Little Hussein was Ashley’s son – but she had not seen him since his birth seven years ago, when her husband Hassan’s family, considering her responsible for his death, had taken the child away from her and sent her packing. Now at last she had the chance to be with her child again. His uncle Alain, Hassan’s brother, had offered her a job as Hussein’s governess, in their palatial home in the Middle Eastern oil state. But she must never let her son know who she was – and she must continue to put up with suspicion and hostility of his relatives, and with Alain’s utter hatred…