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Desert Hostage
When the Englishwoman, Juliette Clayton, is held captive by the Sheik of El Abadan, she is torn between her desire to escape and her growing love for him
474 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1982
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Diane Dunaway
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Diane Dunaway Kramer is a multifaceted individual whose impact spans both the literary world and the realm of spiritual well-being. She is a seventh-generation Californian, who hails from the vibrant city of San Diego.
In 1983, Diane Dunaway Kramer collaborated with Irving Cooper to create something remarkable. Their vision was to bring writers together at San Diego State University (SDSU). Cooper, a screenwriting instructor, proposed an ingenious idea: inviting his film and screenwriter friends from Hollywood to share their wisdom with aspiring writers during a short two-hour trek to San Diego. Thus, the SDSU Writers’ Conference was born. Initially, it was a modest one-day event held at SDSU’s Business Administration Building, yet it soon outgrew the space and is now held at the Aztec Center.
Diana is also renowned for her work with Siamese kittens.
Diane Dunaway Kramer is a multifaceted individual whose impact spans both the literary world and the realm of spiritual well-being. She is a seventh-generation Californian, who hails from the vibrant city of San Diego.
In 1983, Diane Dunaway Kramer collaborated with Irving Cooper to create something remarkable. Their vision was to bring writers together at San Diego State University (SDSU). Cooper, a screenwriting instructor, proposed an ingenious idea: inviting his film and screenwriter friends from Hollywood to share their wisdom with aspiring writers during a short two-hour trek to San Diego. Thus, the SDSU Writers’ Conference was born. Initially, it was a modest one-day event held at SDSU’s Business Administration Building, yet it soon outgrew the space and is now held at the Aztec Center.
Diana is also renowned for her work with Siamese kittens.
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July 2, 2016
Story fail.
Hero fail.
Heroine fail.
Plot-lifting fail.
...Wait, what?
After stumbling upon a couple reviews that reveal Desert Hostage to be a rip-off from the 1920s novel Son of the Sahara by Louise Gerard, I was skeptical. Genre fiction repeats tropes; that's the nature of the beast. Common themes, common character types, common plots -- the commonalities annoy some readers, especially ones who aren't accustomed to genre romance. But this time the reviewers were right.
For shame, Ms Dunaway. For shame. Desert Hostage isn't trope repetition -- it's blatant plot-lifting.
It also ruins my will to rant. Sounds odd, yeah, but why bother? Allow me to copy my buddy-reader (irony alert! :P) as I shrug & roll my eyes. But when the author doesn't care, why should I? If you're going to shamelessly copy-and-paste your story from flapper-era potboilers, you're not worth my time. The Roaring '20s ain't that far back, guys. Public domain keeps no secrets -- maybe Son of the Sahara had fallen off the map in 1982, but this is the era of Kindle freebies. Your lack of effort -- and lack of ethics -- are hereby exposed.
Louise Gerard, we salute you! (Also, thanks to the digital conversionists who rescue obscure 20s romances.)
Confession: I'd originally planned a full-scale rant on the evils of plot-lifting, but screw it. Even without the plot hijacking, there's precious little to recommend. The pacing was awful -- I nearly DNF'd the bloated middle third -- while the main couple annoyed me with their schizo foot-stomping idiocy. I failed to give two shits about whether they could stop crossing their signals & engage in a functional HEA.
...And on that note, I'm sick of thinking about this dreck. I've got better things to do, like chair-dancing to my Sons of Anarchy playlist.
You know it. :D
Farewell, sad buddy read! We bid you adieu with no regrets.
Hero fail.
Heroine fail.
Plot-lifting fail.
...Wait, what?
After stumbling upon a couple reviews that reveal Desert Hostage to be a rip-off from the 1920s novel Son of the Sahara by Louise Gerard, I was skeptical. Genre fiction repeats tropes; that's the nature of the beast. Common themes, common character types, common plots -- the commonalities annoy some readers, especially ones who aren't accustomed to genre romance. But this time the reviewers were right.
For shame, Ms Dunaway. For shame. Desert Hostage isn't trope repetition -- it's blatant plot-lifting.
It also ruins my will to rant. Sounds odd, yeah, but why bother? Allow me to copy my buddy-reader (irony alert! :P) as I shrug & roll my eyes. But when the author doesn't care, why should I? If you're going to shamelessly copy-and-paste your story from flapper-era potboilers, you're not worth my time. The Roaring '20s ain't that far back, guys. Public domain keeps no secrets -- maybe Son of the Sahara had fallen off the map in 1982, but this is the era of Kindle freebies. Your lack of effort -- and lack of ethics -- are hereby exposed.
Louise Gerard, we salute you! (Also, thanks to the digital conversionists who rescue obscure 20s romances.)
Confession: I'd originally planned a full-scale rant on the evils of plot-lifting, but screw it. Even without the plot hijacking, there's precious little to recommend. The pacing was awful -- I nearly DNF'd the bloated middle third -- while the main couple annoyed me with their schizo foot-stomping idiocy. I failed to give two shits about whether they could stop crossing their signals & engage in a functional HEA.
...And on that note, I'm sick of thinking about this dreck. I've got better things to do, like chair-dancing to my Sons of Anarchy playlist.
You know it. :D
Farewell, sad buddy read! We bid you adieu with no regrets.
December 17, 2013
It was okay. Nothing to really rave about, but at the same time once I got started (and got past the atrocious writing) I read it all in one sitting.
The storyline was what I was interested in and it didn't disappoint. I love a good kidnapping, especially one where the heroine is mistreated for a time before the hero realizes he was wrong.
However, I DID NOT like Dunaway's writing. Old style, but in that vaguely creepy way where she talks about Juliette's jiggling breasts faaaarrrr too much and no kidding I think I read:
"She lowered herself to the ground and settled on one slender flank."
Um...all I could think of:
Is she a horse?
So the writing is what it is, that's how they did it back in the day. I could have gotten past JUST that, but then we have Juliette. Too stupid to live Juliette. She was just...hopeless. Her helplessness got on my nerves. And I can not stand when heroines say things like:
"You'll never do that to me again or I'll kill you!"
C'mon ladies, let's not look so pathetic, because we both know he's going to do it again and that's just going to make you look like an ass.
I do have to admit it got pretty intense in one scene.
So overall I'm not sure it's one I'll remember in a few months, but I am interested in this premise so I'm going to check out the book that this one was supposedly a rip off from, A Son of the Sahara or whatever. Should be interesting.
The storyline was what I was interested in and it didn't disappoint. I love a good kidnapping, especially one where the heroine is mistreated for a time before the hero realizes he was wrong.
However, I DID NOT like Dunaway's writing. Old style, but in that vaguely creepy way where she talks about Juliette's jiggling breasts faaaarrrr too much and no kidding I think I read:
"She lowered herself to the ground and settled on one slender flank."
Um...all I could think of:
Is she a horse?
So the writing is what it is, that's how they did it back in the day. I could have gotten past JUST that, but then we have Juliette. Too stupid to live Juliette. She was just...hopeless. Her helplessness got on my nerves. And I can not stand when heroines say things like:
"You'll never do that to me again or I'll kill you!"
C'mon ladies, let's not look so pathetic, because we both know he's going to do it again and that's just going to make you look like an ass.
I do have to admit it got pretty intense in one scene.
So overall I'm not sure it's one I'll remember in a few months, but I am interested in this premise so I'm going to check out the book that this one was supposedly a rip off from, A Son of the Sahara or whatever. Should be interesting.
July 24, 2010
-- SPOILERS --
This was a thrilling bodice ripper filled with high adventure. There are some realistic scenes that may offend readers who are not used to rape scenes, kidnapping scenes, and so on. Although I did not consider this book to be brutal in content, I'm aware there are some who shy away from plot lines like this. Therefore, be advised this book has an arrogant, Neanderthal, alpha hero who rapes the heroine. Not only that, the story begins with the hero's mother's story, where she is also taken a captive then raped. These scenes are not glossed over and are pretty detailed. Consequently, the hero and the heroine do not meet until well past 120pages. I did not mind it as the author has a way of writing that absorbed you completely into the story. After much wooing, he learns of her father's name. This story is a bit like Romeo and Juliette, her father had the hero's father killed, and the hero ends up killing the heroines father as a result. Hence the bitterness and hatred between the H/h.
All in all, it was a good story. However, I could not give this book 5 stars or even consider it a keeper since I found myself becoming bored towards the end. I pretty much finished feeling kinda let down and vaguely dissatisfied.
Rape - couple of rape scenes
Cheating - No cheating. Although there was this one scene where he angrily stalks off after an argument. He then watches a seductive gypsy dancer, next thing you know he's gone off with the dancer. He is aware the dancer is a spy, they didn't get far before she pulled a knife on him and he had to kill her. So, perhaps the intent was there to cheat to get back at the heroine?
Jealous hero - yes
Heroine almost dies - yes
This was a thrilling bodice ripper filled with high adventure. There are some realistic scenes that may offend readers who are not used to rape scenes, kidnapping scenes, and so on. Although I did not consider this book to be brutal in content, I'm aware there are some who shy away from plot lines like this. Therefore, be advised this book has an arrogant, Neanderthal, alpha hero who rapes the heroine. Not only that, the story begins with the hero's mother's story, where she is also taken a captive then raped. These scenes are not glossed over and are pretty detailed. Consequently, the hero and the heroine do not meet until well past 120pages. I did not mind it as the author has a way of writing that absorbed you completely into the story. After much wooing, he learns of her father's name. This story is a bit like Romeo and Juliette, her father had the hero's father killed, and the hero ends up killing the heroines father as a result. Hence the bitterness and hatred between the H/h.
All in all, it was a good story. However, I could not give this book 5 stars or even consider it a keeper since I found myself becoming bored towards the end. I pretty much finished feeling kinda let down and vaguely dissatisfied.
Rape - couple of rape scenes
Cheating - No cheating. Although there was this one scene where he angrily stalks off after an argument. He then watches a seductive gypsy dancer, next thing you know he's gone off with the dancer. He is aware the dancer is a spy, they didn't get far before she pulled a knife on him and he had to kill her. So, perhaps the intent was there to cheat to get back at the heroine?
Jealous hero - yes
Heroine almost dies - yes
November 22, 2015
Currently Reading (10/27/15):
Buddy read with my book bff, Sarah. This is gonna be good.
Review coming tomorrow.
Review (11/22/15):
Read her awesome review here.
This book started great for a bodice ripper- it was exciting, so much (wtf-ery)stuff happened that is your common fare for this genre. Also food porn. I love food porn.
Then this happened, a blatant plot-lifting rip-off of a book from the 1920's. Sarah has a lot more info then I do, because she discovered that fact. Which is a turn-off.
Then the plot became a bloated dragging mess, and I lost all ability to give a fuck, because if the author doesn't, why should I?
Book gets an F.
Buddy read with my book bff, Sarah. This is gonna be good.
Review coming tomorrow.
Review (11/22/15):
Read her awesome review here.
This book started great for a bodice ripper- it was exciting, so much (wtf-ery)stuff happened that is your common fare for this genre. Also food porn. I love food porn.
Then this happened, a blatant plot-lifting rip-off of a book from the 1920's. Sarah has a lot more info then I do, because she discovered that fact. Which is a turn-off.
Then the plot became a bloated dragging mess, and I lost all ability to give a fuck, because if the author doesn't, why should I?
Book gets an F.
October 5, 2009
I know this book is not for everyone, but it was for me. The story was really fast paced and kept me wanting to read. It's one of those types where the H&H love/hate each other. I was happy at the ending of this book, but wish it would have been just a bit more, lol, as if 474 pages were not enough. All in all, I'm glad I read this book.
December 17, 2015
Sheik romances aren’t usually my favorites, as I prefer historical heroes to be cowboys or knights. Nevertheless, a man devoted with a passionate singularity to his heroine makes for a great hero and once in a while a desert romance with such a hero will catch my interest. Other than E M Hill’s masterpiece, “The Sheik,” “Desert Hostage” by Diane Dunway would qualify as my favorite sheik romance.
This is another one where the half-European, half Arab sheik carries off his object of desire into the desert and makes her his. The story starts with a bang where we read about the hero, Karim’s mother and her desert abduction at the hands of a ruthless sheik. She plots and manipulates to have her son be taken to Europe where he will be educated and ”civilized.”
Karim then meets and falls for Juliette, a lovely British woman. Unfortunately, the middle lags a bit as Juliette is incredibly annoying. She speaks in hushed whispers like a Barbara Cartland heroine…very…slowly…like…this…
Karim does his gallant best to woo Juliette. But Juliette is so dumb; there is a silly love triangle where she can’t make her stupid mind up about the man she wants but it’s so obvious who she should choose!
When Karim realizes that Juliette is the daughter of his father’s sworn enemy and has toyed with his heart like all evil British women do to men, she will receive her due punishment and he will have his revenge! He turns from a once gentlemanly suitor into a man set upon vengeance, and Juliette will pay!
While there is a harem here, it’s only briefly, as this is a one-man one-woman romance, with a dedicated, faithful hero, who is quite appealing.
I have the book in storage, but one day I hope to dig it out and give it a reread; it’s certainly worth it.
4 stars/ B+
This is another one where the half-European, half Arab sheik carries off his object of desire into the desert and makes her his. The story starts with a bang where we read about the hero, Karim’s mother and her desert abduction at the hands of a ruthless sheik. She plots and manipulates to have her son be taken to Europe where he will be educated and ”civilized.”
Karim then meets and falls for Juliette, a lovely British woman. Unfortunately, the middle lags a bit as Juliette is incredibly annoying. She speaks in hushed whispers like a Barbara Cartland heroine…very…slowly…like…this…
Karim does his gallant best to woo Juliette. But Juliette is so dumb; there is a silly love triangle where she can’t make her stupid mind up about the man she wants but it’s so obvious who she should choose!
When Karim realizes that Juliette is the daughter of his father’s sworn enemy and has toyed with his heart like all evil British women do to men, she will receive her due punishment and he will have his revenge! He turns from a once gentlemanly suitor into a man set upon vengeance, and Juliette will pay!
While there is a harem here, it’s only briefly, as this is a one-man one-woman romance, with a dedicated, faithful hero, who is quite appealing.
I have the book in storage, but one day I hope to dig it out and give it a reread; it’s certainly worth it.
4 stars/ B+
October 12, 2024
This was a phenomenal book ! My only disappointment with the author is finding out this was the only historical romance books she ever wrote ! I was more than ready to purchase more of her books ASAP 😔
July 27, 2014
A bit[ok, a lot] disturbing, but it was an engaging read...
February 6, 2011
lOVED IT
thought it was a good book...In the beginning I was wondering what the author was doing, thought i was reading the wrong book or something. But i thought it was interesting what she did in the beginning though.
thought it was a good book...In the beginning I was wondering what the author was doing, thought i was reading the wrong book or something. But i thought it was interesting what she did in the beginning though.
October 5, 2020
Forgettable.
April 30, 2015
It's been a long time since I couldn't put down a book. I literally smuggled this naughty-covered book into my office and read bits of it during my lunch break.
Don't let the naughty cover trick you either! Desert Hostage is an adventure and is incredibly well written, IMO. You get a glimpse of hard desert life and why such brutality or "savagery" was needed. It's not wholly a romance either, there is political intrigue, revenge, arms dealing and slavery. The novel touches on cultural differences and expectations, similarities and differences between Allah and God as well.
The story opens with a BANG. In the first couple of pages, we are introduced to Anna, the Hero's (Brandon/Karim) mother and an English captain's wife, who is kidnapped by a Sheikh, right after witnessing said Sheikh decapitate her husband's soldier - who had been about to "mercy-kill" her. BRUTAL.
While Desert Hostage is not as emotionally chaotic as Stormfire by Christine Monson was, the build up and story-line was far more realistic.
Yes, the the Heroine, Juliette, was annoying at times, but I tried to understand where she was coming from. If I'd lived my entire life without a mother, an absent/sick father and closeted at an all-girl's school I think I, too, would only want freedom. My only other complaint was that the ending felt extremely rushed/abrupt. Or the ending could have been done differently. I felt like the story could have gone on a bit longer just to explain a few loose ends.
I'm planning to write a more detailed review of this book at some point in the future, I just don't have the words right now.
Don't let the naughty cover trick you either! Desert Hostage is an adventure and is incredibly well written, IMO. You get a glimpse of hard desert life and why such brutality or "savagery" was needed. It's not wholly a romance either, there is political intrigue, revenge, arms dealing and slavery. The novel touches on cultural differences and expectations, similarities and differences between Allah and God as well.
The story opens with a BANG. In the first couple of pages, we are introduced to Anna, the Hero's (Brandon/Karim) mother and an English captain's wife, who is kidnapped by a Sheikh, right after witnessing said Sheikh decapitate her husband's soldier - who had been about to "mercy-kill" her. BRUTAL.
While Desert Hostage is not as emotionally chaotic as Stormfire by Christine Monson was, the build up and story-line was far more realistic.
Yes, the the Heroine, Juliette, was annoying at times, but I tried to understand where she was coming from. If I'd lived my entire life without a mother, an absent/sick father and closeted at an all-girl's school I think I, too, would only want freedom. My only other complaint was that the ending felt extremely rushed/abrupt. Or the ending could have been done differently. I felt like the story could have gone on a bit longer just to explain a few loose ends.
I'm planning to write a more detailed review of this book at some point in the future, I just don't have the words right now.
December 3, 2014
synopsis:
the shiek is born of a white woman by way of rape. when he is but a child, he sees his father cut down by a british contingent. as he gets older, he vows revenge on the soldier who killed his father. he pretends to be a frenchman, and seduces juliette. along the way, he learns that juliette is the daughter of his sworn enemy. once that happens, his intentions change, and he becomes very rapy. juliette loved him, of course, and then hated him.
what i liked: not much. the exotic locale.
what i didn't like: juliette was simpering and didn't know her own mind, the shiek was just obnoxious.
the shiek is born of a white woman by way of rape. when he is but a child, he sees his father cut down by a british contingent. as he gets older, he vows revenge on the soldier who killed his father. he pretends to be a frenchman, and seduces juliette. along the way, he learns that juliette is the daughter of his sworn enemy. once that happens, his intentions change, and he becomes very rapy. juliette loved him, of course, and then hated him.
what i liked: not much. the exotic locale.
what i didn't like: juliette was simpering and didn't know her own mind, the shiek was just obnoxious.
January 24, 2010
This book has it all romance, adventure and an actual love story. I liked how it started with the intro of the mom and dad of the two main characters. That laid our the story perfectly. I liked the independence of Juliette and I loved Karim. He gets his heart broken and then he vows to go after her and the real adventure begins. Has become one of my favorite books of all time. This is a keeper that I will continue to read again and again.
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November 27, 2010Great cover, could have easily been the cover of Savage Sands, would love to see how Coconis would have interpeted it. Again, am going to draw both a paperback cover, and my own personal "Movie Poster" for "Savage Sands" and put them up on display in 2012.
June 7, 2013
One star for this blatant product of plagiarism. I often curse romance novels now days for lack of innovation but this book form the 80s is a shameless reproduction of A Son of the Sahara by Louise Gerard written in 1920s (which BTW is now free to read online).
March 4, 2018
Loved it!
One of my favorites. If only I could get it in e-books. I have read this book many times and it's always good! A must read!
One of my favorites. If only I could get it in e-books. I have read this book many times and it's always good! A must read!
September 3, 2017
I wasn’t surprised when I read this book since I read the reviews and I like me some spoilers!
Plus I read that this book was a ripoff of A Son of the Sahara so I read that book first.
The first 2/3 of the book was fine, an ok read. Then it all goes meh. The h has, up to this point, been feisty and “u can’t make me” ish. Then all of a sudden, for no reason I can discern, she becomes all meek!
Then there was all the unnecessary things. Like the hunt for some weird animal (don't remember what that was about because, by this point, I was skimming furiously) maybe it was to establish the h as brave so she could be admired by the rest of the (tribe?). Who knows/cares? (snoozzzzzz)
I stopped being bothered about the outcome of this book when it didn’t look like there was to be any groveling.
If you ignore the blatant racism in “A son of the Sahara” , then that book is better. It is a much sweeter H. He is tender to the h even when he is out for revenge. He never stopped loving her throughout the book. It isn't as steamy as this book (which isn't so steamy either) but there is/are(?) lots of tender kisses on the face and sitting on knees.
Plus I read that this book was a ripoff of A Son of the Sahara so I read that book first.
The first 2/3 of the book was fine, an ok read. Then it all goes meh. The h has, up to this point, been feisty and “u can’t make me” ish. Then all of a sudden, for no reason I can discern, she becomes all meek!
Then there was all the unnecessary things. Like the hunt for some weird animal (don't remember what that was about because, by this point, I was skimming furiously) maybe it was to establish the h as brave so she could be admired by the rest of the (tribe?). Who knows/cares? (snoozzzzzz)
I stopped being bothered about the outcome of this book when it didn’t look like there was to be any groveling.
If you ignore the blatant racism in “A son of the Sahara” , then that book is better. It is a much sweeter H. He is tender to the h even when he is out for revenge. He never stopped loving her throughout the book. It isn't as steamy as this book (which isn't so steamy either) but there is/are(?) lots of tender kisses on the face and sitting on knees.
April 9, 2025
I had this book sitting in my massive TBR pile for months and decided I needed some old fashioned old school. I started reading it and it seemed very familiar (it was written in 1982, I think). Anyway, I figured out that I did read it at least 35 years ago but I couldn’t remember how it played out so, of course, I continued to read it (because you know, reviews and Amazon wasn’t available back then). I am so glad I did because it brought back all of the feels of an old school romance. I absolutely loved it. It has a lot going on and time jumps from when Brandon/Karim is born to when he is an adult and beyond. I haven’t read a sheik story in a long, long time and forgotten all of the intrigue between the differing people. Now, I want to read more of this type of story. After I finished, I felt sad that I was finished (even at 474 pages). So good!!!
May 30, 2024
This is why I enjoyed oldskool sheik's books rather than the newest ones. I'm so fed up of made up middle east countries lmao. I love how the book opened by the H's birth story, the 'west' story part of this book was so boring, so I skipped them mostly.
Slashed one star for what the author did to Cassia 🤬
Slashed one star for what the author did to Cassia 🤬
October 13, 2020
I love this story and sub story!
August 7, 2022
Well the first part was copy from the son of the Sahara the rest is mess
August 10, 2014
A pity, I really wanted to give this one at least a 4 stars. The story started well with a great potential to keep me excited and curious, but the ending seemed off somehow. Then there's this mention about the writing of human fate 40th day after they're conceived. Well, according to my knowledge learning about Islam, while it's true human fate was written when they're conceived in their mother's womb (although I'm not really sure about the exact days) BUT there are TWO kind of fates which can't and can be altered by the human themselves.
The first one is BEING SICK and DEATH. It belongs to the category as a fate that can't be altered. People will, at least once in their life, experience an illness or how it is to be sick and that they will be died someday.
Other than those two, actually I believe other fates could be changed by the human themselves such as through hardships/hard work and praying to God. It includes the fate of who is our other half, how many luck we will receive, will we be a smart or a stupid person, will we be a bad or a good person, and so on. There are so many unpredictable things life will throw us.
Next, Islam treated each woman as a queen that's explained why some husbands/men won't let other man see, or even touch, their woman because hey you won't let if your queen was being openly ogled or touched by some strangers, yes? no? So it's not merely a sheer possessiveness, although I had to admit that sometimes it's really hot to have a guy who's overly protective yet still reasonable.
I think that's all then. Until the next reads :)
The first one is BEING SICK and DEATH. It belongs to the category as a fate that can't be altered. People will, at least once in their life, experience an illness or how it is to be sick and that they will be died someday.
Other than those two, actually I believe other fates could be changed by the human themselves such as through hardships/hard work and praying to God. It includes the fate of who is our other half, how many luck we will receive, will we be a smart or a stupid person, will we be a bad or a good person, and so on. There are so many unpredictable things life will throw us.
Next, Islam treated each woman as a queen that's explained why some husbands/men won't let other man see, or even touch, their woman because hey you won't let if your queen was being openly ogled or touched by some strangers, yes? no? So it's not merely a sheer possessiveness, although I had to admit that sometimes it's really hot to have a guy who's overly protective yet still reasonable.
I think that's all then. Until the next reads :)
August 10, 2017
Oh, dear. This sort of nonsense does make me irritated with E. M. Hull. Seriously, how many ruling sheiks are actually half breeds? How many sheiks steal skinny, pale European girls and abuse them, rather than marry the well dowered, gorgeous and well mannered daughters of neighboring rulers?
If we are to believe this romance genre, well, all of them. Actually, there aren’t any more full blooded Arabian sheiks, because they all got used up on super irritating English girls with poisonous tongues generations ago. No idea who Arabian women marry.
And that is all you need to know about this book, because I am sure you have read it before under a different title.
If we are to believe this romance genre, well, all of them. Actually, there aren’t any more full blooded Arabian sheiks, because they all got used up on super irritating English girls with poisonous tongues generations ago. No idea who Arabian women marry.
And that is all you need to know about this book, because I am sure you have read it before under a different title.
October 12, 2013
I enjoyed this novel. It's definitely from the old school bodice ripper genre - hero abducts heroine, hero rapes heroine, heroine falls in love with her captor, etc. I liked Juliette because she had a backbone; she didn't back down to Brandon despite his callous treatment of her. She was a heroine worth her salt.
I could has done without the beginning chapters detailing Brandon's mother's life. It took a long while to get to the main characters.
I could has done without the beginning chapters detailing Brandon's mother's life. It took a long while to get to the main characters.
March 25, 2014
I thought this book was so well written there is a rape scene quite explicit in case some people don't like that but otherwise the story is great fast paced and a very alpha male hero. Very pleased I read this book.
September 15, 2012
My kind of book. If you like Rosemary Rogers, Kathleen W ( author of Shanna), you'll like this one a lot
March 30, 2016
very intense...
August 24, 2017
book i was searching 4 so long
January 22, 2016
i want to download same and cant...but its a good read
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