Yielding to her sister’s persuasion, Beth Faraday goes in her place to a brides’ fair, organized for a powerful sheikh of one of the eastern countries. The girls' innocent prank turns into a disaster when Sheikh Umar begins to take an interest in Beth and chooses her as his future queen. She reciprocates his feelings, but due to the intrigues of the treacherous vizier, she has to separate from her beloved and give way to another woman as his bride.