KING OF THE DESERT, CAPTIVE BRIDE
Desert Kings
Jane Porter
Harlequin Presents #2725
ISBN 13: 978-0-375-12725-2
10: 0-373-12725-1
May 2008
Category Romance

Sheikh Khalid Fehr rescues American tourist Olivia Morse from prison. Framed for smuggling drugs into a Middle Eastern country, Olivia has been tried and convicted and sentenced to a prison known for its torture and its prisoners' disappearances. Besides bribery and diplomacy, Sheikh Khalid also assured Olivia's captors that she was his woman, and by saying this, his name and honor were at stake. Thus freed, Olivia finds herself trapped in a different kind of prison--engaged to a sheikh. Olivia thinks it's an engagement just for show...but when Khalid's political enemies insist upon their marriage, Olivia must marry Sheikh Khalid Fehr!

If you are a sheikh romance fan, then KING OF THE DESERT, CAPTIVE BRIDE is not to be missed! Jane Porter pens a wonderful, romantic entry in the sheikh subgenre overflowing with all the elements that sheikh romance fans adore about the fantasy: a wounded alpha hero, a heroine needing rescue, wealth and luxury, and exotic locations. Khalid and Olivia's travels through Egypt are wondrous to experience, as is the history and mythology they discuss. Ms. Porter's love of Egypt shines through! KING OF THE DESERT, CAPTIVE BRIDE is the second of Jane Porter's two sheikh romances with April's THE SHEIKH'S CHOSEN QUEEN being the first.

Reviewed by Debora Hosey
Rating: 4