Download or read book Desert Sheikhs written by Leslie North and published by Relay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete 'Desert Sheikh Series’ Boxset. Dive into three Sheikh romances! Princes, American women and Passion! The Sheikh’s Royal Seduction An exotic prince, a sharp-tongued vet, a passion neither can ignore… Desperate to save his favorite lioness, Sala, from a deadly disease, Prince Zatar summons exotic wildlife veterinarian Alex Seaton to the palace. But when a stunning woman clad in western clothing arrives at the palace, he’s convinced there must be a mistake. The sharp-tongued, defiant woman couldn’t possibly be skilled enough to save Sala. However, as she works to heal his beloved pet, a dark passion simmers between them. To take her to his bed would be scandalous, but how can he resist such sweet temptation? Alexis Seaton is all too aware of the practiced seduction of royalty. As a renowned animal healer, she’s spent time in countless luxurious gardens with some of the most exotic big cats in the world. To maintain her professional status, she must resist the prince’s sultry, searching eyes and sensual promises. Only a fool would give up her life’s passion for one night in the arms of a man who would forget her by morning. But under Zatar’s watchful gaze, her resolve shifts like the sands of Arabia, and even she may not be able to resist the sheikh’s royal seduction forever... The Sheikha’s Unexpected Protector He once destroyed her life; now he’s getting the chance to save it. Princess Salari moved to Paris after her father, the king of Kattahar, exiled her. But when she hears about his sudden death, she’s ready to come home. After ten years away, she’s stunned by the sight of Kalif, the man who destroyed her life. Her former childhood friend and the only man to ever break her heart has morphed into the sexiest royal guardsman she’s ever seen. Although she refuses to even entertain the thought of falling for his seductive glances again, she won’t have a chance to avoid him. Someone doesn’t want Salari back in the palace, and they’ll stop at nothing to make sure she ends up dead. With no choice but to accept Kalif’s protection, she’ll have to guard her heart against the one man who can destroy it. Kalif Nazat never expected to be tasked with guarding Princess Salari. She still despises him, despite his attempts to apologize for his part in her exile. He’d had no good options that day ten years ago, and even the lesser of two evils had terrible consequences for the only woman he’d ever loved. But with someone wishing Salari dead, he figures keeping her alive is the only way he can redeem himself. As the killer closes in, he’ll risk his life to keep her safe, and in turn risk losing his heart forever. The Sheikh’s American Fiancée Christina is in the tiny country of Kattahar for one reason and one reason only—she’s looking for a potential donor for her adorable niece who’s desperate for a kidney. While cleaning out her parents’ attic, Christina stumbles upon a family secret: her sister, Kasha, is adopted and her birth mother, Sabrina, a potential kidney donor, is living in Kattahar. With her world thrown into a tailspin, Christina heads to Kattahar to seek Sabrina out. What’s not in her plans is becoming involved with anyone, including the sinfully hot man she can’t keep her eyes off. But when he asks her to be his fiancée, she’s more than a little intrigued. As desperate as Christina is to find her sister’s birth mother, Dakaric, King of Al Qalb, is just as desperate to keep power-hungry, crown-seeking women from distracting him from his goal of making his country prosperous. Christina just happens to be the perfect woman at the perfect time. She’s only in Kattahar for one week, just long enough to pose for some PR photos and prove his “fiancée” exists. If she agrees to the ruse to keep the gold diggers away, he’ll help her find Kasha’s mother. The only hitch in his plan is his growing attraction to Christina, who is beginning to look more and more perfect in every way.

Download or read book Sheikh s Desert Desire written by Lynn Raye Harris and published by Mills & Boon. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King of the Desert Carrying the Sheikh's Heir

Download or read book Delaney s Desert Sheikh written by Brenda Jackson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-04-10 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s game for a month of sun and fun, but this prince must never fall in love… Delaney Westmoreland is ready for some peace of mind after graduating from medical school. After eight years of nonstop studying, she’s more than earned a month at her cousin’s secluded, luxurious cabin. Unfortunately, it’s already occupied! The good news: the stranger is drop-dead gorgeous. The bad news: all he wants is to put her luggage back in the car so she can leave immediately. Not going to happen. Jamal Ari Yassir had just settled into his friend’s cabin when spitfire Delaney drove up. When he demands she leave, she simply picks up her luggage and moves into one of the spare bedrooms. Given how absolutely gorgeous she is, avoiding temptation will be sheer hell… and it’s not long before he gives in. But when their month together draws to a close, what’s a sheikh to do when his short-term fling has become so much more? Originally published in 2002

Download or read book Desire In The Desert Sheikh s Rule Desert Justice Book 1 Sheikh s Rescue Desert Justice Book 2 Son of the Sheikh Desert Justice Book 3 Sheikh Defense Desert Justice Book 4 written by Ryshia Kennie and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things are heating up...

Download or read book SHEIKH S RANSOM written by Alexandra Sellers and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Traded To The Desert Sheikh written by Caitlin Crews and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'You belong to me.' In the desert, Sheikh Kavian's word is law. So the defiance of his promised Queen Amaya, who flees after their betrothal ceremony, is intolerable! Kavian's already tasted her sweetness, perhaps his reluctant bride-to-be needs reminding of the pleasure he can give... Once Amaya is back in his kingdom, Kavian commands her total sensual surrender in the secluded harem baths. Amaya fears such all-consuming lust makes her weak, but she's proven she can match his desire. Kavian needs a queen who can endure everything about him — can Amaya face his dark past and embrace her desert destiny?

Download or read book Forged in the Desert Heat written by Maisey Yates and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman that could start a war The Sheikh, betrayer, modern-day marauder—Zafar Nejem has been called many things. And now he is to be called Your Majesty. Returning to the throne of Al Sabah, his first act is to rescue American heiress Analise Christensen from her desert kidnappers. Since Ana is engaged to the ruler of the neighboring kingdom, her discovery must be concealed until Zafar can explain her presence, or else he risks war. But as the sun rises over the sand dunes, so does the forbidden heat that burns between them, threatening everything….

Download or read book Sheikh Boss Hot Desert Nights written by Susan Stephens and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casey Michaels has come prepared for her new job in the desert—complete with a safari outfit! But, faced with her gorgeous boss's potent sexuality, she suddenly feels out of her depth…. Sheikh Rafik al Rafar knows an inexperienced woman when he sees one, and in the sultry heat of the desert he begins her sensual awakening. To his surprise, Casey teaches him about the simple pleasures in life. But royal duty is never far from their door….

Download or read book An Imperialist Love Story written by Amira Jarmakani and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A curious figure stalks the pages of a distinct subset of mass-market romance novels, aptly called “desert romances.” Animalistic yet sensitive, dark and attractive, the desert prince or sheikh emanates manliness and raw, sexual power. In the years since September 11, 2001, the sheikh character has steadily risen in popularity in romance novels, even while depictions of Arab masculinity as backward and violent in nature have dominated the cultural landscape. An Imperialist Love Story contributes to the broader conversation about the legacy of orientalist representations of Arabs in Western popular culture. Combining close readings of novels, discursive analysis of blogs and forums, and interviews with authors, Jarmakani explores popular investments in the war on terror by examining the collisions between fantasy and reality in desert romances. Focusing on issues of security, freedom, and liberal multiculturalism, she foregrounds the role that desire plays in contemporary formations of U.S. imperialism. Drawing on transnational feminist theory and cultural studies, An Imperialist Love Story offers a radical reinterpretation of the war on terror, demonstrating romance to be a powerful framework for understanding how it works, and how it perseveres.

Download or read book The Sheikh s Impetuous Love Slave written by Marguerite Kaye and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arabia, 1816 For Sheikh Khalid al-Raqam, choosing a bride comes second to the responsibility of ruling his kingdom and protecting its treasures. When he is given a shipwrecked foreign beauty as a tribute gift, he foresees a diplomatic nightmare—until he lays eyes on Juliette de Montignac's lush curves. His passion is only roused further by her bold and defiant spirit. His inner conqueror awakened, Khalid is determined to tame Juliette….by awakening her own desire for him! Book one of the Princes of the Desert series.

Download or read book Smart Instead of Small in International Relations Theory written by Spyridon N. Litsas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small States theory supports the argument that small international actors have a vital role in the international system. After 9/11, it emerged as a more focused attempt to show that 'small' can be 'attractive and functional' in an era of normative political and religious radicalism. This book argues that Small States Theory is not relevant to the perplexities of the post-multipolar international system and produces a new theory, the Smart States Theory. Based on structural and neoclassical realism, it attempts to identify the origins of 'state-smartness' in foreign policy, leadership, and domestic politics. The United Arab Emirates will be used as the case study of this novel theoretical approach. The impressive evolution of the Trucial States to a modern nation-state of high technology, dynamic foreign policy as the recent pandemic fully showed, unique leadership, and unparalleled tolerance towards other religions and cultures, make the UAE a brilliant example of a smart state of the 21st century. The reader of the book will be introduced to a new theory in International Relations as well as to the history, politics, society, and leadership of a state that plays a pivotal role not only in the Gulf region but in the broader framework of the Middle East too; the United Arab Emirates.

Download or read book Harlequin Presents February 2015 Box Set 2 of 2 written by Sarah Morgan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin Presents brings you four new titles for one great price! This Presents bundle includes Playing by the Greek's Rule by USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan, The Sultan's Harem Bride by USA TODAY bestselling author Annie West, Innocent in His Diamonds by Maya Blake and Claimed by the Sheikh by Rachael Thomas. Look for 8 new exciting stories every month from Harlequin Presents!

Download or read book Sheikhs Pact written by Leslie North and published by Relay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three hot sheikhs, three feisty and beautiful American women, and three surprise relationships add up to a not-to-be missed steamy boxset by USA Today bestselling author Leslie North! Sheikh’s False Fiancée To protect beautiful American Nadia from a powerful rival, Sheikh Amare Nazar proposes a fake engagement that soon begins to feel all too real. But when a tiny mistake threatens their bond, Nadia is left wondering if Amare’s feelings are just another deception. Sheikh’s Pregnant American Weeks after a night of unforgettable pleasure with a hot sheikh, American Piper McCarthy realizes she’s pregnant. Camil may be the most gorgeous, sexiest, man she’s ever met, but love? That’s not in the cards—at least that’s what they both think… Sheikh’s Pretend Engagement Sheikh Faidh Qadir needs to create a scandal—one so huge that the senior council will declare him unfit to rule—so he proposes a fake engagement to the palace’s beautiful new pastry chef, Mina. All is good until their half-baked plan leaves Mina wondering if Faidh is just pretending or if anything they’ve shared is real.

Download or read book Desert Passions written by Hsu-Ming Teo and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sheik—E. M. Hull’s best-selling novel that became a wildly popular film starring Rudolph Valentino—kindled “sheik fever” across the Western world in the 1920s. A craze for all things romantically “Oriental” swept through fashion, film, and literature, spawning imitations and parodies without number. While that fervor has largely subsided, tales of passion between Western women and Arab men continue to enthrall readers of today’s mass-market romance novels. In this groundbreaking cultural history, Hsu-Ming Teo traces the literary lineage of these desert romances and historical bodice rippers from the twelfth to the twenty-first century and explores the gendered cultural and political purposes that they have served at various historical moments. Drawing on “high” literature, erotica, and popular romance fiction and films, Teo examines the changing meanings of Orientalist tropes such as crusades and conversion, abduction by Barbary pirates, sexual slavery, the fear of renegades, the Oriental despot and his harem, the figure of the powerful Western concubine, and fantasies of escape from the harem. She analyzes the impact of imperialism, decolonization, sexual liberation, feminism, and American involvement in the Middle East on women’s Orientalist fiction. Teo suggests that the rise of female-authored romance novels dramatically transformed the nature of Orientalism because it feminized the discourse; made white women central as producers, consumers, and imagined actors; and revised, reversed, or collapsed the binaries inherent in traditional analyses of Orientalism.

Download or read book SHEIKH S RANSOM written by Alexandra Sellers and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHEIKH IN DISGUISE When his country's priceless heirloom jewel is stolen, darkly aristocratic Prince Karim vows to recover it—by kidnapping socialite Caroline Langley. In disguise, he lures her to his palace. But he doesn't anticipate the urgent, primitive stirrings the beautiful foreigner arouses. Now he must have Caroline…body and soul. A WILLING CAPTIVE Caroline cannot resist Prince Karim's arrogant, potent masculinity. Letting him introduce her to the pleasures of womanhood is an opportunity for unimaginable fulfillment. But betrayal and deceit mar her fairy tale. What if his ardor is just an act? And if the prince's ransom isn't met, will Caroline become the sheikh's most precious gem? Powerful sheikhs born to rule and destined to find love as eternal as the sands…SONS OF THE DESERT

Download or read book The Sheikh s Virgin written by Jane Porter and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Jane Porter at her best . . . Kalen Nuri’s a superb sheikh hero, dangerous and sexy and oh, so deliciously alpha. Highly recommended!” —Romance Readers Connection Showered with diamonds: Many women have enjoyed the numerous benefits of being Sheikh Kalen Nuri’s mistress. Draped in exquisite lingerie: Not one of them has managed to keep him interested for very long. Whisked around the world: Kalen has given beautiful and independent Keira all of these things and more—but she’s still refusing to be his! And Keira’s the woman who’s been chosen as Kalen’s virgin bride . . . “Set in the land of shimmering heat, soft sand dunes, camels and tall, shady palm trees,The Sheikh’s Virginpromises passion, seduction and an intriguing dose of the unpredictability too.” —The Best Reviews

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!