Desert Warrior

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Summary: B-O-R-I-N-G
Review: Dull and dopey. (And I'm someone who generally *likes* sheik romances!) Unless you're a sheik-romance enthusiast who simply must own every Rudolph Valentino retread to roll down the highway, I'd say save your money on this one.

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Summary: Fantasy Lives!
Review: Nalini Singh has created compelling and believeable characters in her debut novel DESERT WARRIOR. This brilliantly crafted tale suspended reality for me and brought back the old Valentino style sweep-you-off-your-feet Sheik romance. Ms Singh has a wonderful lyrical writing style with a deeply sensual promise for readers. While DESERT WARRIOR certainly wasn't the kind of read I was expecting in a Sil. Desire, I was gripped from start to finish by this truly enjoyable book. I look forward to her next title with great impatience.

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Summary: Storyline info plus
Review: Reader Comments:
Nice debut novel from Ms. Singh. The passion and heartfelt emotions between Jasmine and Tariq are strong and their attraction sizzles each time they are in a room together. The fantasy elements of the story- the exotic setting and life in a palace make for good escapist reading. My only issue was that Tariq was really bitter about having his heart broken 4 years earlier by a shy girl who caved to her family's demands that she not run off with him. Hello- she was 18 and very sheltered. By the end of the book he does come to the realization that she has matured and that he was awfully hard on her back then and he does forgive her. Was nice to see a story like this that actually acknowledges that the actions of an immature 18 year old are not the same as that of a more mature 22 year old....Seeing Jasmine grow as she takes on the role of wife to her sheik is enjoyable. I look forward to more books by this promising author. Next time- how about an Indian prince in a distant province and an arranged marriage......

Romantic Times Review:
Four years ago, when forced to choose between her family or her lover, Tariq, Jasmine was not strong enough to follow her heart. Now she travels to his homeland of Zulheil hoping he will fulfill his threat to kidnap her before she sets foot outside the airport. Tariq has no intention of letting Jasmine leave him again. After securing her as his wife, his only remaining challenge is to ensure she gets nowhere near his heart. Love is a weakness he cannot afford to take a risk on a second time. Nalini Singh tells a heartwarming story of passion and healing in DESERT WARRIOR (4).

Storyline Info:
The fabled desert kingdom of Zulheina was Tariq's birthright, and he was a man who held tightly what belonged to him. And that meant he had to reclaim a very special woman - the woman who had broken his heart years before in New Zealand. And once he had lured her to this distant land, he meant to keep his new bride here forever....

But Jasmine Coleridge was not as easily tamed as he had imagined. Her beguiling blend of untouched innocence and dazzling sensuality threatened, once again, to bring the haughty sheikh to his knees - and made him wonder who was the true prisoner....

Rating:
Summary: Wonderfully
Review: This was the second novel I have read of Ms. Singh and just like the other novel this one showed the full love of both hero and heroine right away. In the usual romance the hero waits to the last minute to tell her his true feelings but not in this title.
I also liked the great sex scenes not as good as "awaken to pleasure" but good enough. I love that the author showed how hurt the sheik was after being left years ago by Jasmine and how she had to fight to show him this time around she will never desert him again. Very touching and heart wrenching especially after finding out how her family wanted the "the other sister" to have him instead of her. Great read.