In the Arabian desert, powerful Sheik Mohammed is master of all. He is a man whose word is supreme and his people look to him for guidance and support.Yet when a young blonde Englishwoman is brought before him as a slave to be sold, he is captivated. He pays an outrageous sum and forces her to join his harem though Katharine refused to bend to his will. Katharine Fairfax is the youngest daughter of English landed gentry. An educated beauty, she lives a privileged life until she rebuffs an older Baron’s proposition that she become his mistress. She refuses and to seek revenge he has her kidnapped and taken far away to the Arab world. As a young woman used to the safety of her family in England, Katharine must now navigate inside an Arab palace filled with intrigue and sexual tension.Though she longs to return home, she soon finds herself falling under the Sheik’s spell. But though Mohammed is intrigued and drawn to the foreign beauty, forces inside the palace work to tear the two lovers apart.