The Devil's Bride

* The phenomenal Indian bestseller * Winner of the Tata Lit Live Best First Book of the Year Award *'Intense, lyrical, and powerful. This is a remarkable debut' Jeet Thayil, author of Narcopolis and The Book of Chocolate SaintsIn the feverish tropics of the Andaman Islands, a young botanist tends to a fragile rose he has imported to welcome his bride. Hoping their marriage will bloom in this strange life, hundreds of miles from the east coast of India, he is entranced by Chanda Devi's fierce nature and unusual gifts; speaking to trees and the ghosts of former colonialists.These islands, she tells her adoring husband, rest on a faultline, cracked so deep into the earth that spirits cross the boundary freely. But it is not this fracture that takes a tragic bite out of their happiness.With the family riven by heartbreak, their maid takes the chance to resolve her own past mistakes. Having abandoned her son many years before, she now traces him to Myanmar, only to find him in prison - the

不甘命運被支配的女子闖入幽冥，拯救她被侵犯的靈魂《彼岸之嫁》女主角黃姵嘉、黑咖啡聊美劇站長Castle推薦一天傍晚，父親問我願不願意當鬼新娘…… 十九世紀，英國的殖民地馬六甲，有許多華人移民家族世居在此。他們接受西方文化洗禮的同時，也遵循其華人祖先的習俗過生活。潘麗蘭是經商致富的華人移民後代，但多年前爆發天花疫情，使她摯愛的母親病逝；而潘父則因病毀容，從此深居簡出，荒廢家業。一天，潘父告

A one-night stand becomes much, much more in this sexy, lighthearted romance.Maid of honor Kelsey Peterson is disappointed when the bride-to-be bails on her bachelorette party—especially since K

Sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons run a catering business in their upstate New York town, and they’re ready and willing to handle any wedding—even one where the bride and groom have tails .

Personal trainer Rebecca McCall is furious when her coworker is sidelined and she’s forced to teach the “Be Your Best Bride” class. As if being a size two for your wedding photos is all exercise is go

In an irreverent new series in the tradition of Terry Pratchett novels and The Princess Bride, the New York Times bestselling authors of the Iron Druid Chronicles and Star Wars: Phasma reinvent fantas

Rob Wildhide will become a celebrated novelist; he just knows it. But first, he'll have to overcome writer's block and survive a wayward trip to the North Woods of Maine with his new bride, Annie, and

In the latest The Coltons of Shadow Creek romance, a billionaire and his expectant bride put their lives on the line Single, pregnant and nearly bankrupt, Halle Ford makes a deal with a sex

MATRIMONY MIX-UP Hoping for a fresh start, Ann Cromwell travels to New Haven, Ohio, from London, England, as a mail-order bride—and learns she's not the wife her groom-to-be was looking for.

When a sensitive prince searches far and wide for a bride but finds no princess as tender-hearted as he is, he can hardly bear the disappointment. Then a mysterious stranger comes to the door. Could s

In this brilliant debut novel by Helen Weinzweig, the award-winning author of Basic Black With Pearls, a wedding reception becomes a gothic dream in which the bride, groom, family, and guests struggle

On the island of Seriphos lives Perseus a twelve-year-old boy living whose world is turned upside down. When the cruel king of the island, Polydectes, is seeking a new bride, he casts his eye upon Pe

Dreaming of escape from his remote village in the Himalayan foothills, Rabindra entreats the gods to send him an English bride. When a saucy English dance troupe arrives on the run from a Bombay crime

Naomi desires to dance well enough to catch the eye of a wealthy landowner. Her father needs a substantial bride price due to the deaths of her brothers who died at the hands of the tribe of Benjamin.

Done.Finished.Kaput.Whatever you want to call it, the bride-to-be won’t be at the church on time.Walking away from her fiancé was the hardest thing Ava has ever done. After all, the sexy and charming

In 1861, newly penniless New York City society belle ANGELINA HARDWICK is on her way to the wilds of Oregon to marry a stranger, while her husband-to-be, NATHAN HALE, has been promised by the Bride Ag

In 1974, the young and callow Englishman George Armitage goes to Madras in the hopes of returning with at least the beginning of his Ph.D. dissertation. Instead, he comes home with a bride named Viji,

A Mother by Christmas Nursing a broken heart, Amanda Porter had answered a frontier mail-order bride ad placed by Garrett Decker's children?only to find the groom-to-be didn't want a wife. The widowed

A bride for the billionaire? Dea Caraccilo spent her whole life feeling inferior to her twin sister?never more so than when she first met billionaire Guido Rossano? Since then, Dea's worked hard to pu

It’s Corpse Bride meets Eraserhead despite Gonzalo’s best efforts to live a life like Leave It to Beaver’s.Gonzalo grew up in the cemetery under the care of his monstrous parents and in the company of

Jack lands in Las Vegas and meets his lovely new bride, a directionless heiress. Could it possibly be "happily ever after" at last?Then, Jack's a wayward Fable in the heartland of America! Follow his

"You may kiss the bride." With five little words, Mikolas Petrides secures a vital business merger and finally repays his grandfather for rescuing him from the horrors of his childhood. But when he li

「倫敦最時髦、最富原創性的烹飪學校」的主廚為了尋找古老食譜，她展開一場讓味蕾覺醒的華麗冒險！伊朗廚房美食日記關於旅行、味覺與愛情的情感記憶「這是突破國界的愛情故事，在全球化世界裡的一場探險。愛情足以嘲笑任何嚴厲控制的界線。」─ 泰晤士報（The Times）「《我是你的過境新娘》以美麗書寫為我們極少踏入的世界開啟一扇窗：錯綜複雜的現代伊朗。廣闊的市容與美味街頭小吃栩栩如生，然最生動的卻是對當地居民

A new case of unsolvable murders brings Hell to Heaven in the explosive sequel toThe Devil's Detective. Hell is burning out of control. Thomas Fool, Hell's first Information Man tasked with investigat

The incredible stories behind the First World War munitions women who made the Devil's Porridge.For centuries, the rural area around the tiny hamlets of Eastriggs and Gretna lay undisturbed. Then in 1

Second Chance Bride When Daniel Gardner convinced the residents of his Kansas boom town to advertise for mail-order brides, he never expected the woman he once loved to respond. But Leah Swann st

Two weeks with the billionaire! The moment has come when best man Roland Devereux must follow the bride and groom and dance with bridesmaid Grace Faraday. But as he takes her hand, the chemistry

Return of the runaway bride! It's been seven years since Sierra Rocci left Marco Ferranti on the eve of their convenient wedding. Now she's back in Sicily to collect her inheritanceonly to find o

A bride to redeem an outlaw! The only way Boone Walker can escape jail is by capturing the fearsome King brothers. But to do this he needs Melinda Winston's help and that means making her his

Name: Raine BenaresRace: ElfJob: Seeker, bride, peace talks refereeProblem: Back-stabbing diplomats, bride-hating mother-in-lawI’ve successfully destroyed the Saghred (AKA, a legendary soul-sucking ro

“You may rape the bride…” David and Jill Wade wanted a properly traditional start to their marriage. For openers, they decided to delay its consummation until after the ceremony. They planned a perfec

This is the moving story of a teenage bride who is forced back to the high-school life she thought she'd left behind. For seventeen-year-old Tam, running off to marry her musician boyfriend is the ide

Eden Huntleigh is the envy of every teenage girl in the palace. As the intended bride of Cesar, the sovereign leader of Empyrean, she has everything she could ever desire and yet she is unable to igno

Ruth's second book is a collection of true story memories of her teenage years during the Great Depression and her life as a young bride and mother before, during and after World War II. It authentica

The New York Times bestselling author of Gossamer Ghost returns to the Big Easy and the historic Garden District, where scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand discovers a bride-to-be murdered in the le

Once Upon a Mail Order Bride: Mail Order Brides: Book One New York - 1869 Carrow and Emmy Cole are left with an angry and mean tempered great uncle after their parents are murdered. Their inheritance

She'll do anything to expose her sister's killereven reunite with an ex After six years hunting The Bride Butcher, FBI agent Jared Bell is as determined as ever to find the ruthless murderer. So when

A bride on the runand a killer on the prowlhen FBI special agent Dalton Reyes discovers an amnesiatic injured bride in the trunk of a car, his protective instincts kick into high gear. Who is this mys

A bride on the runand a killer on the prowlhen FBI special agent Dalton Reyes discovers an amnesiatic injured bride in the trunk of a car, his protective instincts kick into high gear. Who is this mys

From Susan Casey, the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil's Teeth andThe Wave, a breathtaking look into the mysterious world of dolphins and their conflicted history with man.Since the dawn