Dune Queen

When Salima Farhan turns eighteen, she thinks she's finally old enough to escape the absurd teachings of the cult her parents joined ever since she was a kid, but Farik Masood, the founder and leader of the Crescent Compound, has other plans for her: he wants her to join a recruitment program to bring in more cult members.

Salima agrees to join the program in order to eventually escape—but she quickly regrets that decision when she finds out Masood's 'program' is actually a front for something far more sinister. Knocked unconscious before she can run, she wakes up two months later, only to be told that she now has the same magic as djinn, mischievous, mythical beings who are normally invisible to the human eye. And as a reward for these powers, she's expected to use her new abilities to help Masood take over the world.

Desperate for a way to fight back, Salima must turn to the one ally she never expected: the handsome, possessive djinn who has sworn to protect her enemy. He says their marriage is a fake arrangement to keep her alive. He says it’s nothing but strategy. Yet his protectiveness burns like a brand, his touch feels more and more like a claim, and the line between temporary and forever begins to dissolve in the heat of the desert. In a dark fantasy romance where love can be both a strength and a weakness, Salima has to decide whether her heart is another weapon Masood will use—or the one force that could set her free.