Sharif al Kader possessed the courage, arrogance and pride of a true desert king in exotic Zubani. When Samira, his betrothed, elopes with an English pilot, Kader's response is immediate. He abducts the pilot's fair sister, who is working in Zubani as a teacher, to take the place of his missing bride-to-be. Imprisoned in his lavish palace deep within the desert, Leah Marlow braces herself to fight the merciless assault of this powerful, yet gentle and sensual man. She does this against her body, her will, and her very soul.