Desert Hostage

from fictiondb: Her well-ordered life became a nightmare.

One moment Tiffany had been happily engaged in building her business; then everything came to a standstill when the harsh, all-powerful Sheikh Hassan bin Hamed al Sharif swept into her world.

According to Hassan, Tiffany was an unfit mother and she had no rights where her beloved little son--his nephew--was concerned. Her late husband had seen to that.

"The judgment of Solomon, all over again," she protested. "My son will be cut in two if I stand up for my rights. And I lose him if I don't."

Was there no alternative?