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  • Series: Harlequin Presents (Book 3203)
  • Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Harlequin (December 17, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0373132093
  • ISBN-13: 978-0373132096
  • Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.5 x 6.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 starsNot Bad but not Great
By ToryMichaels on December 17, 2013
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Sometimes I have real love/hate relationships with HP books. This time, though, I don’t really. I liked this book, I just didn’t love it.

No one could really call Ana strong initially, though she definitely grows and develops over the course of the novel. She starts out the good girl who’s lived her life trying to make herself indispensible to people so they won’t leave her (she has some emotional scars that are helped to finally heal, thanks to Zafar), but gradually comes to realize she doesn’t want to hide away behind those walls.

Zafar was horribly betrayed by a woman when he was sixteen, resulting in the death of his parents and his exile from the kingdom he should have inherited. So, I really don’t blame or need him to be all uber-alpha-male. He’s not a dominating man like so many HP heroes are, though he’s definitely a strong man. He had to be, surviving and bonding with the Bedouins who inhabit (and are persecuted by his uncle who ruled the kingdom after Zafar’s parents died) the desert parts of the kingdom. He built walls of necessity and has to reenter society after his uncle’s death to take over the kingdom even though the city-dwelling citizens think he’s nothing but a monster, not knowing all that he did during his exile to protect his people.

These two are a great couple and deseperately needed the comfort they ultimately find. Unfortunately, for me, what kept this from being a 4 or 4.5 star rating, was the amount of time spent repeating the memories/thoughts of what happened in the past. Yes, I understand they’re tortured and haunted by guilt over what they believed they were responsible for (and in many ways Zafar did have some definite reasons to be guilty, albeit out of youthful passion and naivete).Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsNot my favorite sheikh
By Mariana on December 23, 2013
Format: Mass Market Paperback
I don’t know what is wrong if is me or these books, because I used to love sheikh’s and their fugitive brides, but this book lacked emotion for me. Strange since both Ana and Zafar suffered so much in life that sharing was the right choice for them. I liked the way Zafar helped her in the desert and changing her way of thinking only of her father. But I just can’t push the fact this relationship started a little off for me.

Zafar had a more difficult life and the desert was his home for years, mostly because he blamed himself for his parents death. I can understand his guilt, but it felt shallow for me the way he treated people, only thinking about his country and not his own happiness. His uncle was a hideous person for the way he treated the country and Zafar, but he was no child and comprehend really well the things happening.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA more complicated than expected sheikh romance
By Margaret Fisk on January 8, 2014
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Originally published on Tales to Tide You Over

I haven’t read a sheikh romance in a long while, but I tend to enjoy them because of the desert environment, which though exotic to most is where I spent much of my childhood. The stories, however, tend to fall along the same lines, and the deviations are small.

All that went out the window with Forged in the Desert Heat.

The story is anything but the traditional lines of strong, dominant sheikh who sweeps pale Western woman off her feet for control or political reasons. Those elements are there, but it’s almost like seeing their shadow dance, or maybe their reflection where expectations are turned on their head.

In Forged in the Desert Heat, Zafar is indeed the powerful sheikh, except his power lies outside of the throne with the Bedouin who sheltered him after he was banished to the desert at fifteen. He’s only now returning to his throne with his corrupt uncle’s death, a troubled, tortured man determined to do better for all his people than the fifteen-year-old boy who made a mistake that cost both him and the country everything.

Ana is certainly pale and Western. An American heiress who lives for her father’s love ever since her mother left them both, she’s pledged herself in marriage to a neighboring sheikh whose oil interests match nicely with her father’s business. She likes Tariq, thinks she loves him, but wanted one last, or first, adventure before being consigned to a public role from which she could not escape.

The story begins with desert marauders using the kidnapped Ana as a bargaining chip against the newly made sheikh of Al Sabah.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsMaisey Yates Does It Again
By musingbookworm on January 16, 2014
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Maisey Yates is my go-to lady when I am in need of a sexy sheik. And man, does she deliver with Zafar. A man made hard by betrayal, wild by years in the desert and strong by his duty to his people.

Ana, our sassy heroine, is the perfect foil for Zafar's wildness. Fair where he is dark, refined where he is wild. However, for all of their differences, there are commonalities. Both are driven by a sense of rightness and duty. Each has been betrayed by one they trusted.

One of the things I love about Maisey's writing is her ability to show differences and similarities within the hero and heroines strengths and weakness. Ana has grown up wealthy and privileged, Zafar had to raise himself in the dangerous and unforgiving environment that is the desert. These seem to be completely unrelated, but have resulted in the characters having very similar purpose; to do right by others, to do their duty and to make up for the perceived errors in their histories. They both withhold their emotions, but for different reasons.

Part of Ana's role in the storyline is to "civilise" Zafar (which results in a VERY HOT shaving scene. WHOA). Without realising it, Zafar helps Ana to rediscover her inner wildness. I love how Maisey balances they way the characters give and take from each other. Unconsciously, they are providing each other with EXACTLY what they need to be whole. Which is a wonderful metaphor for romance and relationships, isn't it?

Part of Maisey's writing style is the hero using a culturally relevant endearment to the heroine. I've noticed it in a lot of her books, and I have to say, I just LOVE it. It's done with a delicate hand, there is always a reason that the hero uses it instead of the heroines name.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsGood spicy read.

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I love this author and have read several of her books. Everything I've read so far is really good. I loved this story

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Loved, loved loved this title by Maisey.
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Published on February 23, 2014 by LilMar
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Maisy Yates always delivers in her novels set in the desert. She delivers an excellently written, evenly paced story with a beautifully detailed setting and compelling characters. Read more

Published on January 29, 2014 by Janet
4.0 out of 5 starsA Sheikh Worth Liking

I just finished reading Forged in the Desert Heat and I'd have to say I really loved it. Ordinarily, I'm not big on books about sheikhs, but this one turned out fine. Read more

Published on January 4, 2014 by Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars4.5 Stars Review.

Zafar Nejem is making his way from the Bedouin camps he's called home most of his life to the palace where he is to take over the throne of his kingdom. Read more

Published on December 22, 2013 by Harlequin Junkie Blog
5.0 out of 5 starsA Rare Book--An HP Hero I Didn't Want To Kick In The Shins

Maisey Yates has created two scarred, struggling protagonists and brought their story together to show them helping each other heal and grow past the trauma that set them both on... Read more

Published on December 21, 2013 by Mary L. Valley

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