While staying at Lady Merrill’s French Riviera villa, flame haired and beautiful American heiress Nevada van Arden passes her time by casually breaking the hearts of her many ardent suitors – particularly that of young David, Lord Merrill.
When his uncle, intrepid explorer and diplomat Tyrone Strome, overhears her cruel humiliation of his lovelorn nephew, he resolves to teach this ‘vixen’ a lesson – and save David from his misery.
Tyrone Strome abducts Nevada, spiriting her away in his luxury yacht to Morocco.
There the reluctant voyager, swaddled in native clothing, is terrified by the perils of the Sahara and its nomadic tribesmen. But, as they flee from certain death or worse, they find sanctuary in a beautiful hidden valley, a second Garden of Eden, where to Nevada’s surprise, love begins to blossom in the desert.
She was cruel, selfish and utterly spoiled.

An American heiress as rich as she was beautiful, she delighted in encouraging young men to fall in love with her so that she might break their hearts.

Enraged by her callousness, Tyrone Strome decided to teach the young lady a lesson. He drugged her, abducted her, imprisoned her aboard his yacht and set out to sea--denying her servants, forcing her to cook her own meals.

Tyrone was determined to find the woman behind the vixen. ( )