The lioness of morocco, paperback/julia drosten

Independent-minded Sibylla Spencer feels trapped in nineteenth-century London, where her strong will and progressive views have rendered her unmarriageable.

Still single at twenty-three, she is treated like a child and feels stifled in her controlling fathers house.

When Benjamin Hopkins, an ambitious employee of her fathers trading company, shows an interest in her, she realizes marriage is her only chance to escape.

As Benjamins rising career whisks them both away to exotic Morocco, Sibylla is at last a citizen of the world, reveling in her newfound freedom by striking her first business deals, befriending locals.

and falling in love for the first time with a charismatic and handsome Frenchman.

But Benjamins lust for money and influence draws him into dark dealings, pulling him ever further from Sibylla and their two young sons.

When hes arrested on horrible charges, the fate of Sibyllas family rests on her shoulders, as she must decide whether shell leave him to his fate or help him fight for his life.