Zuleika was a princess and a prince's wife before becoming Potiphar's wife. In the absence of their sailor husbands, she co-rules the island of Crete with her mother. But when disaster almost wipes out Crete, Zuleika is forced to give up her future in order to preserve the Minoans she loves. Zuleika's father is certain that his successful commerce with Egypt will fulfil Pharaoh's duty to wed his daughter and get a bride price that will preserve Crete. She is instead given to Potiphar, the leader of his bodyguards, who is a crusty bachelor twice her age who would rather have a new horse than a Minoan wife. The Pharaoh refuses to take her. Abandoned by her father, rejected by Pharaoh, and humiliated by Potiphar?s indifference, Zuleika yearns for the homeland she adores. In the political hotbed of Egypt?s foreign dynasty, her obsession to return to Crete spirals into deception. When she betrays Joseph?her Hebrew servant with the face and body of the gods?she discovers only one love is worth risking everything.