Honor demanded that he protect her passion made him claim her She had planned to be all business, but nothing could have prepared Sara for the strength and sensuality of Sheik Tariq Abdullah. When they met, she couldn't help but respond to the magnetism of this powerful man. Born to rule, Tariq was used to being obeyed. When their convoy was brutally ambushed and the honey-haired American consultant Sara Reeves was attacked, he'd do anything to protect the woman at his side. Trapped in the desert, surrounded by unseen enemies, he would fi ght to get Sara to safety...but they couldn't fi ght a desire hotter than the burning sands.