The Sand Rose — Margaret Summerton

Raven-haired and lovely young Rachel Clement left England and its memories of death and guilt. Within the secluded luxury of her brother Raymond's Villa Jasmine in North Africa, she hoped to restore her shattered nerves.

But there was no rest, no solace, at the Villa, where Raymond cast fear-haunted eyes at every stranger ... where his exquisitely beautiful native wife had turned as brittle as a sand flower in the desert ... where two handsome men played tug-of-war with Rachel's heart ... and where a secret horror beckoned the terrified girl beyond the borders of sanity ... .