Download or read book Representing Difference in the Medieval and Modern Orientalist Romance written by Amy Burge and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the first full-length cross-period comparison of medieval and modern literature, offers cutting edge research into the textual and cultural legacy of the Middle Ages: a significant and growing area of scholarship. At the juncture of literary, cultural and gender studies, and capitalizing on a renewed interest in popular western representations of the Islamic east, this book proffers innovative case studies on representations of cross-religious and cross-cultural romantic relationships in a selection of late medieval and twenty-first century Orientalist popular romances. Comparing the tropes, characterization and settings of these literary phenomena, and focusing on gender, religion, and ethnicity, the study exposes the historical roots of current romance representations of the east, advancing research in Orientalism, (neo)medievalism and medieval cultural studies. Fundamentally, Representing Difference invites a closer look at medieval and modern popular attitudes towards the east, as represented in romance, and the kinds of solutions proposed for its apparent problems.

Download or read book Ruling Sheikh Unruly Mistress written by Susan Stephens and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women around the world sighed when Sheikh Razi al Maktabi declared his playboy days were over and duty would be his new mistress. But he found time for one final fling before he took his desert throne, and curvy chef Lucy Tennant certainly whetted His Majesty's appetite. A wiz in the kitchen, Lucy was a beginner in the bedroom, and Razi couldn't resist one last challenge. But one night has led to the scandal of the century! Lucy has unexpectedly arrived at the desert palace with her luggage…proud and pregnant!

Download or read book For the Sheikh s Pleasure written by Annie West and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sheikh is determined to seduce a troubled woman he spots on the beach in this sexy contemporary romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. Rosalie Winters is a challenge. Beautiful and aloof, she doesn’t play the games of flirtation and seduction that Sheikh Arik Kareem Ben Hassan expects from women. She intrigues him with her lack of sophistication and guile. Arik realizes he must move slowly to gain her trust. Rosalie is quiet, even withdrawn, as though something has changed her. But Arik also knows that once she’s at his command Rosalie will welcome the loving that only he can give her. . . .

Download or read book Duty Desire and the Desert King written by Jane Porter and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-11-11 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the black sheep of the Fehrs, a powerful desert family, middle son Zayed has sworn off love and marriage. This playboy prince is happiest when cruising the casinos of Monte Carlo. But then family tragedy leaves him the heir to his kingdom's throne. Custom dictates that a wife must be seated beside him, and he's got just the bride in mind…. Rou Tournell is a feisty, independent woman—and if she won't marry Zayed for duty, maybe desire will help persuade her….

Download or read book The Desert Kings written by Jane Porter and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master of the desert meets the mistress of his heart! Duty & Desire When tragedy leaves playboy Prince Zayed as heir to the throne, custom dictates that he must take a bride. Rou Tournell is a feisty, independent woman and if she won't marry Zayed for duty, maybe desire will help persuade her! Diamonds & Desert Kaliq Al-Zahir A zam has never forgiven Tamara Weston for rejecting his proposal, choosing her modelling career over marriage. His desire hasn't dimmed, nor has his plan to woo Tamara into his bed. He makes Tamara an offer she simply can't refuse! Princes & Passion Brooding Prince Kamal Aal Masood desperately needs a bride to provide stability to his country but the only woman he will consider making his queen is the woman whose heart he broke seven years ago. Kamal will have to make Aliyah his wife by royal decree

Download or read book Hidden in the Sheikh s Harem written by Michelle Conder and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kidnapped by the desert prince... Prince Zachim Darkhan of Bakaan never expected to find himself bound and at the mercy of his nemesis. But with a skillful ease borne of years as a warrior he escapes his bonds...then takes the man's daughter as his captive and hides her away in his harem! But Farah Hajjar is no man's prisoner, and as the power play between them escalates so, too, does Zachim's desire to taste the forbidden, sensual delights their chemistry promises. As the line between hatred and desire blurs he's led past the point of no return. Now they'll find themselves captured...in marriage!

Download or read book The Desert King s Bejewelled Bride written by Sabrina Philips and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kaliq Al-Zahir A'zam cannot believe the audacity of Tamara Weston! This teasing little virgin, who once rejected his proposal of marriage, is now a top model, displaying her body on advertising billboards for all to see. Kaliq still wants Tamara, so he sees to it that she returns to his kingdom for the assignment of her career—she will model the royal jewels she should have worn as his bride, and deliver to him the wedding night he was previously denied….

Download or read book THE DESERT KING Colored Version written by Olivia Gates and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Princess Aliyah arrives to her wedding in a black wedding dress. This is a declaration of war to her husband, King Kamal. Seven years ago, the two were in a relationship, but he messed around with her and then left her. Now, the two of them end up in an arranged marriage, and she is being forced to give him an heir. Aliyah treats him coldly during the ceremony and that resistence awakens something within him. As the drums pronounce them husband and wife, Kamal takes Aliyah into the depths of the palace into his bedroom. Unable to hold himself back anymore, he rips off her black dress...

Download or read book A Bride for His Majesty s Pleasure written by Penny Jordan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debt Ionanthe will leave her freedom at the castle doors. Ancient laws demand an eye for an eye—she must pay the price for her sister's mistake. The payment Recently crowned Prince Max plans to bring change to his country, but only after his new bride has arrived—as settlement for the debt he is owed…. The price A ruthless ruler and his virgin queen. Trembling with the fragility of a new spring bud, Ionanthe will go to her husband: She was given as penance, but he'll take her for pleasure!

Download or read book Scandal His Majesty s Love Child written by Annie West and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today–Bestselling Author: What really happened when the playboy prince went missing? Rumors are flying at the palace . . . Speculation surrounding exiled rebel Prince Tahir Al’Ramiz has reached fever pitch! After being spotted causing mayhem in an exclusive Monte Carlo casino, Tahir decides to fly home for his brother’s coronation. But when the remains of his helicopter are discovered, the worst is assumed—until he comes back from the dead, with no explanation as to how he survived . . . Now a mysterious beauty has moved into the palace. Rumors of a pregnancy abound. Could it be that this notorious playboy prince’s lost days in the desert camouflaged a secret affair?

Download or read book Convenient Bride for the King written by Kelly Hunter and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A king hopes to give a jilted princess a proposal that will have her shouting “Yes!” in this contemporary romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. King Theodosius must find a queen to keep his throne, but his less-than-romantic proposal letter leaves sheltered Princess Moriana cold. So, Theo decides to make Moriana an offer she can’t refuse—if she’ll consider becoming his bride, he’ll heat things up by initiating his innocent queen into the pleasures of the marriage bed . . .

Download or read book Bound by the Sultan s Baby written by Carol Marinelli and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scandalous royal consequence! One night with innocent wedding planner Gabi was not enough for Sultan Alim al-Lehan, but duty called him home. Memories of their forbidden pleasure prove impossible to forget—especially when he discovers Gabi has just returned from maternity leave! The baby must be his, but if Gabi won't tell him, Alim will seduce the truth out of her! Commanding that she arrange his wedding, even if he's not yet picked a wife, is the ideal ruse. Alim wants her in his bed, but must decide—as a sultan's mistress or bride!i

Download or read book Inherited For The Royal Bed written by Annie West and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I now belong to you.' He will finally claim his inheritance! Four years after inheriting – and liberating – a concubine, powerful ruler Sayid is shocked to see the transformation of Lina. No longer shy and naive, Lina is a feisty, irresistible woman. And Sayid has never wanted anyone more! But he's duty bound to his country, and Sayid can only commit to a brief affair. Will Lina accept his outrageous proposal of a week in the royal bed?

Download or read book Captive for the Sheikh s Pleasure written by Carol Marinelli and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His sinful desert seduction… Sheikh Ilyas al-Razim was born to be king. He won’t let anything stand in his way, especially not the waitress daring to think she can blackmail him! It’s his duty to protect his family’s honor—even if it means taking impossibly stunning Maggie Delaney as his hostage… Beneath the starlit skies of Zayrinia’s desert, defiant Maggie convinces Ilyas she is innocent of his accusations. No longer his prisoner, Maggie is free to return home…yet now she’s held captive by their smoldering raw desire! Dare she surrender to the pleasure this desert prince promises?

Download or read book The Sheikh s Wife written by Jane Porter and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sheikh's wife is back...in his bed! Sheikh Kahlil al–Assad hasn't forgiven Bryn for abandoning her wedding vows. Then he discovers that he's also missed out on the first years of his son's life. Kahlil decides to take revenge. Bryn didn't realize they are still husband and wife! She knows she can't deny Ben the daddy he's been asking for. So she agrees to return to Kahlil's desert kingdom. There she finds herself consigned to the harem quarters, where she must prepare for being taken back...into the Sheikh's bed!

Download or read book UNLOCKING HER INNOCENCE written by Lynne Graham and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ava was in a car accident on Christmas Day and lost her best friend. She was accused of being responsible for the crash despite her lost memory of that confusing night. After serving years of prison time, she freezes up in shock in the conference room of her new workplace. The man who controls the place is Vito, whom Ava used to admire. Vito is also the brother of her late best friend. Ava assumes he must hate her so much that he would want to kill her, not work with her. But he steals a kiss from her and asks her to plan this year’s Christmas party. What is he thinking?

Download or read book The Desert Sheikh s Captive Wife written by Lynne Graham and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sheikh blackmails the working-class woman who broke his heart in this royal romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. Tilda was living to regret that once she’d had a short-lived romance with Rashad, the Crown Prince of Bakhar. Now, not only had he gained possession of her impoverished family’s home, Rashad was also blackmailing her for the huge debt they owed him—and insisting she pay the price . . . as his concubine! Tilda was appalled—but in no position to refuse. Soon she was the arrogant sheikh’s captive, ready to be ravished in his faraway desert kingdom. But Rashad slipped up by publicly naming Tilda as his woman . . . and under the law of Bakhar this meant she and he were bound together forever . . . as husband and wife!