Shannon Drake's spellbinding new novel sweeps from the elite circles of London society to the golden sands of Egypt and the sacred places of the heart. When Kat Adair plunges into the waves to rescue a drowning man, it marks the beginning of an odyssey that will sweep the fisherman's daughter on an adventure of danger and desire Convinced she is in love with the man she saved, Egyptologist David Turnberry, she plots a bout of amnesia so she can linger among the highborn, hoping to win David's heart away from his betrothed! But Hunter MacDonald—rugged archaeologist, bold adventurer—is wise to her little charade and determined to protect his best friend. Undaunted, Kat stows away on the ship carrying David and Hunter's expedition to the land of the Pharaohs. When scandal ensues, Hunter vows the only way to protect his friend, and keep this confounding woman out of trouble, is to make her his wife! Inevitably, in the sultry heat of the desert, passions ignite. But as the secrets of the ancient tombs are revealed, terrible danger also unfolds. Is it a legendary curse or pure human evil?
