Silken Barbarity

by Violet Winspear

‘Your grandfather offered you to me in exchange for L’Oasis.’ Lorne would not believe that her sole relative had left her, defenceless, in the hands of this ruthless desert hawk – and a woman was not a chattel, even in the primitive east, as Lorne set out to prove. Held captive by Razul al Kebir Bey in the fortress of El Karah, Lorne’s only desire was to escape – or was it? She was torn between her hatred and desire for this arrogant lord of the East until – in the desert – she found her fate, written in the sands.