Search - The Sheik & the Virgin Princess (Desert Rogues, Bk 5) (Silhouette Special Edition, No 1453)

Zara was searching for her father and from the clues left by her deceased mother it pointed to a man who was a king. She and her sister decided to see the country and perhaps find the desert king but instead found a man who set her on fire and he refused to quench the flame.

When prim professor Zara Paxton ventured to distant Bahania, she wanted only to find the father she'd never known. But Dad proved to be a desert king —
and he promptly put his "princess" under the protection of a muscular, mesmerizing sheik who set Zara's virginal senses aflame...yet refused to quench the fire!

Steely security liaison Rafe Stryker scorned lasting love. So how did one bespectacled brunette sneak into his heart and make him throb with the urge to taste her sweetness? Clearly, innocent Princess Zara wanted to be his woman. But taking her was tantamount to treason. Still, even a sheik could only stand so much temptation....

WEll written fun light reading. Zara ventures to find her father she never knew. But is uncertain of all the extras that come with claiming her place as his daughter.

Read it every spare moment I could find. Loved it. Susan Mallery is a great romance writer.