Stained is the story of a wronged young woman, and her fight for justice. The novel revolves around an 18-year British Pakistani girl, Selina, who is raped by a trusted friend of the family. After the attack, she goes to extreme lengths to prevent bringing what she perceives as shame to her widowed mother's door, and to avoid tarnishing the family's honor and reputation. However, this leads her down a dark dangerous path from which there may be no return. Stained is a gripping and compelling story, and has been described by Booklist as the “contemporary Tess of the d’Urbervilles”.