His Hour

At two in the morning, with Cairo’s tourists gone, Tamara sits alone before the Sphinx—and hears its stone silence accuse her of having no soul. Then a stranger rises from the sand and asks if she would like to see a little of the Arabian Nights.

A young widow from a proper English family, Tamara has spent her life following other people’s rules. Now, beneath Egypt’s deep-blue night sky, the Sphinx’s challenge stirs a question she has barely dared to ask: can she think and choose for herself? When a bold, captivating foreigner appears beside her, the encounter draws her toward the very sensations and freedoms her sheltered upbringing taught her to distrust. Tamara has already defied convention by coming alone; what will she risk when the night offers her an unexpected adventure?

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