The Jasmine Veil — Gimone Hall

INDIA: a land of teeming millions under the power of a handful of British officials, and about to explode into savage violence.

INDIA: a world of strange contrasts, fabulous wealth, and utter degradation, where the stench of squalor is intermingled with the scent of seductive sensuality.

INDIA: where beautiful and bold Claire Cottington came from Victorian England to marry an aging man she barely knew...to give herself to a daredevil officer she knew she should not touch...to be abducted by a handsome, ruthless native ruler she could not resist...in a panoramic novel of rich romance and illicit love that brings to life India's bygone era of luxury and license, power and privilege.