Determined to prove her worth as a budding archeologist, Ginesse Braxton
vows to solve one of the world's greatest mysteries--to find the
location of the lost city of Zerzura. Unfortunately, no man dares take
the risk of escorting the resolute young scholar across the open desert.
But on her way to Egypt, Ginesse engages in a daring deception: She will
switch places with Mildred Whimpelhall, who is traveling to meet her
fiancé.
Cynical adventurer Jim Owen will do anything to escape the dark secrets
of his troubled past. Betrayed by the woman he loved and scorned by
proper society, he agrees to carry out a danger-fraught task: escort
Mildred Whimpelhall across a lawless desert to her intended. But Jim is
about to learn that "Mildred" isn't exactly what she seems...and the
dangers they face together are eclipsed by an even greater peril:
falling in love, against all reason, with another guy's bride.