Madeleine went to Turkey as companion to Ursula Adeney who was searching for her brother-in-law.

But Ursula was a creature of impulse and disappeared to visit friends, leaving Madeleine stranded in Istanbul. There was no one to whom she could turn for help except the lordly Maruk Bey, who had told her that he found her 'dark, mysterious, and very, very beautiful.'

Could Madeleine trust such a man to aid her?