Harem

'Harem' is a romantic historical novel set in Topkapi Palace of the Ottoman empire.This novel takes place at that world-famous crossroads between East and West, the endlessly beautiful Bosphorous strait. It is an epic story of romance and the way the action flows makes for a true Turkish delight. Weaving together the tales of an Ottoman princess and a young girl in the Ottoman harem, they travel through joy and hardship, love and pain in order to in the end, overcome adversity and discover their true selves.One morning in the fogs of central Anatolia, a young girl goes out to check on the animals that her family keeps, and she never comes back. Out of a thick gray wall of fog thunders a rider on a great black horse, reaching down with one arm and snatching her up as he rides by, never losing speed. She is taken up into the mountains before making a long involuntary journey to the shore, where the rider haggles with a merchant for a good price for the girl. She sails for...