The lives of young Muslim women from conservative African, south Asian, Persian and Arab nations who defy tradition in their search for love across racial and religious lines take center stage in this timely anthology. A Somali Muslim girl falls for an African-American Christian student she meets at a university in Ontario. A Kuwaiti heiress falls for the handsome biracial son of a Lebanese Christian father and Nigerian mother. Can they be together ? A Saudi Muslim woman explores her fondness for younger men. Her secret, adventurous life in the West catches up with her. Can she survive her family's wrath ? All these tales and many more await in this anthology.