Islands of the Blessed

Lives connect in Egypt's remote Dakhla Oasis. When Oxford anthropologist Pen sees Madison Watson; an American paleontologist; he is smitten--by her beauty and her uncompromising intelligence. But the sands of the desert are not the only things shifting. The arrival of Byron changes everything. He may think of himself as a romantic; but he is a man filled with darkness--something Ib; hiding his sexuality from his conservative family; will soon discover to his detriment.
Lurking in the shadows is the naive but determined Shani; torn between her passion and her convictions.