Sheiks Of Summer
by Alexandra Sellers, Fiona Brand, Susan Mallery
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Author: Alexandra Sellers, Fiona Brand, Susan MalleryEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-08-01
ISBN: 0373484704
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Silhouette
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Book Review: Three Great Stories
Summary: 4 Stars
I liked these three stories a lot and would have given them 5 stars except for the fact I think the short stories don't allow for that relationship growth that really draws you into a good story.
Susan Mallery's The Shiek's Virgin is the first in the series. An innocent young woman following her late aunt's wishes to travel to her home country meets and falls in love with a handsome native only to find out that he's the crown Prince.
Next is Alexandra Sellers Sheikh of Ice-If you liked her Sons of the Desert series you will enjoy this short story. Kate is in the Barkat Emirates on business to check out the possibilities of her agency endorsing it as a vacation spot for their exclusive clientele. She is assigned Cup Champion Hadi as her guide. Although she doesn't know until later in the story that he is a cup champion she recognizes from the beginning that he is meant for something bigger than a tour guide. Hadi has had a bad experience with love and has hardened his heart to that emotion. He cannot hide his attraction for Kate even though he vows that he will only offer his body not love. She vows not to give into sex without the needed emotion. These two have clashing personalities that creates a lot of chemistry, but once again the story is a little too short to do it proper justice.
The third story and my favorite of the three is Kismet by Fiona Brand. The story opens 800 years ago with the death of Kalil the husband and love of Laure during the Crusades. Laure is devasted by his death and even more so the fact she never got to tell him she loved him. Back in future we realize that descendant Laine is dreaming about this after finding long lost family relics (a dagger and brooch). She is cleaning out her late aunt's house on an the island that her aunt has recently sold to a sheik. She doesn't know the sheik, but is attracted to his handsome aide even though she's only seen him a time or two. Laine is 32 years old, divorced and a librarian who dresses in plain clothes and lives a lonely life alone. Laine cuts her hand on the dagger then gets stuck in her aunt's house because of a cyclone. Her hand gets infected and she passes out to find the roof being torn off in the storm. The sheik's aide busts into the house and rescues her taking her to the sheiks fortress where he takes care of her. We find out that the aide is really the sheik and he lost his wife over five years ago to cancer and hasn't been attracted to a woman since, until he met Laine. We also find out that he has had flashbacks since his childhood to the Crusades and it is believed he is the first Kalil reincarnated. During delirium, Laine calls to him in Arabic and French and he realizes she is the reincarnated love of his life Laure. When she recovers they have sex and he tells her he will marry her if she is pregnant. When she finds out he is the sheik, she flees convinced he doesn't really want her. Of course, he follows and convinces her otherwise.
This was a pretty good series although I would have rather them been full length stories.
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Three bold, irresistible men star in this collection of sizzling short stories by three of Silhouette's top talents. Features "The Sheik's Virgin" by Susan Mallery; "Sheikh of Ice" by Alexandra Sellers; and "Kismet" by Fiona Brand. (August)Literature & Fiction Books
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