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The Sheikh's Disobedient Bride (Harlequin Presents)

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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.

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.

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!

Okay so the reviews for this book for the most part are awesome and I can see why, the author wrote a well written story and I can totally see that but there were just so many things that made me MAD in this book!! It was typical harlequin for the most part: scarred hero with his tortured passed that made him vow to never love again then the innocent, younger female comes along and he learns to love again but only in the last chapter of the book do we find out he has feelings for the woman. So same ol' same ol' on that front. But I have had enough of harlequin women being railroaded, and pretty much forced into sleeping with the man who abuses her trust and forces her into a marriage/relationship that she doesn't want. Enough is enough! when is Harlequin going to start to publish books where the man is a decent human and treats the heroine well. Jane Porter (like many Harlequin authors) described the hero as though he was a good man, i.e. his servants and people love him because he has honor blah, blah, blah...but then Tair (our hero) treats Tally like trash. He walks all over her. She has hopes and asks to be let go from being kidnapped bride and he always says no but Tally falls in love with him anyway. Her excuse... he has sexual prowess and therefore she can not resist him. WHAT??? If a man doesn't respect you and treats you like you dont matter then how do you fall in love with him? This is so unrealistic. Not to mention this happens over what like a few weeks? I'm sorry but you have control over your body and your mind.

When a man doesn't treat you with respect and dignity you leave..okay grated our heroine did try to escape several times but she was always found by Tair...but you dont fall in love with the devil you call the US Embassy and fight to escape. I know I am ranting but I have tried several harlequin books and different Harlequin authors and they, for the most part have evil, horrible men as leads. Now I have read some good ones but they are few and far between.
I think harlequin readers should protest.

Tally was a photographer taking her freelance pictures in Africa and Tair a handsome, rich, leader of his people rode into town and kidnapped Tally. He took her to his hideaway for her protection and again for "her protection" married her. Tally was wonderful she did not make anything easy for this guy, and they were awesome together. I loved this book and read the ending twice. I gave this book five stars and I recommend it highly.

This book is an excellent iove story and the tension between these two are wonderful and the man made you feel for him in the end he started out as being overbearing but once you got to the heart of him if he wasn't this way you would not have fallen in love with him yourself. This is a hot read with romance and sensual heat in it.

I have a different back cover than the person below so I write it too: She must be tamed-willing or not...
He`s a warrior-fierce, traditional and hardened by tragedy. Sheikh Tair lives by the strict rules of the desert. When he finds Tally has broken one of those sacred laws, endangering the safety of his tribe, Tair has to act...
Tally is kept like a slave-girl, and her instinct is to flee-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. He certainly knows he wants her-willing or not!

I think the "castle" in the end was quite ridiculous...