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'Sheikh Bandar bin Saeed al Serkel had lived life in the fast lane. But now this oil-rich billionaire was facing a roadblock: he had a brain tumor.
'There was a fifty-fifty chance Bandar would recover. With weeks to go before starting treatment, he would distract himself with a trip to Australia, where he'd indulge in his favorite pastime: a woman in his bed and at his command, a slave to his legendary lovemaking.... That was where Samantha Nelson came in....' (Publication summary)
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Desert Dreamings and Sheikh-lit
2021
single work
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— Appears in: Meanjin , September / Spring vol. 80 no. 3 2021; (p. 114-118) 'Powerful thighs. Golden eyes. Black robes. Swords. And fury. In romance fiction, it is not enough to have a set of muscle-toned thighs. They must also be powerful. Eyes cannot be brown, they must glow with the fire of a thousand suns. This is the world of desert dreaming. Of thinly disguised oil-rich kingdoms. Of exotic romance with the bad boys of the Arab world—ridiculously good-looking men with more money than sense. But—thank God—they can be saved by women of the West.' (Introduction)
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Desert Dreamings and Sheikh-lit
2021
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , September / Spring vol. 80 no. 3 2021; (p. 114-118) 'Powerful thighs. Golden eyes. Black robes. Swords. And fury. In romance fiction, it is not enough to have a set of muscle-toned thighs. They must also be powerful. Eyes cannot be brown, they must glow with the fire of a thousand suns. This is the world of desert dreaming. Of thinly disguised oil-rich kingdoms. Of exotic romance with the bad boys of the Arab world—ridiculously good-looking men with more money than sense. But—thank God—they can be saved by women of the West.' (Introduction)
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