Jade sacrifices nearly everything to succumb to thesensuous pleasures of wealthy sheikh Khalil...only torealize she's simply another notch in his well-wornbedpost. But Jade can be sneakier than forty thieveswhen it means getting what she wants! Despite the paroxysms of panic from her in-laws, wealthywidow Lady Morvall sets off to traverse the Middle East--alone. That is, until she succumbs to a feverish affair withAndrew Fenton, an enigmatic libertine.... Karim, the heir apparent to the throne of Zafsid, a smallbut wealthy state, is convinced English teacher Prue Smithis responsible for his sister's disappearance. Despite hisunexpected attraction to her, Karim will do whateveris necessary to protect his family--even if it meansblackmailing Prue and abducting her back to Zafsid!