Book excerpt: Bella, the daughter of a wealthy family, disgraced the Balfour name and was banished to the desert as punishment. She had lived in the city and led an exciting life?she couldn’t bear the uncivilized life of the desert camp, so she decided to escape to a nearby village… Sheikh Zafiq, the country’s ruler, was headed to the desert for his yearly week of relaxation and meditation when he rescues a woman who has collapsed in his path. What will happen to these opposites who met in the middle of the desert? What will happen when they start living in an oasis together under the same roof?