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.