Ayana is an Egyptian princess who is considered a goddess by her people due to a marking on her inner thigh which marks her as a gift from the sun god. Ayana's no goddess, but she is the spoiled daughter of a pharaoh and his Nubian queen (
Pharaoh's Desire
is the first book and tells the story of her parents). Ayana hasn't found a man to her liking so her father has arranged a marriage to a Syrian general. As the book begins, she and her grandmother are on their way to meet the general when they are overrun by bandits. The bandits kidnap
