Hi All,
Come on over and post a comment on this blog either today or tomorrow. I will be picking one winner at the end of the day tomorrow from amongst the visitors who post a comment.
The Forbidden Daughter is my latest release by Kensington Publishing. When a sonogram reveals that their second child is another girl, Isha and her husband Nikhil’s lives are forever altered. Their doctor suggests an abortion and her in-laws insist on it. Refusing to comply with their wishes leads to a bizarre chain of events — Isha’s husband becomes the victim of a mysterious murder plot, leaving her alone with one daughter and another on the way. Her only option is to sever her ties to her in-laws and raise her girls as a single mother.
But more danger threatens to rip apart her new life. The stakes become impossibly high — even for a woman as brave as Isha. However, love is waiting around the corner, too…..
Shobhan Bantwal
Hi Shobhan!
This sounds like a wonderful story. I’m going to read this book whether I win a copy or not. 🙂
Marci
Wow, looks really good! I had to visit your website to see why the daughter was “forbidden” but it looks like a very interesting story. It amazes me how some cultures can disregard a human life so easily.
Good luck and many sales!
J.M. Snyder
WOW!!!! Looks like a great book. You left us with just enough to make us want to read a whole lot more. Now I have to have this book. LOL
Hmmm. the sad part is that things like this really did happen. I mean wasn’t it the Chinese empire a long long time ago that was only allowed one child and they would drown their child if it was a female in hopes of getting a male. I think any type of killing is horrible and I have to say this book sounds absolutely wonderful!!!! There is nothing like a mother’s love and this takes a really great mystery and takes some twists and turns it sounds like. I hope I win so I can read it and then gush how awesome it was!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to all of you who stopped by the blog and posted your comments. I address a lot of book clubs and my non-Indian readers are fascinated by the practices that occur around the world. They have lots of questions about the dowry system (THE DOWRY BRIDE, my first book, discussed this) and now gender-selective abortions.
The sad part of this abortion issue is that it is messing with nature’s delicate balance. Already China and India are beginning to feel the shortage of women in the marriage market. Young men in China are desperate to find wives, especially in rural areas, where female feticide and infanticide are more rampant.
When will the world learn its lesson?
Shobhan