Shamim Sarif Books in Order

In apartheid-era South Africa, independent café owner Amina forms an unexpected connection with married mother Miriam. Their attraction challenges the restrictions of their Indian community, while helping a woman evade police places them in greater danger.

Alexander Ivanov has spent decades in America avoiding memories of his life in Soviet Russia and his late wife Katya. Two women enter his life, reopening his heart and pressing for the truth about her past.

Preparing for her wedding, London-based Tala meets Leyla, a British Indian woman dating her best friend. Their growing attraction challenges religious expectations and family duties, leaving both women to confront the lives planned for them.

Shamim Sarif gathers personal blog writing about filmmaking, books, parenting, and family life. Photographs accompany her accounts of adapting her novels for the screen, sharing everyday experiences alongside stories from work on her film productions.

Jessie Archer is expelled from a secret agency after violating its rule against killing. Determined to finish an operation targeting a human trafficker in Belgrade, she works alone while her former teammates are ordered to stop her.

An attack on a girls' school draws Jessie Archer and Athena into an operation in India. Investigating powerful interests behind the violence, Jessie faces difficult choices between rescuing an individual and protecting many more potential victims.