Lady Celia Cleveden considers herself practical, resourceful and independent; the perfect wife for a junior diplomat. But George, her husband, seems more interested in her playing the nurse than a wife, and Celia is beginning to wonder if the match has been a huge mistake. En route to the exotic kingdom of Qโadiz, they are set upon by bandits and George is killed, leaving Celia at the mercy of the kingdomโs fiercely attractive prince, Sheikh Ramiz al-Muhanna.