The Desert Sheikh's Captive Wife
The Desert Sheikh's Captive Wife

Author: Lynne Graham

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2015-12-14

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1459292324

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A sheikh blackmails the working-class woman who broke his heart in this royal romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. Tilda was living to regret that once she’d had a short-lived romance with Rashad, the Crown Prince of Bakhar. Now, not only had he gained possession of her impoverished family’s home, Rashad was also blackmailing her for the huge debt they owed him—and insisting she pay the price . . . as his concubine! Tilda was appalled—but in no position to refuse. Soon she was the arrogant sheikh’s captive, ready to be ravished in his faraway desert kingdom. But Rashad slipped up by publicly naming Tilda as his woman . . . and under the law of Bakhar this meant she and he were bound together forever . . . as husband and wife!

The Desert King's Captive Bride
The Desert King's Captive Bride

Author: Annie West (Romantic fiction writer)

Publisher: Mills & Boon

Published: 2017-03-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780263924145

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'I was blackmailed into this marriage. I will not be blackmailed into bed.'

Representing Difference in the Medieval and Modern Orientalist Romance
Representing Difference in the Medieval and Modern Orientalist Romance

Author: Amy Burge

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-02-14

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1137593563

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This book, the first full-length cross-period comparison of medieval and modern literature, offers cutting edge research into the textual and cultural legacy of the Middle Ages: a significant and growing area of scholarship. At the juncture of literary, cultural and gender studies, and capitalizing on a renewed interest in popular western representations of the Islamic east, this book proffers innovative case studies on representations of cross-religious and cross-cultural romantic relationships in a selection of late medieval and twenty-first century Orientalist popular romances. Comparing the tropes, characterization and settings of these literary phenomena, and focusing on gender, religion, and ethnicity, the study exposes the historical roots of current romance representations of the east, advancing research in Orientalism, (neo)medievalism and medieval cultural studies. Fundamentally, Representing Difference invites a closer look at medieval and modern popular attitudes towards the east, as represented in romance, and the kinds of solutions proposed for its apparent problems.

The New Arab Man
The New Arab Man

Author: Marcia C. Inhorn

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2012-03-25

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 0691148899

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Middle Eastern Muslim men have been widely vilified as terrorists, religious zealots, and brutal oppressors of women. The New Arab Man challenges these stereotypes with the stories of ordinary Middle Eastern men as they struggle to overcome infertility and childlessness through assisted reproduction. Drawing on two decades of ethnographic research across the Middle East with hundreds of men from a variety of social and religious backgrounds, Marcia Inhorn shows how the new Arab man is self-consciously rethinking the patriarchal masculinity of his forefathers and unseating received wisdoms. This is especially true in childless Middle Eastern marriages where, contrary to popular belief, infertility is more common among men than women. Inhorn captures the marital, moral, and material commitments of couples undergoing assisted reproduction, revealing how new technologies are transforming their lives and religious sensibilities. And she looks at the changing manhood of husbands who undertake transnational "egg quests"--set against the backdrop of war and economic uncertainty--out of devotion to the infertile wives they love. Trenchant and emotionally gripping, The New Arab Man traces the emergence of new masculinities in the Middle East in the era of biotechnology.

Virgin Envy
Virgin Envy

Author: Jonathan A. Allan

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.

Published: 2016-11-15

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1786990377

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Virginity is of concern here, that is its utter messiness. At once valuable and detrimental, normative and deviant, undesirable and enviable. Virginity and its loss hold tremendous cultural significance. For many, female virginity is still a universally accepted condition, something that is somehow bound to the hymen, whereas male virginity is almost as elusive as the G-spot: we know it's there, it’s just we have a harder time finding it. Of course boys are virgins, queers are virgins, some people reclaim their virginities, and others reject virginity from the get go. So what if we agree to forget the hymen all together? Might we start to see the instability of terms like untouched, pure, or innocent? Might we question the act of sex, the very notion of relational sexuality? After all, for many people it is the sexual acts they don’t do, or don’t want to do, that carry the most abundant emotional clout. Virgin Envy is a collection of essays that look past the vestal virgins and beyond Joan of Arc. From medieval to present-day literature, the output of HBO, Bollywood, and the films of Abdellah Taïa or Derek Jarman to the virginity testing of politically active women in Tahrir Square, the writers here explore the concept of virginity in today’s world to show that ultimately virginity is a site around which our most basic beliefs about sexuality are confronted, and from which we can come to understand some of our most basic anxieties, paranoias, fears, and desires.

One-Click Buy: January Harlequin Presents
One-Click Buy: January Harlequin Presents

Author: Raye Morgan

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 1444

ISBN-13: 1426811993

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One convenient download. One bargain price. Get all December Harlequin Presents with one click! Blackmail and revenge...royal heirs and billionaires...forced marriages and secret babies...everything you look for in Harlequin Presents. Now get eight new sizzling stories with one simple click of the mouse. Bundle includes Bride by Royal Appointment by Rae Morgan, The Desert Sheikh's Captive Wife by Lynne Graham, The Italian Billionaire's Ruthless Revenge by Jacqueline Baird, Bought for Her Baby by Melanie Milburne, The Frenchman's Marriage Demand by Chantelle Shaw, The Virgin's Wedding Night by Sara Craven, The Padova Pearls by Lee Wilkinson and The Italian's Chosen Wife by Kate Hewitt.

The Sheikh's Forbidden Virgin
The Sheikh's Forbidden Virgin

Author: Kate Hewitt

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2009-09-18

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1426840853

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On her twenty-first birthday, Kalila is pledged to marry the King of Calista. But first she must be delivered to her husband-to-be. Scarred, sexy sheikh Prince Aarif, the king's brother, is sent to escort her. However, willful virgin Kalila tries to escape and Aarif has to catch her. In the desert heat his scorching desire for her ignites—a desire that is forbidden!—and Aarif claims Kalila's virginity, even though she can never be his! When she walks up the aisle on the day of her wedding, Kalila's heart is in her mouth: who will be waiting at the altar to become her husband?

The Italian's Secret Baby
The Italian's Secret Baby

Author: Lynne Graham

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2015-12-14

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1459292340

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Two irresistible Italian tycoons prepare for the unexpected arrival of their heirs! The drama unfolds in this compelling reissue from Harlequin Presents reader-favourite authors! The Italian Billionaire's Pregnant Bride by Lynne Graham His baby, his bride…but his love isn't part of the bargain… Kathy waitresses by day and cleans by night, trying to escape the wrongs of her past. She's not remotely in the same class as impossibly rich, ruthless and handsome Sergio Torrente. And then one night at his London offices, Sergio notices Kathy's shapely form beneath her dowdy overalls and takes her virginity. Kathy thinks that will be the end of it—until she discovers she's pregnant with the Italian billionaire's baby! Sergio has found out about the secret that darkens Kathy's background. He doesn't believe her when she says she's innocent, but he is prepared to overlook what he thinks is her guilt. He may not be able to love her, but he will marry her and be a father to his child! Book 3 in Lynne Graham's The Rich, the Ruthless and the Really Handsome trilogy. Bedded for Passion, Purchased for Pregnancy by Carol Marinelli Bought for a million dollars… When Zarios D'Amilo meets Emma Hayes again, she is no longer the clumsy teenager who tried to kiss him, but a beautiful, confident woman. Now he wants her! Claimed for convenience… To claim his inheritance, this Italian playboy must curb his wild ways. He needs a convenient fiancée, and Emma needs a million dollars. So Zarios seizes his opportunity—he will have her! But passion soon leads to pregnancy. Suddenly, the stakes are higher…

The Mediterranean's Secret Baby
The Mediterranean's Secret Baby

Author: Lynne Graham

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2015-12-14

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1459292332

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Two Mediterranean billionaires are about to discover they are fathers in this emotionally explosive reissue from Harlequin Presents USA TODAY bestselling authors! The Greek Tycoon's Defiant Bride by Lynne Graham He's discovered she's his baby's mother—so now she will be his bride! Maribel has always tried to be practical about the night of passion she shared with Leonidas Pallis. She was a shy virgin, so being taken to bed by the impossibly handsome Greek tycoon must have been a one-off—probably brought on by his need for comfort rather than an overpowering lust for her. However, unbeknownst to Leonidas…Maribel conceived his child. But now Leonidas is back, and it doesn't take him long to discover that he is a father. True to form, he wants what he feels is his: his baby boy and Maribel—at his beck and call whenever he cares to drop by. But Maribel's having none of it. The only way Leonidas will claim her and their son is if he takes her…as his bride! Book 2 in Lynne Graham's The Rich, the Ruthless and the Really Handsome trilogy. What a Sicilian Husband Wants by Michelle Smart On his terms only! Moving countries, cutting all ties and giving birth to her baby alone, Grace Holden is desperately hiding from her past. But just when she thinks she might have broken free, it catches up with her in the form of her millionaire Sicilian husband! Grace swore her daughter wouldn't grow up among the dark power and money of his family…but no one walks away from Luca Mastrangelo. Now, back within his reach, Grace is surprised to see new depths to the man she married, and each crack in his armor makes it harder to fight the desire still blazing between them.