The Jasmine Wife

I purchased the book yesterday and, unable to put it down, finished today. It is a page-turner by definition, and more than that it is a beautiful and intense read.

A young Englishwoman marries an Englishman stationed in India where he eventually sends for his bride to live with him. Sara has been raised by a recalcitrant aunt and uncle having been orphaned as a child in India and sent to them as nearest of kin. She eventually meets her future husband, Charles, on leave in England.

Her arrival/retutn to India brings forth strong snippets of remembrance of the country of her birth and begins with an extremely prosaic event upon docking. The sights, sounds and smells are described admirably by the author as are the thoughts and emotions of Sara as she begins her new life as the wife of a man she hardly knows.

I have to give high marks to this author’s keen ability to draw this reader into the story as Sara awakens to an unsatisfactory and unsavory life married to a man with limited abilities as a husband and abhorrent treatment of the native Indian people in his role as the English magistrate.

In the meanwhile Sara is introduced to a half-caste Frenchman rumored to be a womanizer amongst other things. He is a fascinating enigma and Sara finds herself enthralled by his mystery as she strives to be a solid and loving wife to her rather hard husband. Charlie’s attempts to constrain his wife’s high spiritedness and compassion for the native community are stifling.

The scenes are short but memorable. The characters well described and developed. The plot is outstanding.

This is a definite recommendation, by me, to readers of historical fiction and romance. I absolutely loved this book.

I lived in this area as a young girl and was able to relate to the culture and other descriptions of the people. This was a simple and straight forward book with some small twists and turns. The character development was adequate and I loved how the author kept me engaged in the story. This is the first book I have read by her and like her style . I would recommend this book to those who are interested in historical romance and in India. I would read more books by this author.

The descriptions of India and all its beauty almost takes you into a fantasy world. Some really good shocking parts in this story,but during the middle you get the feeling like you’re on a merry-go-round .Really shows you how these arranged marriages are doomed from the beginning. Love always wins out.

This was the misspelling story line I’ve ever read, I could not put it down once started, hoping that it would end the why of dreams and yet wanting to find out more with every page,,

This was a mesmerizing story, beautifully written about an English woman marrying a British officer stationed in India. It tells of the beauty of India along with the prejudices of the British against the Indians. Descriptions were beautiful. Im not fond of prolonged descriptions interfering with the story line, and these didnt.
A gifted writer.

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