Review: British doctor (female) meets Bedouin Sheikh (our hero)
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2014
KIDNAPPED BY THE SHEIKH is a short story of roughly 55 pages.  The premise, as outlined in the Book Description, involves the meeting of Dr. Sarah Greenwich (a British medical doctor working in Arabia) and Sheikh Akbar.  Rather than a glitzy palace, western suits, jets, and wealth, Sheikh Akbar leads and protects his Bedouin tribe in a most remote portion of the Arabian peninsula.  He's surprised Sarah speaks both English and Arabic (with good reason).  She's a doctor first and foremost...so even though she has excellent reason to hide her true identity, and go with their supposition that she's the Ambassador's wife (reason why she's abducted), and cannot remain silent.  She stands up for the rights and needs of the women she meets in Sheikh Akbar's family...and surprisingly, this forthrightness doesn't offend him....instead, he finds in her exactly what he needs and wants.  Their romance is sweet; while there is sex between them, it's off the pages (between the scenes).I enjoyed this quick read.  It's very true to the setting and sub-genre of sheikh heroes and Caucasian heroines.