Jacky was 23 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- sahring 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 turned into a nightmare. As a blue-eyed blonde she was never going to fit in with life in a poor suburb where the women walked at all times with their heads bowed. During the next 6 years her seemingly gallant husband subjected her two little girls but how? This tense story never quite ends. Even now, back in 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...