The young Englishwoman Mandy feels quite happy working in Tunisia as a secretary for an archaeological professor. She meets and flirts with the sheikh's young and handsome son, Rayon al Hassan. The only thing that irritates the girl is the constant interference in her personal life by her arrogant nephew, Professor Stephen Chiron, who stubbornly refuses to recognize the girl’s right to do as she sees fit. The decision to do everything in defiance of Stephen pushes Mandy to rash actions that promise danger...For a wide range of readers.