Claimed by the Native — Rea Thomas

Rosie, unable to deal with the fallout from a failed engagement, decides to backpack through India with the misguided notion of “finding herself”. She has spanned the country, visited temples and explored the culture -- all without finding anything but the realization her problems have come abroad with her.

Then, as her southward journey brings her to Kerala, Rosie meets a local farmer, a man who barely speaks English but who manages to reignite a zest for life within her. She is instantly attracted to him, for not only is he exquisitely gorgeous, he is also mysterious. When he invites her to his modest home in the rural outskirts of town for the sole purpose of sex, Rosie knows agreeing would be foolish and dangerous. All the guidebooks warn about such stupidity and yet she is powerless to resist.

Soon Rosie finds what she came to India for -- liberation from her sadness and a little adventure.