Adara Khan

Adara Khan is the title character in Adara's Apostasy, the eighth book in the Free Spirits series. A graduate student at Clymer University, she is researching Chief Graham's policies towards sex work in the city of Stallbrook, while also exploring her own sexuality, including encounters with members of the Free Spirit Connection. The daughter of an Indian father and an American Jewish mother, she is described in the book as a "petite woman with tawny skin, dark wavy hair and round expressive eyes." Adara is a devoted feminist, committed and active in a number of causes, including support for the Swedish Model and its aim of abolishing the sex trade by ending demand. Her interactions with the Free Spirits, along with exploring BDSM and open relationships (including reconnecting with her ex-boyfriend Stuart Nathanson) lead her to question her views on sexual expression generally and sex work specifically. In the end, she finds the confidence to confront her former mentor Bridie Chase, and to embrace a more inclusive and sex-positive feminism.
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