"Haris Abadi is a man in search of a cause. An Arab American with a conflicted past, he is now in Turkey, attempting to cross into Syria and join the fight against Bashar al-Assad's regime. But he is robbed before he can make it, and is taken in by Amir, a charismatic Syrian refugee and former revolutionary, and Amir's wife, Daphne, a sophisticated beauty haunted by grief. As it becomes clear that Daphne is also desperate to return to Syria, Haris's...

Former aid worker Freeman Lockhart is blackmailed into spying on his former Jordanian friend and co-worker Omar al-Baroody in order to prevent an act of terrorism against Washington's highest power brokers.

Warrenside, Pennsylvania, a once prosperous town has fallen on hard times. Kat Warren-Bineki, granddaughter of a proud old-guard industralist, falls in love with Max Asad, the son of a newly arrived Lebanese entrepreneur. Their forbidden romance sparks tensions between generations and cultures.--from publisher's description.