Desert Love

The story started out pretty strongly, with Englishwoman Jill, smug in her English superiority, bouncing around the Middle East in her job as lady's companion. One day while she's hanging around with a bunch of other vacationers, she sees a dusky and attractive native and has her curiosity piqued. When everyone else embarks for the next stage of the tour, she "wanders off" so she can get left behind. After a near escape by a slaver, she is rescued by her dusky stranger and gets swept up in the romance of the desert and her very Arab suitor.