A story about a woman, just starting life, her father is involved with terrorists who is using him to keep them from going to jail, their gaurantee from him is his daughter. A marriage which it more one of being a hostage, is hell, her only goal is escape
Nashida loves belly dancing, she is truly a Princess in the making, the daughter of a prominent Egyptian politician. Little did she know that her father’s career was one stained by the company he keeps.
In order to maintain control over the influence of Nashida’s father Abdula
Hussein wants him to give his daughter in marriage to his son Duran as a guarantee that he would do all in his power to keep Duran from going to jail for his terrorists acts, if for some reason he fails, she dies.
The marriage was fast, lots of tears, disappointment in her father was utmost, it was not happy, her honey moon is a night of rape, that is the life she comes to know but did not accept.
Abdula’s department, now under investigation gets in the way of further helping Hussein and his son. He must now leave Egypt because the possibility of prison seems eminent, he leave for Saudi Arabia with Nashida
Through an old connection he gets a job working for a Prince, after knowing who he is the Prince has him continue his terrorist activities by making special trips. Nashida receives employment in the Palace of the Prince
Her Job was communications, which gave her access to computers, she starts browsing the wed looking for counseling to help the painful life that she has, in so doing she connects with an online counselor named Graham
The relationship between them got romantic to the point where she wants to meet Graham at any cost, with the price she is currently paying, nothing was to high.
When you work for a Prince in Saudi Arabia your rewards for good work is endless and money is no object. For his good services to the Prince he and Nashida receives an all expense paid trip to Paris, of course while there he has some business to do for the Prince
Nashida’s mind went to work and asks Graham to visit Paris when they are there, her plan is, when Duran leaves during the day she would use that time to meet with Graham
They met, have a great time together, Graham finds it strange that she had no luggage, was staying somewhere else, and later finds out the she is married, this throws him and the relationship for a loop
They recovered from the loop, they make love, this time she gets back to her suite without enough time to clean up, her husband suspects something is up. He takes some suspicious looking tissues from the garbage, puts it in his pocket
Back in Saudi Arabia where is his wife is teaching a Saudi Princess to belly dance for a belly dancing contest among the Princesses. If she wins the payment to Nashida is a secret exit from Saudi Arabia.
Duran has his tissues analyze to find out they are another man’s sperm. The Princess does win they belly dancing competition and he night when her escape is planned Duran messes it all up by killing her driver, nailing the murder on her and the charge of adultery for which he had proof.
She is tried, sentenced to death, in the mean time Graham is going crazy over the news that she will die. As faith would have it, the Sultan in Saudi Arabia would help him if he can find is nephew who was supposed to be in an American prison innocently for 911, it turns out that he was fleecing his uncle for made up legal bills and was not in prison at all, it was his appearance and freedom for Nashida’s
The Sultan came through, Nashida makes it to the US, she gets married to Graham in a beautiful wedding, starts a new life……………….
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Reviewed by Judy Lloyd
12/30/2004
I would hope that the story has a happy ending. I got interested in the story.
