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In the heat of the desert, a scorching love rises between a restless viscount and a beauty in disguise in this novel by a New York Times–bestselling author.

Desperate to find safety in England, Zenia, the descendent of the Queen of the Desert, dresses herself as a Bedouin boy. For protection, she agrees to guide Arden, the Lord of Winter, through the wilds of her dangerous desert homeland as he searches for a legendary Arabian mare. Consigned by her mother to live disguised, Zenia hasn’t the courage to admit her sex to Arden. Yet, as they cross a merciless desert, she comes to yearn for this fearless, untamable man to know the feminine heart beating beneath her Bedouin rags.

Lord Winter’s loneliness and adventurous spirit have always driven him to the empty, brutal places of the Earth. With Zenia at his side, his loneliness recedes. One night of terror will bind their souls together, but when the princess escapes her homeland for the comfort and safety of England, his yearning will lead him to invade her sanctuary . . .

The Dream Hunter is a suspenseful, adventure-filled tale that establishes Laura Kinsale as “the gold standard in historical romance” (Lisa Kleypas).

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“Laura Kinsale’s work is unfailingly brilliant and beautiful.” —Julia Quinn

“No one—repeat, no one—writes historical romance better than Laura Kinsale.” —Mary Jo Putney, New York Times–bestselling author of Sometimes a Rogue

“Laura Kinsale creates magic. Her characters live, breathe, charm, and seduce, and her writing is as delicious and perfectly served as wine in a crystal glass . . . If there is one thing I wish for every romance reader, it is to experience the singular and extraordinary pleasures of a Laura Kinsale novel.” —Lisa Kleypas, New York Times–bestselling author

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When Arden, Lord Winter, travels to Africa in 1838, he agrees to let a young Bedouin boy lead him across the desert in return for which Arden will take the young man to England. But the young man is in fact a young woman, Zenia, whose adventurous mother (recently deceased) insisted she hide her sex for protection. In due course, Arden and Zenia are captured, and Zenia's hoax is uncovered, so to speak. Feeling sure they are about to be executed, the two take advantage of the pleasures available. Shortly thereafter, Zenia, believing Arden dead, makes her escape during a battle and finds her way to his family in England, where she discovers that she is pregnant. With so much happening at first, it's quite a shock to find the tale grinding to a sudden halt. Even when Arden comes home three years later, the plot still lags. There is no joyous reunion, merely constant bickering over the upbringing of the child. Once it is decided that Arden and Zenia marry legally, the arrangements are gone over repeatedly by different characters, leaving the reader to suffer the same tiresome passages again and again. There are no diverting subplots, no reason, in fact, for the reader to torture him or herself by attempting to finish this tedious tale.
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About the Author

Laura Kinsale, a former geologist, is the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow and the Star, Seize the Fire, The Prince of Midnight, Flowers from the Storm, The Dream Hunter, For My Lady's Heart, and Shadowheart. She and her husband divide their time between New Mexico and Texas --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Lord Winter, a rebellious young viscount, restlessly searches the world for new adventure while his parents wish he would be searching for a wife. In pursuit of a legendary Arabian horse known as String of Pearls, Winter inadvertently fulfills both dreams. He hires a ragged Bedouin youth to guide him across the desert. The youth is a young woman in disguise with hopes of finally making her way to England where her father (unaware of her existence) lives. The two part during a desert battle, shortly after the disguise is uncovered. Winter is presumed dead and Zenia, carrying his child, is mistaken for his wife and encouraged by Winter's parents to keep up the pretense. Winter arrives home three years later to find his beloved waif transformed into a cool, proper English miss, and their reunion is as stormy as their first meeting. Kinsale handles her tempestuous characters well in her latest historical romance. Denise Perry Donavin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The lovely mare on the cover is real--Antara Shalima (Ansata Hejazi x Sha Latif) a Straight Egyptian Arabian with all lines tracing to the Ali Pasha Sherif horses in Egypt. The original photograph of this gorgeous mare was taken by Nancy Pierce of Pierce Graphic Design and is used with permission.

There could not be a more true-to-life image of Shajar al-Durr, the legendary String of Pearls that Arden brings out of the desert at such cost.

Laura

Antara Egyptians: antaraegyptians.com/featured.html

Antara Shalima original photo: heirloomhalters.com/gallery/horses/shalima4.jpg --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

ASIN : B00J84KZ7C
Publisher : Open Road Media Romance (April 1, 2014)
Publication date : April 1, 2014
Language : English
File size : 5052 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 404 pages
Lending : Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #304,879 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #3,473 in Action & Adventure Romance (Books)
- #3,837 in Romantic Action & Adventure
- #4,185 in Action & Adventure Romance Fiction

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Pat. H

Fresh plot with well developed main characters--loved the story!

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2017

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I'm glad I read the book before I read the review from "Publisher's Weekly". I don't remember ever being bored with the different opinions Zenia seeks as to what to do about her relationship with the man she didn't really marry. All I remember is a few tears as I suffered their pain and confusion with them. Who has never been afraid of trusting someone with their heart, knowing the person is the only one they could ever really love? And they had their adorable child to consider; it felt very normal to fear that someone could take a child's love away and they would never have that life sustaining feeling again.
I loved this story; the life in the desert was so well described it felt as if I was there. I don't know how Zenia could endure the cold emotions of Lord Winter's parents who only allowed her to live with them because she had his child. I found the ending a little confusing as Zenia had to face the emotionally punishing behavior of her mother to prevent continuing the mistakes she had made. At times I wasn't sure what she was thinking or talking about but it didn't interfere with enjoying the way the story ended.
The plot was different from so many other period romance stories. The author used some cliches, like how awful the young society women at the time were in that they had no individuality or personalities worth knowing; and the frustrations faced by heirs to estates and how they hated the necessity of learning about how to run one when they would rather be doing something else. But most of the story was fresh and entertaining. The writing and editing were good, the story details seemed to be accurate as to period values and mores (as far as I could tell--there were no glaring mistakes that I could see).
I would recommend this book to readers that like a little adventure with their romance, especially centered in the Arabian dessert of the early 1800's. The story has several descriptive love scenes that include sexual activity so some readers may find this offensive, but I've seen worse. It didn't feel like the book was written just so the author could include sex like some books feel; it fit into the story and moved the plot forward effectively.

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Judge Tabor

Ms. Kinsale - Please. Find. Your. Muse. - We Need More Stories

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2014

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I struggled with how many stars to give this book. Although, I must confess there were parts of this storyline that made me want to scream out in protest, in the end, the good parts were so deserving of 5 stars, I opted to go with the max allowed.

Storyline: Lord Winter, adventurer extraordinaire, on the outs with his controlling father Earl Belmaine, decides to take on the intriguing prospect of locating and bringing back to England, the fabled "String of Pearls" - a horse known only by legend and supposedly to be found deep in the Arabian peninsula. Apparently it will not be his first trip to this area of the world, because it's soon revealed that he had previously visited Lady Hester Stanhope, "mad" Queen of the Desert, on several occasions at her hilltop fortress in Arabia.

In this book, Lord Winter arrives just in time for Lady Hester's funeral and decides to spend the night in her deserted, pillaged fortress. Except, he's not exactly alone - he encounters an individual that to all appearances is a young distressed and fearful Bedouin lad going through some documents. In fact, the "lad" is the daughter, Zenobia (Zenia), of Lady Hester who has been sadly mistreated by her mother, serving as a ragged servant in her home for several years. Although Zenia looks to be about 14, she is in fact 25 years old. She's desperate to get to England so she can meet her father, Michael Bruce, who is unaware of her birth, and be rid of the desert forever. She realizes she's of genteel background, but feels like a castaway, not even having owned shoes for many years. She. wants. the. fabled. shores. of. England. But, as usual, her mother has left her with nothing but fear in her soul. Afraid to reveal her identity to the English Consul, out of concern she will be held responsible for her mother's debts, she's alone and terrified.

Thinking she is a young boy and believing he can make use of her abilities, Lord Winter requests she accompany him deep into the desert in his quest to find the String of Pearls. Zenia tells him her name is Felipe and her price for accompanying him will be the a ticket on a ship to England to which Lord Winter readily agrees.

**Spoilers** From here on out, the time spent in the desert serves to bind the two of them as they struggle through sand, wind, dangers in the desert, including lack of water and food. Although Felipe sleeps with her hand touching Lord Winter each night, he doesn't realize Felipe is actually a woman for three long months, calling her his wolf cub and choosing to think of her physical connection in touching him as he would a loyal dog. By the time truth is revealed, the two are in hot water with political factions in the Arab desert. Believing they will be killed the next morning and in their desperation to find comfort, they make mad passionate love. The following morning, help arrives from unexpected sources, they escape their prison only to be run to ground - Zenia escapes with Lord Winter's help - he is wounded and believed to have perished.

Eventually Zenia finds her way to England, identifying herself as Lady Winter and pregnant with Lord Winter's child. Michael Bruce welcomes her into his life with open arms, Lord and Lady Belmaine, after some questioning, also want her and her baby daughter, Elizabeth. They believe Elizabeth is the only descendant they will ever have since everyone believes Winter is dead. But, of course we know he can't be dead because the book isn't even into the half-way mark and sure enough, two years later he shows up in London, requesting to meet up with Zenia who has continued to pretend to be "Lady Winter" so her child will not be considered illegitimate.

The stiff and stuffy Lord and Lady Belmaine have insisted that Zenia live with them on their estate so they can have a measure of control in Zenia's and Elizabeth's life. Zenia's life has finally turned into a safe haven, including protection, comfort, clothing that aren't rags, even shoes - plus, she has a daughter that she absolutely adores and she has free reign to love Elizabeth, with seemingly complete guidance over her baby girl.

Into this world returns the semi-outcast, Lord Winter, looking for the wolf cub he fell in love with in the fiery desert. How dare he survive the attack? Things were going so well for everyone. Zenia is very cold toward him, she's over-protective of their baby, his parents want him to settle down and learn to oversee the family properties. Lord Winter can't break through the protective shield of fear Zenia has woven about herself. This tripe goes on for far too long. In the process, the reader begins to further understand the man we fell in love with in the desert. He's stifled, angry, bewildered, and we finally realize he's been a loner all his life and now must learn to maneuver in a world that includes a "wife" that will not marry him, a baby he wants to become acquainted with, but is being protected as if she's a breakable egg and his mother - well, she's over the top cold. At this point, he had my blessing to abandon everyone (except Elizabeth) and head back to Arabia.

In Lord Winter's favor, he presses through until the man deserves a gold medal, the silver star, a medal of honor. So, we as the reader, must have some patience because Zenia's previous life was so dire, she valued some things more than she should have and Lord Winter's past was so over-the-top smothered and sheltered, as his father's one and only child, he valued some things more than he should have, such as freedom from the rigid rules of society. The two must learn to let go of their fears and distress and find some common ground. This part of the book is full of ups and downs and Zenia is mostly very uncooperative.

Finally, everything comes together in the last couple of chapters and personally, I found some of the writing in those segments to be absolutely off the hook. I first read this book two years ago and found it to be as fascinating yesterday as the first time I read it. Ms. Kinsale - please write more books. Find your muse once again and give. us. more. please.

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Another outstanding book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2013

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I am a great fan of Laura Kinsale - although I must admit I can't get on with For My Lady's Heart. The Dream Hunter, however, is on a par with Seize The Fire and Uncertain Magin - and not far behind Flowers From The Storm. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The first part of the book which takes place largely in Syria is fascinating and action-packed - and is clearly the product of extensive research. In the second part of the book, we return to England and start to really understand that Lord Winter is one man in the desert - calm, brave, resourceful and, above all, happy - and quite another in England where he is very much an introvert, finding it almost impossible to interact successfully with anybody. In usual Kinsale fashion, Zenia began to annoy me with her inability to either understand Winter or make a decision ... but the ending more than makes up for this. A great book and highly recommended!

Ms. S. Rai

A book to dive into

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 15, 2014

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A book that is different. A book that takes you to places and make you see the colors of the locations. The Dream Hunter is a beautifully written story. I was worth me reading it in the shortest time I could. The synopsis is already on the webpage so the reader already knows what the plot is. I am not going to spoil the story by talking about it here. To sum the book up, it is definitely worth a read if you are looking for a really good book to dive into.

Serin6

Fantastic audiobook - vivid story.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2015

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Brilliantly-drawn settings and characters, the plot turns in unexpected directions more than once. Both main characters are deeply flawed in interesting but also wildly-irritating ways. I listened to the audiobook which is really exceptional - superb narration.

gimmielinda

From desert to drawing room. What's not to like?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2015

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I've read this twice because I enjoyed it so much. I am a fan of Laura Kinsale - I own and have read everything that is available via Kindle and have read almost all of them twice. I loved the plot of this book and the historical detail of the desert scenes.

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The Dream Hunter

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 30, 2012

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Sorry, haven't read this book as yet but she is such an astonishing author that I am expecting to like it.

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