Hot Desert Nights
by Louise Allen, Lucy Monroe, Kim Lawrence

Mistress To A Sheikh by Lucy Monroe
Jade sacrifices nearly everything to succumb to the sensuous pleasures of wealthy sheikh Khalil...only to realize she's simply another notch in his well-worn bedpost. But Jade can be sneakier than forty thieves when it means getting what she wants!

Desert Rake by Louise Allen
Widow Caroline Morvall defies her disapproving family to visit Constantinople. Her plan is to explore the wilds of Turkey, fulfilling her elderly husband's dream, not to find herself in the harem of English adventurer and explorer Drew Fenton. While taking a lover might have been an agreeable theory, finding herself in love with a man who rejects all commitment is heartbreak. Caroline launches herself into an expedition to wildest Anatolia to forget Drew, but a stolen Arab stallion brings them together again, offering one last chance of happiness.

Blackmailed By The Sheikh by Kim Lawrence
Karim, the heir apparent to the throne of Zafsid, a small but wealthy state, is convinced English teacher Prue Smith is responsible for his sister's disappearance. Despite his unexpected attraction to her, Karim will do whatever is necessary to protect his family---even if it means blackmailing Prue and abducting her back to Zafsid!

Louise Allen's Bio

I have had my nose buried in a history book—fact or fiction—for as long as I can remember, but even more important to me are the places and the objects that conjure up the past. My first attempt at historical fiction at the age of eight was three pages of improbable medieval drama set in the local castle.

With a degree in geography and archaeology I love to try and 'read' the landscape and the buildings in it for clues about the past. Virtually any place can trigger ideas for plots, but I am particularly inspired by Venice, Burgundy, Mediterranean islands and the Hertfordshire and Norfolk countryside.

I live in England in a village in Bedfordshire with my long-suffering husband. He is not sure whether to be flattered or alarmed to be told he is the inspiration for all my romantic heroes! Whenever possible we escape to our cottage on the North Norfolk coast where Percy, the bossy pheasant, allows us to share the garden.

My resolution every time I start on a new plot is to plan it carefully, make copious notes first and write lots of drafts in a disciplined and orderly manner. What inevitably happens is that the story starts to write itself in my head until it gets completely out of control—meanwhile my study floor becomes a sea of open books, prints and maps and I am found sitting in the car at traffic lights, muttering dialogue. At that point I have to start writing, knowing full well that the hero and heroine are going to take over and sabotage all my attempts at discipline. It is, after all, their story.

Research is a wonderful excuse for collecting things and I indulge it to the full with books, fashion prints, sporting prints and Regency printed china.