Dr Jenny Stapleton has devoted herself to those in need around the globe, risking her life but never her heart - she's done that before and lost it, along with her husband and her unborn child. In Zaheer she meets Dr Kam Rahman, a man she thinks is only a doctor - but actually he is a sheikh. Sheikh Kamid Rahman al'Kawali is heir to the throne of Zaheer. By travelling anonymously he can better address his country's needs, and he is struck by Jen's passion for his people - and the passion she arouses in him. He is soon to ascend the throne, and knows he wants this desert doctor as his queen.