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Desert Destiny
Mills & Boon Sexy series delivers what you love in contemporary romance - glamour and scandal in exotic locations…
"I am master and here I am the law"
Sheikh Suliman El Khazir was a powerful man and used to getting what he wanted, and what he wanted was for Beth to be his desert bride!
Despite her growing attraction, all Beth's instincts told her to resist. They were worlds apart she was an independent woman and he wanted a wife who would obey his every whim. But then he kidnapped her and, alone with the sheikh, Beth was finding it increasingly difficult not to surrender to her desert destiny.
Sheikh Suliman El Khazir was a powerful man and used to getting what he wanted, and what he wanted was for Beth to be his desert bride!
Despite her growing attraction, all Beth's instincts told her to resist. They were worlds apart she was an independent woman and he wanted a wife who would obey his every whim. But then he kidnapped her and, alone with the sheikh, Beth was finding it increasingly difficult not to surrender to her desert destiny.
144 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 10, 1992
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August 1, 2019
"Desert Destiny" is the story of Beth and Suliman.
Well, this was just a desert Sheikh fantasy!
A world famous singer goes to film a music video in a desert, locks eyes with a sexy sheikh, gets kidnapped, falls in love, gets "forced" married, realizes her true destiny and finally gets her HEA.
This had a lot of denial, accusations, forced kisses, interfering OM, century old predictions and intense lovemaking.
A good one time read, and the second half was much better than the first.
Safe
3/5
Well, this was just a desert Sheikh fantasy!
A world famous singer goes to film a music video in a desert, locks eyes with a sexy sheikh, gets kidnapped, falls in love, gets "forced" married, realizes her true destiny and finally gets her HEA.
This had a lot of denial, accusations, forced kisses, interfering OM, century old predictions and intense lovemaking.
A good one time read, and the second half was much better than the first.
Safe
3/5
July 22, 2019
The book starts with the h making a music video in the desert. She is a pop star, and have been since she was 16-18. I think she is now about 22.
The film crew is interrupted by the sheik H and his entourage. They are trespassing on his land. But mid rant he sees the h and there is an immediate connection between them. The H makes an about face and invitescommands them to his home the next night. The h feels both afraid of him and draw to him at the same time.
On the night they talk and the H eludes to something that’s “written”
He also keeps calling her Sheba (I know, I know. Cat food) when her name is Batsheba. (I know, I know. No better than the cat food one) Her friends call her Beth tho. He convinces her to come riding with him the next day and not tell Chris, who is her friend, producer and owner of the record company she works for. He discover her when she was 15 and they became known together. He as a producer and she as his biggest star. He has kept her in a glass jar and she is getting to realize how little freedom she really has. She’s very innocent for a 22-23 year old. She hasn't even been kissed.
The next day she sneaks out leaving a note saying she has gone sightseeing and not to worry. The H and h ride out in the desert and the h smells a rat when they have ridden for hours with no sign of turning back. She confronts him and tries to turn around but her horse spooks and she falls of and ,conveniently for the H, loses consciousness. He takes her to his desert retreat. Then people in the camp seems to recognize her. You get the impression , by the way the H keeps dropping hints, that the h is some sort of prophesy come to life.
What fallows is bickering and forced kisses where she ultimately succumbs and the H pulls back. Before the kidnapping they actually talked and the h really liked him. I have a feeling that if he had courted her in a normal way she would have fallowed him anywhere.
The next day Chris finds them (this is halfway into the book)
He is upset and asks the h several times if the H made love to her. We find out that he wants to preserve her pure for her image etc.
The H gives him tea that’s drugged so he falls a sleep. Then he takes the h to some sort of tempel in the desert, on the way to his palace. There it is finely reviled what /why the hero is on about calling hercat food Sheba.
Apparently there was a warrior queen with that name who was married to a sheik ancestor to the H with the same name as the H. Sheba is said to reincarnate every 7 generations. Guess what, the H is the seventh generation from the last Sheba reincarnation, the h is born in the seventh month in Bahrain (her father was in the army) in a desert tent, and blah blah blah. The H keeps harping on about destiny and that they were meant to be. The h is sad because she realizes she loves him but doesn’t think he loves her.
Up to this point the book was a 3 star read for me (which is unusual) but all the talk about prophecies and destiny just felt stupid and corny. SH could have gone whole hog Violet Winspear and just made the H a Super Alfa that takes what he wants.
Anyhoo, after sleeping chastely in the Sheiks arms, the next day Chris finds them with his helicopter. The h can’t seem to decide if she should go with Chris or not. Some penis comparing ensues (AKA a sword fight) that the H wins ,of course. Chris retreats sullenly in his flying machine.
The MCs continue to the palace where it turns out that the H is going to marry her. She tries to convince him that a marriage between them will never work. The H asks her not to appose him in front of his people (he has ask this of her on several occasions before and since she doesn't want to make him look weak with his peeps she doesn't scream and run away from her kidnapper?)
So she ends up marrying him. They have a wedding night but the h freaks out the next morning when the H start jabbering about sons and hairs and she realizes she could be pregnant. I didn’t get what the actually problem was. If she felt that a child would bind her to the H forever or some such. She still thinks she can get back to “civilization” and divorce him (silly girl). Don’t get me wrong she loves him but thinks he doesn’t love her I return.
The H ends up slamming out the door.
Now the book takes a turn for the worse in my opinion. It becomes more like an Carolin Mortimer story with the H, from being forcefull but loving, sudden becoming aloof and cold, pushing the h away.
There is a meeting between the h and some French artist who is in the plot just to show the h how the H REALLY is (he is a western friendly, artist loving, philanthropist).
When the h confronts him with her new knowledge he, rightfully so in my opinion, accuses her of changing her mind about him now when she thinks him civilized (which I kind of agree with)
They have angry sex and the H tells her that he will let her go. All this has happened with in 12 hours of the marriage btw, feels longer.
Don’t remember much about the last pages just that the heroin did all the chasing and begging. The on good thing about the ending of the book is that we get the MCs talking and the H’s versions of events. Like that he has loved her all along etc.
Oh and the whole prophesy thing was seemingly not important after all! grr
This book was great until the last few chapters when both the H and h underwent a personality change. Until then the book felt just like an old school sheik romance a la Violet Winspear.
The film crew is interrupted by the sheik H and his entourage. They are trespassing on his land. But mid rant he sees the h and there is an immediate connection between them. The H makes an about face and invites
On the night they talk and the H eludes to something that’s “written”
He also keeps calling her Sheba (I know, I know. Cat food) when her name is Batsheba. (I know, I know. No better than the cat food one) Her friends call her Beth tho. He convinces her to come riding with him the next day and not tell Chris, who is her friend, producer and owner of the record company she works for. He discover her when she was 15 and they became known together. He as a producer and she as his biggest star. He has kept her in a glass jar and she is getting to realize how little freedom she really has. She’s very innocent for a 22-23 year old. She hasn't even been kissed.
The next day she sneaks out leaving a note saying she has gone sightseeing and not to worry. The H and h ride out in the desert and the h smells a rat when they have ridden for hours with no sign of turning back. She confronts him and tries to turn around but her horse spooks and she falls of and ,conveniently for the H, loses consciousness. He takes her to his desert retreat. Then people in the camp seems to recognize her. You get the impression , by the way the H keeps dropping hints, that the h is some sort of prophesy come to life.
What fallows is bickering and forced kisses where she ultimately succumbs and the H pulls back. Before the kidnapping they actually talked and the h really liked him. I have a feeling that if he had courted her in a normal way she would have fallowed him anywhere.
The next day Chris finds them (this is halfway into the book)
He is upset and asks the h several times if the H made love to her. We find out that he wants to preserve her pure for her image etc.
The H gives him tea that’s drugged so he falls a sleep. Then he takes the h to some sort of tempel in the desert, on the way to his palace. There it is finely reviled what /why the hero is on about calling her
Apparently there was a warrior queen with that name who was married to a sheik ancestor to the H with the same name as the H. Sheba is said to reincarnate every 7 generations. Guess what, the H is the seventh generation from the last Sheba reincarnation, the h is born in the seventh month in Bahrain (her father was in the army) in a desert tent, and blah blah blah. The H keeps harping on about destiny and that they were meant to be. The h is sad because she realizes she loves him but doesn’t think he loves her.
Up to this point the book was a 3 star read for me (which is unusual) but all the talk about prophecies and destiny just felt stupid and corny. SH could have gone whole hog Violet Winspear and just made the H a Super Alfa that takes what he wants.
Anyhoo, after sleeping chastely in the Sheiks arms, the next day Chris finds them with his helicopter. The h can’t seem to decide if she should go with Chris or not. Some penis comparing ensues (AKA a sword fight) that the H wins ,of course. Chris retreats sullenly in his flying machine.
The MCs continue to the palace where it turns out that the H is going to marry her. She tries to convince him that a marriage between them will never work. The H asks her not to appose him in front of his people (he has ask this of her on several occasions before and since she doesn't want to make him look weak with his peeps she doesn't scream and run away from her kidnapper?)
So she ends up marrying him. They have a wedding night but the h freaks out the next morning when the H start jabbering about sons and hairs and she realizes she could be pregnant. I didn’t get what the actually problem was. If she felt that a child would bind her to the H forever or some such. She still thinks she can get back to “civilization” and divorce him (silly girl). Don’t get me wrong she loves him but thinks he doesn’t love her I return.
The H ends up slamming out the door.
Now the book takes a turn for the worse in my opinion. It becomes more like an Carolin Mortimer story with the H, from being forcefull but loving, sudden becoming aloof and cold, pushing the h away.
There is a meeting between the h and some French artist who is in the plot just to show the h how the H REALLY is (he is a western friendly, artist loving, philanthropist).
When the h confronts him with her new knowledge he, rightfully so in my opinion, accuses her of changing her mind about him now when she thinks him civilized (which I kind of agree with)
They have angry sex and the H tells her that he will let her go. All this has happened with in 12 hours of the marriage btw, feels longer.
Don’t remember much about the last pages just that the heroin did all the chasing and begging. The on good thing about the ending of the book is that we get the MCs talking and the H’s versions of events. Like that he has loved her all along etc.
Oh and the whole prophesy thing was seemingly not important after all! grr
This book was great until the last few chapters when both the H and h underwent a personality change. Until then the book felt just like an old school sheik romance a la Violet Winspear.
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October 12, 2021
First we must consider this was written nearly 30 years ago. Even so, the idea of rape fantasy is not really my cup of tea and this story missed the mark for me. Perhaps I should have read it 20 year ago, not in my 40's when this type of women conquering is clearly offensive to someone who believes women are not alive to be conquered in that way. This girl would have been head over heels for him on day one if he had just wined and dined her like a King instead of a kidnapper and potential rapist.
I can imagine there are many women that dream of a King stealing them away into the riches of a kingdom to become queen and this is that fantasy, but I struggle to believe that, no matter how handsome a man is, the promise of rape is exciting to most women. The internal struggle Bethsheba (hate this name and hated reading it a million times) struggles with feels real, but her amazing ability to love him is beyond me. It has a 50 shades of Grey feeling, where [that name above I can't stand to repeat] falls for the grandeur and excitement of the incredible riches and the idea of this strong, powerful, rich man. Again, not my cup of tea.
I can imagine there are many women that dream of a King stealing them away into the riches of a kingdom to become queen and this is that fantasy, but I struggle to believe that, no matter how handsome a man is, the promise of rape is exciting to most women. The internal struggle Bethsheba (hate this name and hated reading it a million times) struggles with feels real, but her amazing ability to love him is beyond me. It has a 50 shades of Grey feeling, where [that name above I can't stand to repeat] falls for the grandeur and excitement of the incredible riches and the idea of this strong, powerful, rich man. Again, not my cup of tea.
August 5, 2021
Definitely more desert fantasy than desert reality. I would have liked this more when I was in my teens/twenties but I think I am pretty much done with sheikh romances now.
December 31, 2017
Imádom az ilyen történeteket! Egy harcias amazon próbál küzdeni egy fölényes(nek tűnő)sejk és a saját érzései ellen – kitartóan, ám nem mindig sikeresen. ;)
A környezet nem más, mint az egzotikus Kelet; úgy éreztem, mintha az Ezeregyéjszaka meséibe csöppentem volna. Mindezt megspékelve a pörgős cselekménnyel, egy igazán remek történetet kaptunk, ahol még a fordítás is jól sikerült.
Ennek a műnek ráadásul még mondanivalója is van, nagy igazságokat mond az életről. Ajánlom a műfaj kedvelőinek, mert határozottan a jobb fajta Harlequin-történetekhez tartozik.
A környezet nem más, mint az egzotikus Kelet; úgy éreztem, mintha az Ezeregyéjszaka meséibe csöppentem volna. Mindezt megspékelve a pörgős cselekménnyel, egy igazán remek történetet kaptunk, ahol még a fordítás is jól sikerült.
Ennek a műnek ráadásul még mondanivalója is van, nagy igazságokat mond az életről. Ajánlom a műfaj kedvelőinek, mert határozottan a jobb fajta Harlequin-történetekhez tartozik.
January 3, 2014
Characters are too one-dimensional but the final chapters are very romantic, exciting and there is a plot twist as well ;)
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June 8, 2018I am master and here--I am the law" Sheikh Suliman El Khazir was a powerful man and used to getting what he wanted, and what he wanted was for Beth to be his desert bride!Despite her growing attraction, all Beth's instincts told her to resist. They were worlds apart--she was an independent woman and he wanted a wife who would obey his every whim. But then he kidnapped her and, alone with the sheikh, Beth was finding it increasingly difficult not to surrender to her desert destiny
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