Fire And Desire (Arabesque) [Mass Market Paperback]

Brenda Jackson (Author)

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From Publishers Weekly

An oil research summit in Rio de Janeiro leads to romantic adventure for renowned geologist Corinthians Avery and Trevor Grant, the head foreman of Madaris Explorations. A tense relationship, which began at a business meeting two years before, is complicated when Corinthians, attempting to seduce a colleague by secretly entering his hotel room half naked, inadvertently reveals herself to Trevor instead. A terrorist takeover of their hotel forces the notoriously contentious African-American pair to take cover in the jungles of South America, where Trevor's survival skills and fluency in Portuguese, honed from 15 years in a Marine Force Reconnaissance unit, come in handy. Jackson (One Special Moment) turns up the heat in the already steamy surroundings as Trevor and Corinthians put their differences aside and respond to their mutual attraction, revealing a passion for each other hidden by years of anger. The duo's rescue and return to U.S. soil is only the beginning of Jackson's special brand of intrigue: now Trevor must save Corinthians from a Middle Easterner who lusts after her and has made arrangements for her abduction to his country. (July)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Kimani Press; Reprint edition (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373830548
• ISBN-13: 978-0373830541
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #331,803 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #33 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Series > Arabesque

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In my opinion, this is Mrs. Jackson's best work yet!, January 27, 2000

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missnikki7 "missnikki" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fire and Desire - New 14232 (Arabesque) (Mass Market Paperback)

I really think Brenda out did herself with this one! "Fire and Desire" has to be the best romance novel I have every read, and I have read a lot. Trevor and Corinthians are my ideal couple. They try their hardest to fight their feelings for one another to the very end until their love over shadow's everything else. I will not tell you the story but I will tell you that I did not put the book down after I picked it up, but that's all of Brenda Jackson's books. I may be very bias because I am a fan of Mrs. Jackson, but this book is a must read. I have already reread it about eight times! Go ahead and order it now!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trevor Grant, What a man, what a man, what a man!, May 12, 1999

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Dera R Williams (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fire and Desire - New 14232 (Arabesque) (Mass Market Paperback)

I had lamented the fact that there were no more Madaris men for Brenda Jackson to write about but family friend Trevor Grant is the next best thing. Trevor believes that after two years Corinthians (yes, as in the bible)is still carrying a torch for Dex Madaris, the man she had intended to seduce unaware that Trevor had taken his place in the hotel suite. The beautiful curvaceous Ms. Avery has been an indelible memory every since that time. But how is he going to get next to her? Corinthians can't stand Trevor, or so she tries to tell herself. That night she made a fool of herself and she is still humiliated by the whole experience, so... whenever she is in Trevor's company, she keeps the subject on geology and oil, strictly business. Then in the jungles of Brazil things get hot hot hot in more ways than one. Ms. Jackson has written another gem.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE ON FIRE, June 2, 2000

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Lisa (San Francisco, Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fire and Desire - New 14232 (Arabesque) (Mass Market Paperback)

Talk about Fire and Desire. This book was really hot hot hot. You might remember the characters, Corinthians and Grant, from the book "Whispered Promises". This book was about Grant's best friend Dex Madaris, who was trying to get back together with his ex-wife Caitlan. Anyone who has read even one of the books in the Madaris series knows what I'm talking about. I knew that Grant and Corinthians were going to get their own story because there was so much passion between them from the beginning. It was well worth the wait. All of Brenda Jackson's books are good, but the Madaris series is wonderful.