Bøger af Cindy Davies

'Falling in love is a luxury for a prince, my son. You have twenty women in your harem. Your duty is to make love with all of them and produce male heirs for the empire.' But charismatic Prince Orhan, heir to the Ottoman Sultan of Türkeye, ignores his mother's advice when he rescues a Russian slave girl, Rusalka, from drowning. He falls in love with her, takes her into his opulent harem, and renames her Süreyya. But she has a secret that could cost her life, or have her banished.The harem is a hotbed of jealousies and intrigue. Süreyya is determined to escape, until she spends some intimate time with Prince Orhan. When Süreyya is unexpectedly offered her freedom, it comes at a price.

Freedom flows for Zahra, but suddenly it's ebbing.Zahra Ghafoori, an Afghan widow with a troubled past, plans to leave Tehran with her fianc wealthy architect Karim Konari, and her son Ahmad. Having lived through the post-revolutionary challenges in 1979 Iran, Zahra is anxious to settlein America. The dramatic reappearance of her revolutionary cousin Firzun, whom she believed dead in a bomb blast, changes everything.Firzun manipulates Zahra to flee with him to Australia. When they arrive, Firzun disappears along with Zahra's options. Before long, Zahra finds herself on the wrong side of the law.Old and new loyalties are tested, which will either bring Zahra and Karim together or keep them apart ... pushing freedom and happiness further away from her grasp. The question is, will it all ebb away forever?