Book excerpt: In the desert country of Jemeya, Princess Marina had a strict upbringing bound by old laws. “But, can I really continue living my life in which I'm married off to someone my father chose for me?” She leaps out of the country and graduats from an American university where she falls in love with Sheikh Bahir. But, the price to freely love who she wants is more than she bargained for. As he coldly tells her, "Love and family are a hindrance to me," she leaves without saying a word. I'll keep holding on to that secret I can never speak of.