THE SHEIK RETOLD by Victoria
Vane and E.M. Hull
ISBN-13:978-1492169956
ISBN-10:1492169951
The
Desert Was Never Hotter!
Pride and passion vie for
supremacy in this steamy retelling of E.M. Hull's romance classic.
A haughty young heiress for
whom the world is a playground…
A savage son of the Sahara
who knows no law but his own…
When pride and passion vie
for supremacy...
Blistering desert days are nothing
compared to sizzling Sahara nights…
"There will be inquiries." I choked out. "I am not such a nonentity that nothing will be done when I am missed. You will pay for what you have done."
"There will be inquiries." I choked out. "I am not such a nonentity that nothing will be done when I am missed. You will pay for what you have done."
"Pay?" His amused look sent a cold feeling of dread through me. "I have already paid… in gold that matches your hair, my gazelle. Besides," he continued, "the French Government has no jurisdiction over me. There is no authority here above my own."
My trepidation was growing every passing minute. "Why have you done this? Why brought me here?"
"Why?" He repeated with a slow and heated appraisal that made me acutely, almost painfully, conscious of my sex. "Bon Dieu! Are you not woman enough to know?"
Teaser Excerpt:
Restless, I moved about the tent,
listlessly examining objects that I already knew by heart, and flirting over
the pages of some French magazines. I should have been elated at his unexpected
absence, yet in my perversity, I was strangely unstrung with anticipation of
his return. Now the utter silence only oppressed me.
Where was Gaston? Even the servant's
company would be preferable to my own. I guessed he must have gone with his
master or perhaps he was long retired. I went to the flap of the tent and gazed
out into the night. The camp, large and spread out was covered mostly in a
blanket of blackness, broken by the occasional glimmer of a sparking fire.
I had dreamt for years of this experience,
of a month spent in the desert and now here I was. I had longed for adventure.
It is what I had sought, so why could I not turn this tragedy to my advantage?
I had food and shelter that was far superior to any I could have provided for
myself. And I was surrounded by hundreds of armed men. Whether I viewed them as
my captors or my protectors was only a matter of perception—a matter of choice.
I knew I was safe. I had seen the depths of
deference, the authority of the Sheik's command. Any man outside of himself who
dared to touch me would suffer death. Of that I had no doubt. The only thing
stopping me from enjoying my adventure in this vast oasis and my freedom in the
Sheik's camp, was my own desperate desire to cling to a state of chastity I
truly cared nothing about. It was only my pride that stood in the way of my
pleasure, and my refusal to allow him to take it from me.
I chewed my lip as I gazed up upon the
stars glimmering in the heaven like countless brilliant diamonds shimmering
against a backdrop of black velvet. I wondered if in the great scheme of
things, my pride was a bit over-rated.
This entire evening I had bucked with
resentment against the pretense that I was a willing guest here, but had I met
this same Sheik in Biskrah, in more conventional circumstances, if I had only
been properly introduced, would I not have willing, even gratefully accepted an
invitation to his camp? Only a week ago I would have jumped at the chance. What
now prevented me from embracing that role? From enjoying that status— for as
long as I had planned? I smiled to myself. Yes, it was all just a matter of
perception—except for the bartering of my body— the Sheik's expectation in
return for his hospitality.
My smiled dimmed.
I could enjoy my month of holiday as
planned, as long as I would willing serve his needs—and all that implied— in
his bed.
Available at:
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About the Author
Victoria Vane is an
award-winning romance novelist, cowboy addict and history junkie whose
collective works of fiction range from wildly comedic romps to emotionally
compelling erotic romance. Victoria also writes historical fiction as Emery Lee
and is the founder of Goodreads Romantic Historical Fiction Lovers and the
Romantic Historical Lovers book review blog.
Look for Victoria's Contemporary Cowboy Series coming
summer 2014 from Sourcebooks
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