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By Joshi, Alka2020., Adults, Harlequin MIRA Call No: FIC JOS Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist--and confidante--to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own ... Known for her original designs and sage advice, Lakshmi must tread carefully to avoid the jealous gossips who could ruin her reputation and her livelihood. As she pursues her dream of an independent life, she is startled one day when she is confronted by her husband, who has tracked her down these many years later with a high-spirited young girl in tow--a sister Lakshmi never knew she had. Suddenly the caution that she has carefully cultivated as protection is threatened. Still she perseveres, applying her talents and lifting up those that surround her as she does."--Amazon.
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2016., Young Adult, Orbit Call No: YA CAR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The Custard Protocol Volume: #2Summary Note: Rue and the crew of The Spotted Custard return from India with revelations that shake the foundations of England's scientific community. Queen Victoria is not amused, the vampires are tetchy, and something is wrong with the local werewolf pack. To top it all off, Rue's best friend, Primrose, keeps getting engaged to the most unacceptable military types. Rue has family problems as well. Her vampire father is angry, her werewolf father is crazy, and her obstreperous mother is both. Worst of all, Rue's beginning to suspect what they really are ...is frightened.
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2015, orbit Books Call No: YA CAR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The Custard Protocol Volume: Book 1Summary Note: Twenty-year-old Prudence "Rue" Akeldama and her friends journey in a gaudy dirigible to India in search of a superior type of tea for her adoptive father, a wealthy vampier, only to run headfirst into danger, intrigue, and local politics.
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[2019]., Adults, Shiloh Run Press, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc. Call No: FIC STE Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The Great Rebellion of 1857 was a remarkably bloody business. At a time when Britain's imperial influence in India was sparking brutal clashes on both sides, no one could have expected Rena, an Indian woman, to marry a British officer--nor do they understand her decision to follow her mother-in-law to England after her husband's tragic death.
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c1993., Adult, Warner Call No: FIC WAL Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Michael Tillman, a middle-aged college economics professor, meets Jellie Braden, the wife of a colleague and it is instant attraction. When Jellie disappears, Michael is ready to travel the world to make her his.
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2007, c2005., Adult, HarperPerennial Call No: FIC UMR Edition: 1st Harper Perennial ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Bhima, a domestic servant in the household of Sera Dubash, an upper-class Parsi housewife, develops a bond with her employer over the course of many years as they both suffer through abusive marriages, loss, and disappointments, but their friendship still cannot overcome the restrictions of class and money.