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Harriet Montague is definitely too much of a gentlewoman to be frequenting the backstreet taverns of Algiers. But her father has been kidnapped whilst on an expedition to the tomb of an ancient desert queen, and she’s on a mission to find the only person who could save him. It’s just unfortunate that Lucas Saintclair, the man Harriet hopes will rescue her father from scoundrels, is the biggest scoundrel of the lot. With a bribe in the form of a legendary pirate treasure map, Harriet must endure a treacherous journey through the desert accompanied by Saintclair’s band of ruffians.

She is a fragile innocent haunted by memories of her past and by dreams of the man who once shared her secrets...the only man she can ever truly love. Now, in the icy chill of a desert storm, they must find the way back to love together - to rekindle the fire whose healing warmth has drawn them home.

It's 1911, and 21-year-old Evelyn Northey desperately wants to become a doctor. Her medico father forbids it, withholding the inheritance that would allow her to go to university. At the outbreak of World War I, Evelyn disobeys her father: she enlists as an army nurse bound for Egypt to care for the wounded from the disastrous Gallipoli campaign.

After living an opulent life with her aunt for the last few years, the last thing 25-year-old Isabella Garcia wants is to have to celebrate Christmas in the small silver-mining town her father and mother founded in the desert. She'd rather stay in California with the handsome Diego Morales, who is courting her. Isabella is further miffed to have to bear the company of Aaron Bailey, a businessman with the Santa Fe Railroad, whom her father has sent to escort her safely home. Aaron finds Isabella spoiled, and she finds him judgmental.

Quand le cheikh de Zubran lui demande, quelques mois à peine après leur rupture, d'organiser la réception de son mariage avec une autre femme, Avery, dévastée, comprend qu'il cherche ainsi à la punir. Après un an de folle passion, n'est-ce pas elle qui a pris l'initiative de leur rupture? Renoncer à Malik lui a brisé le cœur, mais comment aurait-elle pu faire autrement? Jamais elle n'aurait fait pour lui une épouse convenable, et il l'aurait tôt ou tard rejetée.

The Earl of Bracken is meeting his good friend Captain Charles Kenwood at his Club in St. James's Street. He has just returned from a visit to Syria where he had been introduced to Sheik Abu Hamid, the owner of the most magnificent Arab horses the Earl has ever seen. They are both keen to buy horses from the Sheik who is reluctant to sell unless his greatest wish can be fulfilled.

The Scrolls of Deborah transports us to the awe-inspiring landscapes of the past and uncovers the intertwined lives of Rebekah, a revered matriarch in Judaism, and her devoted handmaiden Deborah. In this mesmerizing tale, their strength, wisdom, and love take center stage, shaping their destinies amid a world steeped in tribal tradition.

El Sáhara, 1890. Cuando Beatriz Ayala vuelve en sí, después de estar a punto de morir en pleno desierto, tiene una sola idea en la cabeza: regresar a su hogar en España, del que fue brutalmente arrancada para ser vendida como esclava. Nada ni nadie le impedirá llevar a cabo su empresa. Ni siquiera Tahir Abdul-Azim, poderoso líder de una Confederación tuareg, el bravo y noble guerrero que la ha salvado de las garras de la muerte, tan atractivo e imponente que despierta en ella un fulgurante deseo imposible de dominar.

Sin embargo, el jefe de los Rasi se niega a concederle su mano y Nader tiene que conformarse con la pequeña Shana. Una mocosa insulsa y demasiado atrevida que le produce un profundo rechazo. Shana bin Rasi no es la esposa que hubiera elegido, pero no le queda más remedio que casarse con ella por el bien de ambas tribus, aunque eso signifique pasarse toda la vida ignorando a su joven mujer.

In the scorching heat of the Southwestern desert, a frightened old man knows his time is quickly running out -- as the bad karma of his own good fortune is finally closing in on him after fifty years. Risa Sheridan knows everything there is to know about gold; and her boss, Shane Tannahill, is...