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The Sheik
He has everything: Money, Youth, Looks, Charm, Plus a Yale Education.
When he is sent to America on a secret mission, Abdullah's visits to New York and Hollywood become one long party. The sumptuous and riotous life of the super-rich in California dazzles his sense. Together with his film star friend, the notorious Hassan, Abdullah seduces every woman in sight. For him the world is filled with glamorous and willing starlets, champagne, brawls, and headlines. But that fantasy explodes when revolution breaks out in his country and he must suddenly face the perils that lie in wait for him...
THE SHEIK- A dazzling suspense filled tale of the coming of age of a young Arab sheik and a lavish, revealing look at the oil-rich aristocrats here and in the middle east.
When he is sent to America on a secret mission, Abdullah's visits to New York and Hollywood become one long party. The sumptuous and riotous life of the super-rich in California dazzles his sense. Together with his film star friend, the notorious Hassan, Abdullah seduces every woman in sight. For him the world is filled with glamorous and willing starlets, champagne, brawls, and headlines. But that fantasy explodes when revolution breaks out in his country and he must suddenly face the perils that lie in wait for him...
THE SHEIK- A dazzling suspense filled tale of the coming of age of a young Arab sheik and a lavish, revealing look at the oil-rich aristocrats here and in the middle east.
303 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1977
About the author
Maggie Davis
19 books4 followersaka M. H. Davis, Maggie Daniels, Katherine Deauxville
Maggie Hill was born in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, daughter of George Blair and Dorothy (Mason) Hill. She also writes under the pen names of M. H. Davis, Maggie Davis, Maggie Daniels, and Katherine Deauxville, is the author of over 25 published novels. She is a former feature writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, copywriter for Young & Rubican in New York, and assistant in research to the chairman of the department of psychology at Yale University. She taught three writing courses at Yale, and was a two-time guest writer/artist at the International Cultural center in Hammamet, Tunisia. She has written for the Georgia Review, Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, Holiday and Venture magazines. She is the winner of four Reviewer’s Choice Awards and one Lifetime Achievement Award for romantic comedy from Romantic Times Magazine, and received the Silver Pen Award from Affaire de Coeur Magazine. She is also listed in Who's Who 2000.
Maggie Hill was born in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, daughter of George Blair and Dorothy (Mason) Hill. She also writes under the pen names of M. H. Davis, Maggie Davis, Maggie Daniels, and Katherine Deauxville, is the author of over 25 published novels. She is a former feature writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, copywriter for Young & Rubican in New York, and assistant in research to the chairman of the department of psychology at Yale University. She taught three writing courses at Yale, and was a two-time guest writer/artist at the International Cultural center in Hammamet, Tunisia. She has written for the Georgia Review, Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, Holiday and Venture magazines. She is the winner of four Reviewer’s Choice Awards and one Lifetime Achievement Award for romantic comedy from Romantic Times Magazine, and received the Silver Pen Award from Affaire de Coeur Magazine. She is also listed in Who's Who 2000.
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