From This Beloved Hour

by Willa Lambert

THEY WERE AS DIFFERENT AS SUN AND MOON . . .

Jenny Mowry believed she could handle any complications that might arise on her archaeological assignment in Egypt.

But she hadn't anticipated that two dynamic men would pursue her from the moment she arrived. Powerful Sheikh Abdul Jerada - darkly handsome, openly passionate - clearly wanted Jenny's love.

Peter Donas was as elusive, as seductive as the golden desert sands. His kiss was fire; his very touch burned into Jenny as intensely as the sun.

And what he wanted only he knew.

Genres: Harlequin

383 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Pseudonym of William J. Lambert III

Reviews

[Sarah Mac · Rating 2 out of 5]

Abandoned, pg 50…because I just don’t care. Hero Peter seemed decent enough (despite being inflicted with Cheesy Macho ‘80s Disease), but judgmental shrew Jenny pissed me off every time she opened her mouth & I’m totally uninterested in enduring her idiocy any further. Full disclosure: I scanned a couple scenes later in the book & my opinion of her didn’t improve. What a moronic moo. Why these dudes were so into her is the true mystery. 🫣🙈

Standard 2-star DNF. Maybe the archaeology storyline becomes interesting as it develops, but I won’t be there to see it. I’ve got other Harlequins to cull & Jenny’s not worth the aggravation.

NB: Love this wraparound cover, though the Sheik on the back (Jenny’s OM, the poor bastard) should’ve looked more Ardeth Bey & less Old Guy. 😶

[Elisa Rolle]

This for me is a very strange reading, since maybe last time I read an harlquin was 15 years ago.

But I read this one cause Willa Lambert is the "woman" pen name of William Maltese and I know that he is rewriting it in M/M version (title Gold Sands), so I want to read both version to better notice the diversity.

Jenny Mowry is a 29 years old virgin archaeologist. She is in Egypt to work with Peter Donas, an older archaeologist, who happen to be also an handsome man and the grandson of the lover of the Jenny's gradmother, a clandestin affair ended with the tragic death of the woman.

So when they fall in love, Jenny is sure their love will not survive and she finds every excuse to not believe in the sincerity of Peter. Plus she is wooing by Abdul, an handsome sheikh. And Jenny is jelaous of Peter because he spends his spare time with another female... a beautiful female of peregrine hawk!!!

This is a novel that alternate funny moment to tragedy, all mixed up to give us a story that, after 25 years, is still fresh and enjoyable.

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