Nicole

Labelled an Afrikaans"traitor's" child, Nicole is desperate for acceptance since her recent move todangerously polarized small-town South Africa. When the bruisedvulnerability of the white ballerina collides with the untamable desire of theIndian rebel, their intense bond is obvious to their families, her brother andMosh, Naseem's closest confidant and township activist, who cannot accept the new rival's presence. Upon being whiskedacross the globe, an exquisite socialite lures Nicole into glamoroussuperficiality. She fails, however, to grasp the sensitive balance between Naseem and Nicole until betrayal and death spirals Nicole into depravation, while Naseemconfronts his bloodlust. Set against the tightrope of Apartheid South Africa and thehedonism of 1980s Greece, Ronel Golden's Nicole is a historical-fiction,romantic thriller, binge-read that will "have your heart pounding" andultimately "take your breath away".