Fiction/Romance Novel – Human Interest (with well-researched history and customs).

This passionate drama is set in the sands of the desert, ancient Egypt. Accomplished Egyptologist, Anina Shapiro’s life changes, when she embarks on a search for her missing twin brother Jonas. Her journey takes her from Cairo to the Valley of kings. Connor O’Hearn, Jonas’s best friend, accompanies her as her protector only. He is in love with her, but she is unaware of this. Somehow nothing goes to plan. There are only a few clues to Jonas’s disappearance. Is it coincidence, that Anina meets the mysterious Bedouin, Shekhar Fahir? During the troublesome search for Jonas, travelling to several historic sites, feelings between Anina and Shekhar escalate, but tradition and cultures trap both in their own world. There can’t be a future for them. Will Connor come to her rescue or will fate bring Shekhar back into her life?

"The clapping sound of thunder and lightning, flashing, bounding of the walls in her room, awoke Anina with an ominous feeling. Something wasn't right! Her first thoughts went to her parents, living in their opulent mansion on Sovereign Island. Her father, a professor and lecturer of history at the University, and her mother, Leila, a well-known socialite, both enjoyed good health. No bad vibes came from that direction. Somehow, her mind focussed more on her twin brother, Jonas. They'd always been close, sensing and feeling very similar, as twins mostly did. Was he in danger? . . . "