LINDA HOLEMAN

Pree Fincastle, daughter of impoverished British missionaries in India, is left alone and destitute when tragedy strikes. She embarks on a journey in search of Kai, the son of her mothers ayah, and the only person she can trust. But Kai is not the man Pree thought he was, and the secrets he holds will unlock the door to another world, another time - and, shockingly, another life. From the whispering Ravi River to the hidden heart of the Peshawar, this is a story of penury and prostitution, tragedy and bloodshed, secrets and love. But ultimately it is a story of hope; a story that, once read, will never be forgotten...

A young American womans journey to track down her missing lover becomes an enthralling adventure of mystery, passion, danger and self-discovery set against the spellbinding backdrop of 1930s Marrakech. Sidonie OShea enjoys the quiet life she shares with fiance Etienne Duverger in upstate New York. But when Etienne suddenly disappears without word, she finds a letter amongst his belongings that turns her world upside down. Refusing to believe that Etienne would abandon her, Sidonie travels to Morocco in search of him, determined to know the truth. But nothing can prepare her for what she is about to discover, both about the man she thought she loved and an unknown world of dangerous secrets in a country steeped in mystery...

Angleterre et inde, années 1820. Après la mort de sa mère, linny doit apprendre à survivre dans les bas-fonds de liverpool. traumatisée par son beau-père, elle sombre dans la prostitution. après cette enfance douloureuse, elle devient une jeune femme d'origine modeste mais respectable, et part pour calcutta, où elle espère pouvoir effacer toute trace de son passé. mais le destin la rattrape bien vite : forcée à un mariage malheureux, elle sera liée à son ignoble mari par un odieux secret. Ce n'est que lorsqu'elle rencontrera daoud, fier et indomptable guerrier, que linny découvrira enfin l'amour et les clés de la liberté.

The Moonlit Cage is the spellbinding story of Darya, a young Afghan girl, cursed, worthless and despised by her husband and her family, who embarks on the journey of a lifetime - one that takes her from the unforgiving valleys and mountains of her homeland to 1850s London, the heart of the mighty British Empire.

India, 1839: Linny Gow, a respectable young wife and mother, settles down to write her life story. To outside appearances Linny is the perfect Raj wife: beautiful, gracious, subservient. But appearances can be very deceptive ... Born into direst poverty in Liverpool, Linny escapes the life of prostitution her stepfather has forced her into, transforms herself into a young lady, and escapes to India, where the British Raj is in its infancy. There she will find heartache and suffering, but also true love and ndash; perhaps most precious of all ndash; freedom. But how did Linny achieve all this? And what has she sacrificed along the way? Most importantly, is this the end of Linny''s journey, or is her story not yet over? THE LINNET BIRD is an enthralling tale of one young girl''s destiny and her struggle for happiness and survival.

A caballo entre Inglaterra y la India, una valiente joven luchará por su supervivencia y por su felicidad. Linny proviene de los ambientes más sórdidos del Liverpool decimonónico, y cuando le surge la oportunidad de trasladarse a Calcuta para iniciar una nueva vida, no duda ni un instante. Alli descubre un nuevo mundo que le fascina, pero un potentado ingles que conoce su pasado la obliga a casarse con el. Entretanto, al pie del Himalaya, le espera el amor de su vida...Una novela llena de pasion, de misterio y colorido, que nos traslada de los barrios mas pobres de Inglaterra a la rica y exotica India colonial, a principios del siglo XIX.

For you, I will write of it all - part truth, part memory, part nightmare - my life, the one that started so long ago, in a place so far from here...India, 1839: Linny Gow, a respectable young wife and mother, settles down to write her life story. To outside appearances Linny is the perfect Colonial wife: beautiful, gracious, subservient. But appearances can be very deceptive ...An unforgettable book, richly descriptive and mesmerising from the start, The Linnet Bird is the spellbinding story of the journey of Linny Gow - child prostitute turned social climber turned colonial wife turned adventuress. Frequently disturbing, often moving and always enthralling, it is that rare thing: a once-in-a-lifetime read.