Passion and intrigue in an exotic desert paradise… Three sexy, arrogant, and brash brothers, and one spirited sister, search for love under the burning desert sun. Unexpected babies, forbidden romance, and long-held secrets make for a passionate saga in this delightful boxset by bestselling romance author Leslie North… In The Sheik’s Accidental Pregnancy, when Sarah starts work at the Botros Oil Company she doesn’t expect the tall and sexy CEO to be so rude, arrogant, and combative. After a heated argument leads to an unforgettable night of passion, they both agree it can never happen again. But there are consequences to their secret affair… In The Sheikh’s Defiant Girlfriend, Sheikh Amir Botros, a notorious womanizer, has finally met his match in Soraya, his best friend’s sister. He’s determined to make her his, and he won't take no for an answer. Why is she so attracted to a man she knows she should despise? But what happens when forces beyond their control conspire to tear them apart? In The Sheikh’s Secret Past, no matter how much Soraya tries to fight it, she can't resist Amir's playful charms. When the Botros matriarch invites the family to visit an exotic paradise in the heart of the desert, a woman from Amir's past is waiting for them. And she carries a secret that could destroy the Botros family, including Soraya and Amir, once and for all… And in Sheikh’s Determined Police Officer, Aaliyah Botros is beginning to wonder if she’ll ever get her chance at love. When she bumps into her old flame Joseph, she’s delighted to find that he’s even more handsome, muscular and disarming than she remembered. It only takes one magical night to reignite the passion between them. But with her strict family standing in the way, is their relationship doomed from the start? This series was originally published in 2014 as The Botros Brothers Series.

Origins, by the world-renowned writer Amin Maalouf, is a sprawling, hemisphere-spanning, intergenerational saga. Set during the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth—in the mountains of Lebanon and in Havana, Cuba—Origins recounts the family history of the generation of Maalouf's paternal grandfather, Boutros Maalouf. Maalouf sets out to discover the truth about why Boutros, a poet and educator in Lebanon, traveled across the globe to rescue his younger brother, Gabrayel, who had settled in Havana. What follows is the gripping excavation of a family's hidden past. Maalouf is an energetic and amiable narrator, illuminating the more obscure corners of late Ottoman nationalism, the psychology of Lebanese sectarianism, and the dynamics of family quarrels. He moves with great agility across time and space, and across genres of writing. But he never loses track of his story's central thread: his quest to lift the shadow of legend from his family's past. Origins is at once a gripping family chronicle and a timely consideration of Lebanese culture and politics.

Sometimes opposites attract… When Sarah starts work at the Botros Oil Company, she doesn’t expect the tall and stunningly sexy CEO to be so rude, arrogant, and argumentative. He obviously doesn’t approve of his brother hiring her. Sheikh Tariq Botros has never met anyone like Sarah. She has no respect for tradition. She’s clumsy, stubborn, unladylike, and talks far too much. She also isn’t intimidated by him. In fact, she openly challenges him. Just talking to her is an exercise in frustration. After a heated argument leads to an unforgettable night of passion, they both agree it can never happen again. But there are consequences to their unprotected encounter, and they’re forced to come to terms with their feelings and the explosive attraction between them. Previously published as Sheikh's Accidental Pregnancy.

This book reconsiders the notion of liminality in postcolonial critical discourse today. By visiting Mashriqi writers of memoir, Bugeja offers a unique intervention in the understanding of 'in-between' and ‘threshold’ states in present-day postcolonialist thought. His analysis situates liminal space as a fraught form of consciousness that mediates between conditions of historical contingency and the memorializing present. Within the present Mashriqi memoir form, liminal spaces may be read as articulations of 'representational spaces' — narrative spaces that, based as they are within the histories of local communities, are nonetheless redolent with memorial and imaginary elements. Liminal consciousness today, Bugeja argues, is a direct consequence of the impact of volatile present-day memories on the re-conception of the open wounds of history. Incisive readings of life-writings by Mourid Barghouti, Amin Maalouf, Orhan Pamuk, Amos Oz, and Wadad Makdisi Cortas demonstrate the double-edged representational chasm that opens up when present acts of memorializing are brought to bear upon the elusive histories of the early-twentieth-century Mashriq. Sifting through the wide-ranging theoretical literature on liminality and challenging received views of the concept, this book proposes a nuanced, materialist, and original rethinking of the liminal as a more vigilant outlook onto the political, literary and historical predicaments of the contemporary Middle East.

Two brothers. Two women who love them. One secret that threatens to destroy their family… Soraya’s heart melts when she's around Amir. She has never felt so attracted to any man. No matter how much she tries to fight it, she can't resist Amir's playful charms. And nobody had ever seen Amir care so much for a woman. Even his brother, Tariq, jokes that Amir, an infamous playboy, is falling head over heels in love. Then there’s Sara… Her bond with Tariq strengthens every day. When he is near she feels feverish, like she is on fire. Just his touch, or a whiff of his cologne, sets her heart racing. He may seem stubborn and intimating on the outside, but his tough exterior disappears around Sara and their child. With another Botros baby on the way, and a wedding on the horizon, their relationship has grown even more passionate. But when the Botros matriarch, invites the whole family to visit an exotic paradise in the heart of the desert, a woman from Amir's past is waiting for them. And she carries a secret that could tear the Botros family apart… Previously published as The Sheikh's Demanding Fiancée.

A forbidden romance blossoms beneath the burning desert sun… Sheikh Amir Botros, a notorious womanizer, may finally have met his match in the form of Soraya, his best friend’s sister. Soraya is fascinating, beautiful, and fiercely intelligent… She constantly pushes Amir away, rejects him in public and refuses to return his calls. And despite his best efforts, he can’t even make her smile. She never lets her guard down around him, no matter how hard he tries… Soraya can't believe how arrogant and obnoxious Amir Botros can be… He's always showing up to her university or the restaurant where she works uninvited. He won't leave her alone and he won't take no for an answer. Forcing her to ask herself… Why is she so attracted to a man she knows she should despise? But when he kisses her, something inside her melts. She knows she can’t resist him. But what happens when forces beyond both their control conspire to tear them a part? Previously published as The Sheikh's Defiant Girlfriend.

Avery Caldwell will do anything to save her younger brother from the violent world of fighting. Only one thing stands in her way: renowned fighter Mason Burton. Avery already lost one brother to fighting and she’s determined to save the other. All she has to do is persuade his trainer, superstar Mason Burton, to talk her baby brother out of the ring. She wasn’t counting on Mason being the tallest, strongest, sexiest man she’s ever seen, but that won’t change her mind. She’ll just have to ignore her unexpected feelings for the charming fighter and do what she came to do. Mason’s used to women lining up for him at the side of the ring, but one look at Dustin Caldwell’s overprotective sister is all it takes for him to fall hard. With long blond hair and the face of an angel, she’s the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen. He knows she hates everything about fighting, but Mason refuses to tap out. With her stubborn determination, it won’t be easy proving that the circuit isn’t as dangerous as she fears. But convincing her to fall for a fighter may just be the fight of a lifetime. Release Schedule =============== Book 1 - The Fighter's Fierce Temptation - 7th May Book 2 - The Fighter's Stubborn Lover - 14th May Book 3 - The Fighter's Secret Child - 21st May Book 4 - The Fighter's Defiant Lover - 28th May