DescriptionWhen she was 14, Jasvinder Sanghera was shown a photo of the man chosen to be her husband. She was terrified. She'd witnessed the torment her sisters endured in their arranged marriages, so she ran away from home and was grief-stricken when her parents disowned her. Shame is the heart-rending true story of a young girl's attempt to escape from a cruel, claustrophobic world where family honour mattered more than anything, sometimes more than life itself. Jasvinder's story is one of terrible oppression, a harrowing struggle against a punitive code of honour and, finally, triumph over adversity.
DescriptionMeet Amber, Jazz, and Geena Dhillon, known to their friends as the Bindi Babes. They're three fabulous sisters with a reputation for being the coolest, best-dressed girls at their school. Bur their classmates don't know that the Dhillon sisters work extra…
DescriptionA marriage has been arranged between an ageing nobleman and a very young woman, ill-matched as January and May must be, coerced by greedy guardians. Both parties arrive in Shrewsbury, where the ceremony is to take place, with escorts suitable to their rank. Then there is a savage killing, something Brother Cadfael is called upon to investigate with his customary clear-sightedness and wisdom. Outside Shrewsbury's walls stands the leper house of Saint Giles, a sanctuary for the sick, but also a possible refuge for the hunted man.
DescriptionKing Alfred of England is trying to keep the peace between Vikings and Saxons, and the best way seems to be through a series of arranged marriages. Dragon Hakonson, a mighty Viking, has been betrothed to the Saxon Lady Rycca. When Dragon discovers a noble young lad running away from home, the lad turns out to be a beautiful young woman. The two fall in love, only to discover that each is the other's intended. Rycca has a strong anti-Viking bias, which is only overcome by her mystical ability to see when people are telling the truth. Dragon is a true gentleman, big, strong, and sensitive, and succeeds in winning Rycca over. But there are parties interested in stopping the marriage before it has a chance to happen.
DescriptionLily is haunted by memories of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower and asks the gods for forgiveness. In 19th-century China, when wives and daught…
DescriptionJane Austen's most popular novel, originally published in 1813, some 17 years after it was first written, presents the Bennet family of Longbourn. Against the background of gossipy Mrs. Bennet and the detached Mr. Bennet, the quest is on for husbands for the five daughters. The spotlight falls on Elizabeth, second eldest, who is courted by Darcy, though initially she is more concerned with the fate of her other sisters.
