Bound by Sand and Soul
Three thousand years ago, Princess Nefertari lost everything.
She watched her father, Pharaoh Seti I, die. She watched the man she loved, the High Priest Imhotep, condemned to the Hom-Dai. And as he was buried beneath the sands of Egypt, she believed that chapter of her life had finally come to an end.
She was wrong.
In 1926, Nefertari lives again as Amira Carnahan Bay-scholar, warrior, Chieftainess of the Twelve Tribes of the Medjai, and beloved wife of Ardeth Bay.
For years, Amira has balanced two worlds. To her siblings, Evelyn and Jonathan Carnahan, she is simply their brilliant sister. To the Medjai, she is one of their most respected leaders, sworn to protect Egypt from the darkness buried beneath its sands.
When Jonathan discovers an ancient key and Evelyn becomes determined to find the lost city of Hamunaptra, Amira knows exactly what danger awaits them.
Unable to stop her family from chasing history, she joins the expedition herself, determined to keep them alive.
But when Hamunaptra is opened and the cursed High Priest Imhotep is awakened, Amira finds herself facing more than an ancient evil.
She comes face to face with her past.
To Imhotep, she is Princess Nefertari reborn-the woman he loved, lost, and never forgot.
To Ardeth Bay, she is his wife, his equal, and the woman he would cross the desert to protect.
As ancient memories return and old wounds are reopened, Amira must decide whether the bonds of a former life are stronger than the love she has chosen in this one.
With Egypt hanging in the balance and darkness rising once more, she will discover that some souls are destined to meet again...
Even after three thousand years.
And some hearts belong exactly where they are.