Lucy flies into the Yemen, ready to risk everything to save her kidnapped brother. She is met at the airport by handsome Conor Kendall, the enigmatic leader of the rescue mission, and is drawn into a perilous adventure in the desert where she and Conor soon find themselves alone. Lucy's instincts tell her to trust him completely, but her sensible side warns her that he is not the man he appears to be, and that putting her life in his hands may be the most dangerous thing she has ever done.