The Sheikh's Disobedient Bride (Harlequin Presents) [Unabridged] [Mass Market Paperback]

Jane Porter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2006 | Series: Harlequin Presents (Book 2542)

Sheikh Tair lives by the strict rules of the desert. When he finds Tally has broken one of those sacred laws, Tair has to act... Tally is kept like a slave-girl. As ruler, he must tame her. He certainly knows he wants her -- willing or not!

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin; 1st edition (June 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373125429
• ISBN-13: 978-0373125425
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,147,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Award winning novelist, Jane Porter made a smashing debut on the chick lit scene with her single title release, The Frog Prince (Warner, May 2005). With a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies from UCLA, and a Master of Arts in Writing from University of San Francisco, Porter has had incredible success as writer of contemporary romance. A two-time Rita finalist, the Romance Writers of America awarded Porter the Golden Heart in Long Contemporary Fiction category in 1998.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Explosive and Powerful Love Story Full of Adventure, June 12, 2006

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Marilyn Shoemaker (Seattle, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sheikh's Disobedient Bride (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)

Disobedient doesn't begin to describe Tally who is on a photo assignment in a wild and dangerous desert city. When she is involved in a cross fire and rescued or should I say kidnapped by the handsome sheikh Tair, the war of the sexes begins!

Tally and Tair's love story is full of passion, heat, disagreements and misunderstandings. Tally in Tair's eyes is disobedient and Tally to prove the point keeps trying to runaway. As this couple gets to know each other, the reader is led on an incredible journey right along with them. When Tair takes Tally to his palace, fires like you won't believe ignite.

In the past both characters have been through so much. Tally had to abandon her life's dreams to stay at home and take care of her siblings as her mother needed to work to support the family. Tally goes through a lot of self-discovery and realizes she has fallen in-love with this incredible sheikh. Tair not only lost his father but also his wife and son due to desert wars. He is afraid to let Tally mean everything to him but she slips right into his heart. They marry, because Tair demands they do so but then Tally is kidnapped. When he realizes she might suffer further danger, he sends her away.

Again Jane Porter has given her readers not just another adventure but an incredible love story, one I will personally long remember.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Although it made me want to scream, I really enjoyed this book, January 13, 2009

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Holly R (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sheikh's Disobedient Bride (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)

Tally is a photographer and aspiring children's author. She's traveling through North Africa and was just minding her own business when she got caught in a violent attack. Abandoned by her two guides, she's snatched up by Tair, the Chief of the Desert, and carried off, barbarian style to his ten city where he informs her rather matter of factly that she is now his woman and she should fall in line as soon as possible. Fiercely independent and free spirited, this does not go over well with Tally and she endeavors to escape at every opportunity. Of course the possessive Tair sets off after her each time and although he saves her, time and time again, he can't resist capitalizing on each of her escape attempts and turns them into lectures on proper wifely behavior. Tair is determined to make Tally his while Tally is equally determined to escape him. It's the Battle of the Sexes and may the best man or woman win.

This started off so well. I really liked both Tally and Tair. Tair was incredibly pompous and arrogant. He might as well have clubbed her over the head and dragged her back to his cave. I wanted to hurt this guy. Every time he started spouting off on his,'I am man, hear me roar' tangents, I really wanted to take him out at the knees. Then I wanted to sex him up. It's not very forward thinking of me, I know, but there you have it. But I'm not the only one. All Tair has to do is tweak one of Tally's nipples and her scruples, morals and that proverbial high road all fall to the wayside. It's sickening. I can't in good conscience condone this type of behavior so I have to knock a star off. I also have to knock another star off due to this author's writing style. I didn't like it but it's my first book by this author and it's not going to deter me from trying another one of her books. I can't leave this with three stars though, so I'm tacking on another half a star for this book's humor. Tally and Tair's marriage ceremony had me rolling with laughter, while simultaneously screaming at the injustice of it all. Damn corrupt government officials. 3.5 stars.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars :0), June 30, 2006

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Romance Novel Junkies "Lady Raven Rave" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sheikh's Disobedient Bride (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)

You know This reminds me of a historical romance novels with the concept of sheiks capturing the woman making her his bride...and i think this is a mini version of that ..I LOVED IT
I like sheikh Tair but Tally she is a feisty one *smiling*, i also like that most of the scenes were in the desert a good change of scenery and that she kept trying to escape and almost getting her self killed just to be rescue again by sheik Tair..

Well written book, great chemistry between the couple and it was good..I'm hoping Jane Porter gives us a story about his parents due to how they met also...

BACK OF THE BOOK:::

Sheikh Tair lives by the rules of the desert. When he finds Tally has broken a sacred law, endangering the safety of his tribe, Tair has to act.

Tally is kept like a harem girl, but every time she tries to escape, the hostile desert drives her back. And with each new act of her disobedience, Tair's resolve hardens. As ruler, he must tame her. As a man he wants her -- willing or not!