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Desire in the Desert (Harlequin Presents # 701)

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I really loved this book, although normally many of those books that involve an Arab falling for a western girl has too many exhibits of male domination over female weakness for my taste. This one does as well, to some degree, but it was saved by the romance. Jabir falls madly in love with Sara when he meets her at her father's crumbling hotel. He promptly buys the hotel and offers to save it, in exchange for Sara marrying him. She has no choice, and does so. Of course it helps that she was also infatuated with him! At first the two are awkward and unsure around each other, but I really thought Jabir was always gentle and patient with Sara, where he could have been a lot more demanding, as follows with many men of his culture. You can easily see he was crazy about her, and I always thought Sara was an idiot for not seeing it. Sara wins over Jabir's two little daughters without problem, and even wins over his father, who at first had other marriage plans for his son, the future king. Sara had to adapt to a life of great wealth, oh what hardship!, and learned to trust her new husband. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves romance!