Desert Hostage

the long version

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."