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Desert Nights #4
The Call of the Desert
Consumed by the heat of the desert Twelve years ago Julia lost her heart to Sheikh Kaden in the scorching Burquati desert. Sizzling nights in the sand dunes under a blanket of stars made it seem as if they were the only two people in the world. Until bitter betrayal destroyed everything... Julia meets Kaden again by chance although the cynicism in his eyes and the sharp suit covering his powerful body make the Sheikh virtually unrecognisable. Julia knows she shouldnt ignore the warning shadows of their past, but Kadens earthy sexual magnetism makes the call of the desert utterly overpowering...
192 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2011
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Abby Green
975 books600 followersAbby Green spent her teens reading Mills & Boon romances. She then spent many years working in the Film and TV industry as an Assistant Director. One day while standing outside an actor's trailer in the rain, she thought: "there has to be more than this". So she sent off a partial to Mills & Boon. After numerous rewrites, they accepted her first book and an author was born.
She lives in Dublin, Ireland and you can find out more here www.abby-green.com
She lives in Dublin, Ireland and you can find out more here www.abby-green.com
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March 13, 2015
Call of the Desert by Abby Green, one of my mostest favouritest Mills and Boon authors, ha the cliché plot of the desert sheik but with a great difference. What, you may ask? Well, here they are:
1 Julia Somerton is gorgeous, intelligent and not the usual young, naïve virgin who is swept away to a far away land by her sheik….though meeting her sheik when she was twenty and working on a archaeological dig in his country and do indeed fall in love and have a passionate affair and due to misunderstandings forced to go back to England, she has been married, divorced and is now a career woman.
2 Kaden is not your typical sheik..yes he’s alpha male, ruler of his country but he has a gentle and caring soul. He has been unable to forget Julia even through his marriage and divorce.
3 Seeing each other after all those years , both realize that they still feel a strong physical attraction for each other and are unable to be away from each other. As they rekindle their relationship, Kaden starts coming to terms with the distrust he has for her and what really matters is that he has never stopped loving her. He invites Julia to accompany him to his sister’s wedding which is taking place in his country. Impulsive…something he has never been. I just wondered how they would get together…I mean, she’s divorced and not a virgin!!!!!!! But to a man like Kaden, these issues are not important. He wants to be with her and that’s it!!!!!
4 Some really sensual and hot sex between the two…..just shows how far Mills & Boon have come!!!!!!
5 Loved the part when Julia discovers she is pregnant and being unsure of what to do or where to go next. Of course Kaden is not the type of man to abandon her even though they had made a mutual decision to end their affair…well Julia more than him!!!!!!
6 I so totally engaged with Julia and Kaden. This is such a wonderful love story….having a second chance to finding happiness together. I so wanted them to be with each other….and they do.
Abby Green’s books are always filled with passion, conflict and incredible characters. She writes great stories that are always fresh and new. I am an absolute fan of this author.
1 Julia Somerton is gorgeous, intelligent and not the usual young, naïve virgin who is swept away to a far away land by her sheik….though meeting her sheik when she was twenty and working on a archaeological dig in his country and do indeed fall in love and have a passionate affair and due to misunderstandings forced to go back to England, she has been married, divorced and is now a career woman.
2 Kaden is not your typical sheik..yes he’s alpha male, ruler of his country but he has a gentle and caring soul. He has been unable to forget Julia even through his marriage and divorce.
3 Seeing each other after all those years , both realize that they still feel a strong physical attraction for each other and are unable to be away from each other. As they rekindle their relationship, Kaden starts coming to terms with the distrust he has for her and what really matters is that he has never stopped loving her. He invites Julia to accompany him to his sister’s wedding which is taking place in his country. Impulsive…something he has never been. I just wondered how they would get together…I mean, she’s divorced and not a virgin!!!!!!! But to a man like Kaden, these issues are not important. He wants to be with her and that’s it!!!!!
4 Some really sensual and hot sex between the two…..just shows how far Mills & Boon have come!!!!!!
5 Loved the part when Julia discovers she is pregnant and being unsure of what to do or where to go next. Of course Kaden is not the type of man to abandon her even though they had made a mutual decision to end their affair…well Julia more than him!!!!!!
6 I so totally engaged with Julia and Kaden. This is such a wonderful love story….having a second chance to finding happiness together. I so wanted them to be with each other….and they do.
Abby Green’s books are always filled with passion, conflict and incredible characters. She writes great stories that are always fresh and new. I am an absolute fan of this author.
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March 13, 2015
I loved the first 2/3 of the book. Hero and heroine loved each other, misunderstanding and immature decisions...they split. Loved that they were both each other's first lovers. Loved the glimpses to hero's feelings for heroine. Loved that heroine moved on after he rejects her.
But hated that FINALLY there is a heroine who moves on and marries after being dumped by hero, rather than being alone for 12 years (even though it's a lame, barren marriage), although heroine has to be alone since her divorce while hero not only married (what a crazy reason for that marriage not working out) but also slept with many, many women after his divorce. Wouldn't it be enough for him to marry and divorce also? Or for him to have mistresses? And tons of mentions of "his other women". Yuk.
But otherwise, the hero and heroine are reconnecting, and it's exciting. He brings her to his sister's wedding and is struggling to keep it just physical. Then he realizes she's kept a necklace he gave her and wore it for 12 years. And the big dramatic reaction to realizing she must have loved him all these years????? Nothing. Big build up to nowhere. Totally jumped the shark...the last 1/3 turns into a different book...now a caricature of the worst of standard HP, lacking originality, as if hero is required to be a cold jerk as a plot point.
So hero lets heroine leave, coldly says so long after seeing the all important necklace...he doesn't contact her for 4 months, actively looks for a suitable second wife...only reunited because heroine flies back to tell him she was pregnant. When hero only wants heroine because she's pregnant, that is not romantic! So pregnant heroine goes to hero, he leaves her waiting outside his office after a long flight, treating her like crap for absolutely no reason 4 months after he coldly said goodbye, and he's such a jerk that she collapses of dehydration. Then even though he didn't contact her for 4 months, of course he insists they marry for babies. And in a truly ludicrous turn, the public doesn't like her until the 5 month pregnant Sheikha saves small children from a crashed bus leaking fuel while able bodied men stand around taking pictures (it is just that melodramatic and ridiculous).
But hated that FINALLY there is a heroine who moves on and marries after being dumped by hero, rather than being alone for 12 years (even though it's a lame, barren marriage), although heroine has to be alone since her divorce while hero not only married (what a crazy reason for that marriage not working out) but also slept with many, many women after his divorce. Wouldn't it be enough for him to marry and divorce also? Or for him to have mistresses? And tons of mentions of "his other women". Yuk.
But otherwise, the hero and heroine are reconnecting, and it's exciting. He brings her to his sister's wedding and is struggling to keep it just physical. Then he realizes she's kept a necklace he gave her and wore it for 12 years. And the big dramatic reaction to realizing she must have loved him all these years????? Nothing. Big build up to nowhere. Totally jumped the shark...the last 1/3 turns into a different book...now a caricature of the worst of standard HP, lacking originality, as if hero is required to be a cold jerk as a plot point.
So hero lets heroine leave, coldly says so long after seeing the all important necklace...he doesn't contact her for 4 months, actively looks for a suitable second wife...only reunited because heroine flies back to tell him she was pregnant. When hero only wants heroine because she's pregnant, that is not romantic! So pregnant heroine goes to hero, he leaves her waiting outside his office after a long flight, treating her like crap for absolutely no reason 4 months after he coldly said goodbye, and he's such a jerk that she collapses of dehydration. Then even though he didn't contact her for 4 months, of course he insists they marry for babies. And in a truly ludicrous turn, the public doesn't like her until the 5 month pregnant Sheikha saves small children from a crashed bus leaking fuel while able bodied men stand around taking pictures (it is just that melodramatic and ridiculous).
June 13, 2012
Good read,no major issues,Kaden-Julia both loved each other deeply,both hid their true feelings which irritated me,due to their lack of communication which created few misunderstandings,a accident made them confess their feelings and they get their HEA.
October 19, 2019
3.5 stars
January 1, 2012
Loved this book, another of Abby's scorching hot desert romances. This is a lovers reunited story which Abby is sooo good at you already know you're in for a treat as soon as the opening scene and the emotional moment when Julia realises who the surprise guest at her work do is... None other than the man that loved her and then abandoned her 12 years before. Kaden though has hidden depths, and his betrayal wasn't nearly as straightforward as Julia assumes. A real heart-render... Expect to be rivetted from page one!
April 17, 2016
A nice read.
First lovers meet again after 12 years apart and each with a broken marriage behind them only to be bitten by passion again.
They both suffered a broken heart all those years ago and have managed to convenice themselves that they were over each other. So it is a shock to each of them when all those feeling start rushing in but they keep remembering the pain and misunderstandings to keep the love at bay.
I liked that they both tried to move on. But if he would have listened to her all those years ago there would have been no painful years apart.....seems so sad.
Was a nice well written read. Some parts left me cold with him always comparing her to his other women. Where as she only knew him and her ex. But overall a nice story.
First lovers meet again after 12 years apart and each with a broken marriage behind them only to be bitten by passion again.
They both suffered a broken heart all those years ago and have managed to convenice themselves that they were over each other. So it is a shock to each of them when all those feeling start rushing in but they keep remembering the pain and misunderstandings to keep the love at bay.
I liked that they both tried to move on. But if he would have listened to her all those years ago there would have been no painful years apart.....seems so sad.
Was a nice well written read. Some parts left me cold with him always comparing her to his other women. Where as she only knew him and her ex. But overall a nice story.
February 10, 2012
Loved it!
August 2, 2012
It dragged on and on....boring to read which i was surprised cos I love reading Abby's stories but not this one.
August 12, 2012
Me gusto, al final cuando se dio cuenta de su amor al casi perderla para siempre...
October 31, 2021
Harmony che più Harmony non si può, lei ricercatrice occidentale, lui sceicco mediorientale. Amore folle, rottura per un incomprensione, si ritrovano dopo anni per caso e la stessa sera finiscono a letto insieme e da lì non si lasceranno più. Belle ambientazioni, fin troppa ricchezza ma i romanzi rosa servono a farci sognare e a viaggiare con la fantasia senza grosse pretese di trama
April 27, 2024
Troppo pesante, capisco il dolore del sentirsi rifiutata dalla tua vera madre, ma hai avuto due genitori che ti hanno comunque amato molto e quando trovi la persona adatta a te la perdi perché baci un'altro uomo e quando lo rivedi sei gelida e distante, diciamo che secondo me avrebbe dovuto sistemare meglio delle situazioni e il libro sarebbe stato più godibile.
August 2, 2025
O 'A morte de Ivan Iliitch' é o culpado disto. Como todas as Sabrinas, é ok. Alguém tem olhos cinzentos. Ali até meio esteve-se muito bem, depois é mais do mesmo. Mesmo assim li seguido até às três da manhã.
August 29, 2018
Story line was good but I didn't relate to characters ... H seemed wishy washy ....
April 29, 2020
Will be reviewed and shelved later when i have find time and energy after this tiring times.
November 20, 2014
Like her book "Secrets of the Oasis", I don't really like it when the hero screws over the heroine when they're younger and it takes years for him to bother pursuing her again. A good story, but not a favorite for me.
December 14, 2015
Me resulto muy difícil leer este libro porque es muy monótono y aburrido. La autora repite algunas expresiones un millón de veces, lo cual es muy frustraste. ella dice "doce años antes/atras" y "como si fuera el día anterior" demasiado. También la novela no tiene nada de original.
February 24, 2012
Good, angsty. I definitely enjoyed it, though for some reason I also was very conscious of how none of the plot lines were very unique.
February 23, 2014
un libro dramatico y muy romántico, me gusto mucho.
February 10, 2016
Fiquei muito irritada com a personalidade da protagonista. O mocinho também não era lá essas coisas.
May 26, 2016
La terquedad es el peor rasgo que uno puede tener, al no reconocer que estamos equivocados perdemos mucho tiempo.
April 24, 2017
Misunderstandings lead to the couple not being together.
August 7, 2012
It was okay, I think. Not really amazing. Just.. so-so..
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