Love had no part in her plans
Victor Tourelle was as tawny and rugged as the Moroccan landscape itself. He thought Madeline's father was a fool to let her come to this country with no one to protect her except her employer.

But Madeline was an independent-minded woman, and she had every intention of following her father's advice not to fall in love.

Love, however, she quickly learned, has nothing whatever to do with intentions!