After disappearing from Sidonie Sullivan's life, Khalil ibn Amir al-Nazari is back, as breathtakingly gorgeous as ever. Now he's a king, and to her utter shock he insists on enforcing the marriage pact she scribbled on a cocktail napkin five years ago! Khalil became ruler of a kingdom in disarray. He needs Sidonie to help him restore a sense of possibility--and joy--to Al Da'ira. Will revealing the singular longing he feels for her be enough to convince innocent Sidonie that he wants her for herself, and not just his queen?-- Back cover.