Shadow of the Moon Kaye, M M

British India, 1857. Winter de Ballesteros arrives in Delhi to marry a stranger — a political arrangement she never wanted. But beneath the glittering surface of colonial society, rebellion is brewing. When the Sepoy Mutiny erupts, Winter finds herself caught between two worlds: the privilege she was born into and the dangerous pull toward Captain Alex Randall, a man who sees through the empire's lies. M.M. Kaye — best known for *The Far Pavilions* — delivers a sweeping historical romance thick with intrigue, violence, and impossible choices. The heat, the dust, the blood — it's all here. This is Victorian India at its most volatile, with a heroine who has to become someone else entirely to survive. For readers who want their historical fiction unapologetically romantic and meticulously researched.