#416 The Desert Lord's Bride – Olivia Gates (SD #1884)

Reviewed by Sadhbh on June 4th, 2008, 1:47am

by Olivia Gates

Format: eBook

Series: Silhouette Desire

Farooq has abdicated in favour of Shehab, and Tareq has stirred up the political situation so much that the only hope of peace is for Shehab to marry Farah, the newly discovered daughter of Sheikh Atef Aal Shalaan. But Farah doesn't want to be a political pawn for the father she's only just met, so she refuses. Shehab goes abroad and organises a costumed ball so that he can meet Farah incognito and persuade her to marry him, but they fall in love at first sight and his plans go awry. Will she forgive him when she finds out who he really is?

When I was reading Farooq's book, while I liked the description of Shehab (who wouldn't?!), I became absolutely fascinated with Kamal, and was extremely disappointed to realise I was going to have to wait until September when I wanted him right then! So I consoled myself with the thought that Shehab's book would come out, but I saw it more as a consolation prize rather than the main prize. So first of all my apologies to Shehab (and Olivia), because then I started reading The Desert Lord's Bride and WOWEE! Shehab just seduced me into ignoring Kamal (for the moment) because despite all his attempts to view Farah as a necessary chore, with his instincts screaming at him not to trust her, insisting that she was just a self-absorbed gold digger, Shehab couldn't ultimately deny what his senses were telling him, that Farah was an innocent to be protected, especially from himself. How could anyone not fall in love with Shehab, so fluent in the beautiful language of love? I loved his attention to detail, his grasp of what is really important and his genuine delight in the outcome, that he could prove to Farah beyond a doubt that she was the most important person in his life. My only regret (I had to have one) is that we saw so little of Kamal, that Olivia was saving all of him for September (but then I'm greedy! ) Olivia did dribble enough info to make me REALLY impatient for September and Kamal's story at last (like I needed extra reasons to be impatient!) He's always been the most mysterious and enigmatic brother and I can hardly wait to find out why. I'm also wondering how Kamal and Aliyah will react to being the major players in this game of "Pass the Parcel", because I certainly wouldn't be happy about it! So you can take it for granted that there are the (usual) beautiful descriptions, highly emotional love scenes and feast for all the senses that Olivia always provides so beautifully (and seemingly effortlessly). Now if only she could write books as quickly as I read them LOL

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