hypnotic suspense novel,  To And Fro: Kelsey's Journey is not only a page turner but also spiritually enlightens and entertains readers as its main character’s a down-to-earth sensibilities often slant toward being neurotic and selfish. But aren’t we all a little selfish in some aspect or another? Kelsey’s journey may be no different than anyone who is forced to deal with the short-sidedness of our own shortcomings in the midst of relaying on our nagging sense intuition that cannot be denied. Kelsey’s character is masterful at transitioning from victim to villain to superhero all with the intent of finding out the truth. There is a little bit of Kelsey in all of us.  To And Fro: Kelsey's Journey deals with the ugliness of family secrets kept hidden with the best of intentions, betrayal and the mother of all for any woman, the search for a father’s love. 

Even more,  To And Fro: Kelsey's Journey exposes a woman’s justification for denying her husband intimacy, the idiosyncrasies of the mother-daughter relationship and uncovers brokenness in friendships.  Poignant chapters include Pity Party, Breakdown to Breakthrough and Dr. Jamie.  Not to mention, only Kelsey’s warped sense of thinking can breakdown why carnations are never an appropriate flower to send to a woman you love.