Of Love & Hate: A political thriller

By Wessel Ebersohn

OF LOVE AND HATE is a story of the passion between a man and woman from radically different countries and backgrounds.The love between Rana Sone, a young New Yorker and Salim al-Khadir, heir to a huge Saudi Arabian fortune is threatened by a mistake she made. Before she ever met Salim she worked for a few days as an escort. In that time she saw just four clients, the last of which attacked her, leaving her unconscious on a New York street.The al-Khadir family built up their fortune over three generations. Most of the family lives in a palace in Riyadh while Salim, who handles the family's international interests, occupies a four-storey mansion in New York City. He takes Rana thereafter he finds her injured. They are married in a secular ceremony in New York, and again in a Muslim ceremony in Riyadh.Rana believes she can adapt to her new family, their ways and their religion, but when she meets Barkodan, Salim's young half-sister, her certainties begin to fall away. Apart from the possibility of her own secret being revealed, he discovers that Barkodan is being imprisoned in the palace for passionately kissing another teenage girl. The girl's action is seen as perverse and warranting punishment.The matter is driven to a crisis by an incident of which Rana seems to be guilty, bringing her into conflict with the family, the country and possibly Salim himself. She sees no way out.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1676682651
• ISBN13: 9781676682653
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"