A bearded face in a mirror... A holy man in a mosque in the heart of Iran... A stranger in a toy shop in Oxford Street... A surgeon in Bristol Royal Infirmary... They all have one thing in common: piercing, ice blue eyes. And whenever they are seen, happiness and good fortune seem to follow.Rose, for instance, on holiday in Iran with her father, finds that a disfiguring birthmark on her beautiful face has disappeared. She also gets herself a husband. Others, caught up in desperate intrigues involving car chases, kidnapped children, family revelations and savage twists of fortune, find that fate - or is it the mysterious stranger? - lends them a hand in their hour of danger.And there's plenty of that. Rose's niece, Zoe, finds herself the object of the foul attentions of her brother-in-law. How she and her boyfriend, Dean, cross continents and cultural divides to defeat the enemy is the core of this sexually charged novel set in London and the Middle East, with a thrilling climax on Mount Ararat in the wilds of Turkey. Not to be missed!