Hastie Salih
Author of contemporary, women's and LGBTQ fiction
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Dahlia & Carys
Dahlia finds herself plagued with flashbacks of not intervening in her schoolfriend Yasmine’s kidnapping by ISIS in Iraq. Back in London, her brother Elias is showing perilous signs of affiliation with terrorists. All the while, Dahlia is slowly opening up to a captivating new presence in London: Carys.
She begins to find solace in their relationship of love and trust. Yet Dahlia feels that she cannot truly move on with her life until she returns to Iraq, the place wrought with guilt. Will Carys, who is becoming increasingly disillusioned with the organisation she is working for, the NHS, join her on this dangerous journey to find Yasmine?
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Reviews
"Absolutely devoured this book (...) Dahlia is an interesting character with a lot going on in her current life, as well as memories of her old life in Iraq. I loved the relationship between Dahlia and Carys and the journey they went on and how they both helped to heal each other from their old lives."
- E J Cook
"Wow! What a story. I loved this book. It is beautifully written, emotive and engaging. The author covers many themes in a sensitive and thought provoking way, whilst simultaneously engrossing the reader in the developing relationship with the characters. Highly recommended read."
- Amazon Review
"Dahlia and Carys is a story of love and danger. Love of country, culture, family and each other, and the dangers inherent in each of these aspects of love. Hastie Salih never plunges the reader headlong into her character's experiences, but rather waits with them as time and tension build. It as if the writer, the reader and the characters are moving through time at the same pace."