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Strong, Hot Winds
Four years ago, after Cory Brandel's passionate affair with Sheikh Damon El Karim ended, she gave birth to his son - and kept it secret from him. When Damon finds out the truth, he kidnaps the boy and takes him across the world to his desert kingdom, knowing that Cory will follow.
Damon vows to punish Cory for depriving him of his son and heir, but does he really mean to imprison her in his palace until she surrenders to him? It is savage, unthinkable - but because she is fighting for her son, Cory has no choice. Time seems to have deepened the alarming heat of her attraction to this desert pirate, and Cory knows he has only to stoke her body and she will go up in flames. In rage, Damon had intended to bind Cory to him by force, but instead he is bewildered by his need for her touch. Until now, Cory never understood Damon's loneliness, but is she strong enough to give him the enduring love that he needs?
Damon vows to punish Cory for depriving him of his son and heir, but does he really mean to imprison her in his palace until she surrenders to him? It is savage, unthinkable - but because she is fighting for her son, Cory has no choice. Time seems to have deepened the alarming heat of her attraction to this desert pirate, and Cory knows he has only to stoke her body and she will go up in flames. In rage, Damon had intended to bind Cory to him by force, but instead he is bewildered by his need for her touch. Until now, Cory never understood Damon's loneliness, but is she strong enough to give him the enduring love that he needs?
181 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 1988
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Iris Johansen
227 books7,342 followersIris Johansen is a New York Times bestselling author. She began her writing after her children left home for college. She first achieved success in the early 1980s writing category romances. In 1991, Johansen began writing suspense historical romance novels, starting with the publication of The Wind Dancer. In 1996 Johansen switched genres, turning to crime fiction, with which she has had great success.
She lives in Georgia and is married. Her son, Roy Johansen, is an Edgar Award-winning screenwriter and novelist. Her daughter, Tamara, serves as her research assistant.
IRIS JOHANSEN is The New York Times bestselling author of Night and Day, Hide Away, Shadow Play, Your Next Breath, The Perfect Witness, Live to See Tomorrow, Silencing Eve, Hunting Eve, Taking Eve, Sleep No More, What Doesn't Kill You, Bonnie, Quinn, Eve, Chasing The Night, Eight Days to Live, Blood Game, Deadlock, Dark Summer, Pandora's Daughter, Quicksand, Killer Dreams, On The Run, and more. And with her son, Roy Johansen, she has coauthored Night Watch, The Naked Eye, Sight Unseen, Close Your Eyes, Shadow Zone, Storm Cycle, and Silent Thunder.
http://www.irisjohansen.com
She lives in Georgia and is married. Her son, Roy Johansen, is an Edgar Award-winning screenwriter and novelist. Her daughter, Tamara, serves as her research assistant.
IRIS JOHANSEN is The New York Times bestselling author of Night and Day, Hide Away, Shadow Play, Your Next Breath, The Perfect Witness, Live to See Tomorrow, Silencing Eve, Hunting Eve, Taking Eve, Sleep No More, What Doesn't Kill You, Bonnie, Quinn, Eve, Chasing The Night, Eight Days to Live, Blood Game, Deadlock, Dark Summer, Pandora's Daughter, Quicksand, Killer Dreams, On The Run, and more. And with her son, Roy Johansen, she has coauthored Night Watch, The Naked Eye, Sight Unseen, Close Your Eyes, Shadow Zone, Storm Cycle, and Silent Thunder.
http://www.irisjohansen.com
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January 31, 2018
"Strong, Hot Winds" is the story of Cory and Damon.
Sheikh Damon recieves the shock of his life, when an ex flame Cory he has been tracking leads to the discovery that he has a son..Michael!
Knowing the laws of US, and his lack of name on the birth certificate- he decides the best way to gain his offspring is by kidnapping him and his guardians, as well as blackmailing his ex to be his kiran, or mistress.
Cory had a one night, mutually satisfying, stand with Damon after which both of them part ways. She later gives birth and keeps it to herself.
Soon she is whisked away to Sedikhan, where she learns about the man himself and his battle with loneliness- and they engage in a war of love, passion and revelations.
One of Iris's earlier works, this is filled with angst, an obsessive hero and super hot lovemaking- mixed with heavy emotions.
We start with despising the hero and end with doing the same to the heroine- but by the end the things balance out well. Sweet ending.
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3/5
Sheikh Damon recieves the shock of his life, when an ex flame Cory he has been tracking leads to the discovery that he has a son..Michael!
Knowing the laws of US, and his lack of name on the birth certificate- he decides the best way to gain his offspring is by kidnapping him and his guardians, as well as blackmailing his ex to be his kiran, or mistress.
Cory had a one night, mutually satisfying, stand with Damon after which both of them part ways. She later gives birth and keeps it to herself.
Soon she is whisked away to Sedikhan, where she learns about the man himself and his battle with loneliness- and they engage in a war of love, passion and revelations.
One of Iris's earlier works, this is filled with angst, an obsessive hero and super hot lovemaking- mixed with heavy emotions.
We start with despising the hero and end with doing the same to the heroine- but by the end the things balance out well. Sweet ending.
Unsafe
3/5
July 4, 2014
I loved this book. I have read it before back in the wonderful days of Loveswept books. I miss Loveswept. I had them delivered to my house each month and I could wait until they got there. This particular book is by Iris Johansen who has gone on to great success with the Eve Duncan series. Strong, Hot Winds is from her earlier style of books. The classic romance book where the hero and heroine know they love each other but for their own reasons feel they must stay away from each other, then they reunite and have a wonderful happy ever after ending. These kinds of romances are my favorite. I read romances because I don't have much in my real life so I live vicariously through these wonderful romances. Keep them coming authors.
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January 29, 2012I have too many other books I want to read to waste my time on a book that I am not enjoying. Perhaps I will finish it another time but more than likely this will go on paperbackswap.com for someone who wants to read it more than me. :)
August 25, 2018
Heroine was too self absorbed to notice anything that was happening around her. I actually felt sorry for Damon cause it was obvoius he felt deeply for her and she was strugling with bugs in her head through the whole book. She imagined something and then kept holding to it even though it wasn't logical. Then suddenly she changed her mind and they now suppose to live happily ever after. Not sure I'm buying what author is trying to sell.
March 23, 2024
Nancy
Great short story! Characters strong! Story line intriguing and romantic. Classic intensity of two very strong people! Thanks for a great read.
Great short story! Characters strong! Story line intriguing and romantic. Classic intensity of two very strong people! Thanks for a great read.
September 9, 2013
this was a quick read i got it in at the library thinking that it was a new one when i started reading realized that this sounded like an early work checked the publication date and it said 1988 then thought that it might be one of those thin books still a good fast read but i can tell the difference between her early work and now
August 12, 2010
Typical & predictable trashy romance.
May 9, 2013
Her first novel. Did not like
May 19, 2013
Romance from the 80's. It is fun to read the old stuff by some of my favorite authors!
September 27, 2013
wow, Iris Johansen did it again, I just loved it.
October 6, 2013
Totally enjoyed as an audiobook selection. Took me away as I slog through my daily commute! If the cover of the audiobook had looked like the one above . . . well, not sure I would have read.
November 6, 2013
Didn't finish this book. It did not hold my attention against the other books I am reading. I think I'd finish it if I had nothing else to read on vacation. Sorry!
November 9, 2013
An enjoyable audio book for car rides - interesting story, although a bit far-fetched.
April 22, 2014
Not really my type of book
October 29, 2015
very bad
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