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Duty, Desire and the Desert King (The Desert Kings Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Jane Porter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 156 ratings
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As the black sheep of the Fehrs, a powerful desert family, middle son Zayed has sworn off love and marriage. This playboy prince is happiest when cruising the casinos of Monte Carlo. But then family tragedy leaves him the heir to his kingdom's throne. Custom dictates that a wife must be seated beside him, and he's got just the bride in mind….

Rou Tournell is a feisty, independent woman—and if she won't marry Zayed for duty, maybe desire will help persuade her….
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    The Desert Kings
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    257 pages
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    Harlequin Presents
  6. Publication date
    November 11, 2009
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Jane Porter loves central California's golden foothills and miles of farmland, rich with the sweet and heady fragrance of orange blossoms. Her parents fed her imagination by taking Jane to Europe for a year where she became passionate about Italy and those gorgeous Italian men! Jane never minds a rainy day – that's when she sits at her desk and writes stories about far-away places, fascinating people, and most important of all, love. Visit her website at: www.janeporter.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002WEPCWS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harlequin Presents; Original edition (November 11, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 11, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1827 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 257 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 156 ratings

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Jane Porter

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USA Today, and New York Times bestselling author of 75+ romances and women's fiction titles, Jane Porter has been a finalist for the prestigious RITA award six times, with her Tule Publishing novella, Take Me, Cowboy, winning the Novella Category July 2014. Today, Jane has over 15 million copies in print, including her wildly popular Flirting with Forty, a novel picked by Redbook Magazine as it's Red Hot Summer Read in 2006 before being turned into a Lifetime movie in 2008 starring Heather Locklear. In 2021 two of Jane's Taming of the Sheenan romances were turned into original movies for the Great American Family Network. Jane holds an MA in Writing from the University of San Francisco and makes her home in sunny San Clemente, CA with her surfer husband, three sons, and three dogs. You can learn more about Jane at janeporter.com.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
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Wood Carver
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2018
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I enjoyed all of it! I didn't find anything to criticize. Looking forward to the next book.
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Baby
4.0 out of 5 stars It was a good book with many twists and turns!
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2019
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I have read all three books in the series, and I truthfully say they are worth the time to indulge in reading them and see what fighting for your love is worth! It's worth the most most happy, estataticly happy existence in the world in the arms of true love!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The fights between rou and zayed was like lighting a matchstick to the attraction that lied beneath ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2014
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The fights between rou and zayed was like lighting a matchstick to the attraction that lied beneath between them.
Loved this story very much
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Proud Texan
3.0 out of 5 stars Other 2 in this series are much better
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2014
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I just never connected with this couple.
I had very high hopes because one of my very favorite HP's was the story of his brother, Sharif, in The Sheikh's Chosen Queen.
This one was a snoozer; too full of self pity and too little love or caring between these 2. Irritating to hear the h whine constantly in her mind about her parents bad marriage, therefore her universal excuse to be so distrustful of anything. On the other side you have the H who is convinced he is cursed. Just silly.
Another big disappointment was the h's career. She had "multiple" PhD's from Cambridge, she is 30 and she never thought about birth control??? She did not come across intelligent and that was a wasted opportunity by Jane Porter.
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maxjam98
4.0 out of 5 stars Okay read
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2014
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I like Jane Porter's books generally, but this one left me a little flat. I thought the story was very contrived... especially given that Rou is some kind of billionaire matchmaker but suddenly can't stand up for herself and becomes all wishy washy. However, there was good chemistry and the story was "ok" overall.
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3.0 out of 5 stars RealReader
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2010
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Duty, Desire and the Desert King (Harlequin Presents) the book was disappointing on so many levels. The author had great plot to work with but ended up turning an educated and potentially great heroine into a drivling, clingy female. It was pathetic. It was irritating because the reader got suckered into thinking the heroine was going to be someone with substance AND the hero would be more mature. Instead we got a hero who needed maturity and a heroine with no emotional self control. If i could have asked for my money back I would have.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Wasn't that good
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2017
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It was short & lacked depth. The plot really didn't go anywhere. The characters' beliefs systems were wishy washy. I should have saved my money.
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Marilyn Shoemaker
4.0 out of 5 stars Love and joy
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2009
Duty, Desire and the Desert King authored by Jane porter is an excellently executed story that pulls one into its magic from the beginning to end. It a wonderful holiday romance with a theme of love and the joy it brings to those who believe. It also emphasises that love can actually heal all.

Sheikh Jayed is one handsome and charismatic man who also carries guilt and believes he is the black sheep of his royal family. He believes himself to be cursed because of his past, and holds himself responsible for his love, his sisters, his father and now his missing brother. Now he must return home to the desert, marry and assume the responsibility of King.

Dr. Rou Tournell is a scientist who matches compatible people to marry. She is indebted to King Sharif Fehr who was her mentor and responsible for her successful career. She years earlier also met his handsome playboy brother Zayed, was attracted to him until she found out quite by accident that he found her dull and boring. And now, years later, he needs to her, he is demanding her help to immediately find him a wife because his brother's plane has crashed in the desert and he is missing. Now Zayed must return home to take over as ruler, bring with him a wife.

Because of her love and respect for Sharif, Rou accompanies Zayed back to Saraq and agrees to find him a wife. When Zayed realizes that Rou is a challenge, beautiful, smart, intelligent and the perfect woman to become his wife, he's relentless until she agrees. Brilliantly written, their love story is a dance of attraction, battle of wills and a sensual journey one won't want to miss. It's magical in the sense that their insecurities seem to diminish when they are together, at their engagement party, on their wedding night and on their honeymoon. However, the fact the King is still missing, royal duties and Rou's insecurities due to her past as a child take it's toll on their marriage and in the end, Rou returns back to North America and her career.

Fate brings them together again and a warm and beautiful healing in the form of a pregnancy neither expected, facing the reality of their love for each other and like the magic of Christmas a beautiful ending full of peace, love and joy.

About the series:
Jane's Sheikh Books are not necessarily connected by storyline, though a few are, these books all feature sheikhs in their exciting settings.

The Desert Kings

The series features the three royal Fehr brothers of Sarq, a desert kingdom neighboring Egypt. The eldest brother, Sharif Fehr, is featured in the The Sheikh's Chosen Queen and is king of their country. We meet the youngest brother, Khalid Fehr, a darkly brooding nomadic sheik, in the second book, King of the Desert, Captive Bride, and the third book, Duty, Desire and the Desert King, features the middle brother, Zayad, a playboy tycoon sheikh that can't be tamed.
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Mrs. A. Nicol
5.0 out of 5 stars Great reading material
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 24, 2013
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Another great reading book. Thoroughly enjoyed this book and could not put it down as the book really did smoulder with both the characters and I really recommend this book.
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Lin
4.0 out of 5 stars heart wrenching
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2014
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What a fabulous story, this book grips you from the first page, a wonderful exciting love story, with two strong characters, I love the Jane Porter writes. Put your feet and enjoy.
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Misty
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 31, 2013
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Enjoyable if a little predictable at times. A desert Prince who appears to dislike the heroine who is tortured by memories from her childhood.
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