Jacky was twenty-three when she arrived in Egypt for a holiday with her boyfriend, Dave. Little did she know that an innocent holiday would result in a horror beyond her imagination. Separated from Dave in a bustling street, Jacky fell and twisted her ankle, only to be swept up by a handsome, chivalrous Egyptian called Omar. It was love at first sight. Jacky spent those ten days living with the family- sharing a bed with Omar's sister-irresistibly attracted to Omar. Swept away by her infatuation she married him before returning to England to her parents.

Returning to Cairo against her parents' advice but full of hopes and plans, Jacky's dream turn into a nightmare. As a blue-eyed blonde she was never going to fit in with the life in a poor suburb wher the women walked at all times with their head bowed. During the next six years her seemingly gallant husband subjected her to non-stop physical and emotional abuse. She had to escape with her two little girls but how? This tense story never quite ends. Even now, back in the UK, Jacky is living in the shadow of a death threat and has to protect herself and her daughters minute by minute, day by day, never quite sure what may be around the corner....