Review: An enduring love story with a strong educated heroine and sneaks into the past.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 19, 2014
Kallista Dane captivated my attention throughout this wonderful tale.  Dr. Shayla Dennison grew up hearing stories about Queen Sheba and Arabian Sultans from her grandmother.  Shayla's love of her grandmother's tales inspires her to study anthropology and become an expert in ancient fertility cults of the Middle East.  While on a dig, her assistants discover several sexually explicit statues.Shortly after the discovery of the statues, Shayla finds herself swept away into the time of the past.  She discovers she is Queen Sheba who is about to go meet her future husband.Shayla's carriban is attacked and she finds herself separated from her people and lost in the vast desert.  A handsome sultan of an oasis rescues her and takes her to the safety of his home.  While the sultan is more than willing to protect Shayla, he does not tolerate her modern ways.  Shayla must quickly learn to cope within a male dominated society.  She must also discover a way back to her people and her thrown.The struggle between Shayla and the sultan is heart warming.  I enjoyed watching their relationship change and grow.  There was a mental chemistry as well as a chemical chemistry between the two that kept the story really interesting and challenged both Shayla and the sultan.I PERSONALLY despise it when men are drawn to one woman but have sex with other women.  This is the reason the book is earning 4 stars instead of 5 stars.  This is personally something I believe is lacking in many of our alpha male heroes and would love to see improve.The ending still has me wondering, questioning and thinking about the book.  I truly hope Kallista Dane writes a sequel to this story.I highly recommend this story, especially for anyone who enjoyed Susan Donovan and Celeste Bradley's Unbound which was formerly titled A Courtesan's Guide to Getting Your Man.  Both stories share a strong educated heroine, with captivating sneaks into past cultures, and enduring love stories.