Finding a badly beaten man in the Sussex countryside of 1826 was a shock for Charlotte Rippon, but she succored his needs, only to discover that he didn’t seem to speak English. Prince Karim Alexander, working undercover between London and Istanbul, felt it safer for her not to know anything, but he had not counted on his foe’s ingenuity. He snatched Charlotte from her home and attempted to place her in the Emir’s harem. Only Alexander’s intervention could save her, but would the price be too high?