Middle Eastern Romance

 A family secret revealed 40 years ago by a grandmother to her grandson is now an acclaimed Russian historical fiction novel. A Hundred Sweet Promises is the tale of the author’s grandfather, Nasrosoltan, a famed composer, who on the eve of World War I travels from Persia to Russia to study classical music at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with such masters as Rimsky-Korsakov. 

His brother is in jail because of her. Her sister will be his bride and pay the price. The flame burns hotter when she's the ultimate sacrifice. Dark and dangerous Dara is the brother of her father's sworn enemy. He's the vicious villain and handsome as sin. His heart is full of darkness. Her father has warned her to stay away from men like him. His brother is still in jail because of Cyrah who's a thousand miles away. Her younger sister Ismat will suffer.

Eleventh century, Northern Spain. Isabella has been a nun in the Christian kingdom of Galicia since she was a child, a gifted herbalist leading a quiet and spiritual life, devoted to God. But on a rare journey outside of the convent, she is taken by Viking raiders and sold to Morocco as a slave. Cruelly treated by her first owner, salvation comes from an unlikely source: Yusuf bin Tashfin, leader of a vast Muslim army intent on conquering all of North Africa. Isabella must struggle not only to survive her new life but to hold true to her faith, which is tested by great dangers...