The Sheik's Command (Silhouette Romantic Suspense) [Kindle Edition]

Loreth Anne White (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

THE SHEIK'S COMMAND (4.5) by Loreth Anne White: Nikki Hunt flees across the Sahara with a group of ill war orphans after rebels murder the nuns and priests at the mission. Dressed as a nomad, Nikki strays into Sheik Zakir Al Arif's kingdom, which is in turmoil. She needs Zakir's help to save the children. He agrees to help Nikki if her story checks out. But Nikki has a past -- she fled a marriage to a powerful man who will be ruthless in taking her back if he learns she's alive. Zakir is attracted to Nikki, enough to consider marrying her, but traitors in his midst work to make Zakir believe Nikki is a spy. Action, adventure and a heart-pounding conclusion make this highly romantic story a winner.

--Page Traynor --RomanticTimes Magazine

Product Description

Aid worker Nikki Hunt only wanted to ask Sheik Zakir Al Arif for safe passage across his war-torn country. She never expected to be taken prisoner by the handsome, secretive sheik. Or to be attracted by the lust his dark stare set off in her--a lust as hot as the Sahara.

Desperate to thwart a coup, Zakir was forced to hold the beautiful stranger captive--though what he really wanted was to take her to his bed. In close quarters, Nikki and Zakir succumbed to their explosive desire--until an enemy within forced an act of betrayal that could tear them apart forever....

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 239 KB
• Print Length: 224 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette Romantic Suspense (May 1, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0037NB6OQ
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,964 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Loreth Anne White was born and raised in southern Africa, but now lives in a ski resort high in the moody British Columbian Coast Mountain range. It's a place of vast, wild and often dangerous mountains, larger-than-life characters, epic adventure, and romance -- the perfect place to escape reality.

It's no wonder it was here she was inspired to abandon a 16-year career as a journalist, features writer, and editor (under the name Loreth Beswetherick) to escape into a world of romantic fiction filled with dangerous men and adventurous women.

When she's not writing you will find her long-distance running, biking or skiing on the trails, and generally trying to avoid the bears. She calls this work, because it's when the best ideas come.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Action and romance, August 9, 2010

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Cindy Fitzgerald "Cindy" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sheik's Command (Silhouette Romantic Suspense) (Kindle Edition)

I needed the tissues for this one. A romantic story with plenty of action and adventure in a realistically-drawn desert setting. Loved it!

4.0 out of 5 stars A FUN ESCAPE TO A DESERT LAND, August 22, 2011

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Buggy "SUNNIE Day reader" (British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sheik's Command (Silhouette Romantic Suspense) (Mass Market Paperback)

Oh this was fun, whisked away to the desert land of Sheik princes, royal palaces, camels, date palms, espionage and love among the sand dunes. Not my normal fare to be sure but I really enjoyed this. Author Loreth Ann White has outdone herself with the amount of research she must have put into this story. I actually felt like I was in Africa with the sun and sand on my skin, a bejewelled scarf covering my head and a camel lurching beneath me. It was a fantastic escape.

And while this is set up a bit like the old fashioned bodice rippers -kidnapped by a handsome prince/harem situation this is definitely a contemporary romance. Our heroine is tough, independent and smart while our Sheik is realistic in the ways of running his country and modern in his thinking and dealings with women. With a sweet romance, entertaining espionage story and a couple of desert treks the only thing here that annoyed me was that the entire conflict between the H/h was based on a lack of communication (just tell him/her already) which always drives me crazy.

Nikki Hunt is on the run from her past, having lost everything seven years ago she's changed her name, became an aid worker and is now travelling across a war torn country in Northern Africa. It's no place for a woman, especially one in charge of a group of sick orphans. With the borders closing around her Nikki finds herself trapped and at the mercy of the "Dark King" of Al Na'Jar. Begging his help for safe passage to the Atlantic and medical aid for her children. What Nikki hadn't counted on was being held hostage in his palace and or that she would feel such an attraction to this secretive regal man.

Prince Zakir Al Arif needs a wife in the worst kind of way. To ascend the throne he must first be married and it's going to have to be before his progressing medical condition becomes public knowledge too. Zakir doesn't have time to seduce a woman, which makes Nikki perfect for the job of his Queen. Not only does she speak Arabic and know the ways of his people she also appeals to his fondness of western ways. Now all he has to do is convince her that a marriage of convince would benefit both of them without falling in love. However when a traitor is revealed amongst his people and Nikki commits the ultimate act of betrayal Zakir's time may have just run out.