Fourteen years ago, Dr. Nell Warren fell madly in love with Sheikh Khalil al Kalada—although he could never be hers, for a brief time their passion was intense. Now Nell is faced with an emergency and is forced to seek him out. She journeys to the cosmopolitan oasis city where Kal is now a successful surgeon. He is the only man who can save her son's life. Not because of his skill, but because Kal is Patrick's father&3133;.