A well to do, but troubled, English girl gets in trouble once too often. She is sent to an exclusive school, where forced nudity and corporal punishment figure prominently in the discipline.
Sabrina meets Tabitha, who she believes to be her twin cousin. Not! Tabitha is really Sabrina from another dimension. Where one is straight, the other is a lesbian, and where one is good, the other is... I'm sure you get the point.
Everyone has secrets: Katherine is pregnant but doesn't know who the father is, Joseph is screwing his secretary, Charlotte has a gambling addiction with a loan shark on her back, Gareth secretly likes unusual sexual practices, Paul is an embezzling paedophile, Lewis is infatuated with the Russian au-pair while Matthew knows exactly who the father of Katherine's baby is. This is an adult book and the results of NaNoWriMo 2011.
Donald was confused, his sister had a letter from school informing his mother that he had failed a subject. A subject from last semester in which he scored an 'A'.
In the heart of the desert, a dying man awakens a djinn who does not grant wishes—she reveals them. Bound by a living mark, Khalid is drawn into a dangerous intimacy where control dissolves and guilt sharpens desire. And with each step, the bond deepens—demanding more than he thought he could give.
A young woman has been deeply hurt by her husband’s betrayal; her fragile emotions mean that she has avoided any relationships and has been celibate for a long time. However, she finds love in an unexpected place but is this a good or bad love? Her new relationship awakens needs and urges she did not know she had and presents new risks.