Review: A highly-charged love story in a romantic setting
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 19, 2013
Right from the start of this novel I was drawn by the heroine, a quiet, reserved young woman with a core of steel, and her relationship with Lucas Saintclair, a cynical, world weary hero who is obliged to guide this seemingly Victorian miss across the Sahara.  The first few pages set the scene for a novel full of romance, passion and intrigue.I also loved the fact that in Marie Laval's writing the desert plays as great a part in the novel as the characters who inhabit it.  I was fascinated by her descriptions of a world few of us get to see.  The heat of the Sahara added to the growing passion between Harriet and Lucas, as Lucas comes to realise there is more to this quiet young woman than he at first believed.This novel is a highly-charged love story in an exotic setting, full of danger and intrigue, and I thoroughly enjoyed it!