Fated To Love

Should she choose her father’s legacy or listen to her heart? Zarri Bano is the glamorous twenty-eight-year-old daughter of a wealthy Muslim landowner, Habib Khan. She falls in love with Sikander, a business tycoon and plans to marry him, but her father takes an instant, irrational dislike to Sikander and vetoes the match. When his only son is killed in a freak riding accident, Habib Khan decides to make Zarri Bano his heiress, resurrecting an ancient tradition which decrees that an heiress must remain celibate. Zarri Bano is thus forced into marriage to the Holy Koran and becomes her clan’s ‘Holy Woman’. But will Zarri Bano’s heart allow her to ignore her love for Sikander? And can Sikander live without her? Set in contemporary Pakistan, London and Egypt, Fated to Love is a romantic story of love and betrayal, with all the pressures and conflicts that modern life and old traditions bring. ‘A lean, lyrical meditation on tradition and independence, sensuality and sacrifice’—The Times ‘A very moving tale of love, passion and Islamic traditions . . .Difficult to put down’—BBC National Asian Network ‘A dramatic story of family intrigue, religious passions and riproaring romance’—Michèle Roberts