Charmed by a mother and her little girl Heart surgeon Melissa Cartwright is traveling to Zaheer to tell Sheikh Arun Rahman al'Kawali she is pregnant with his child. She wants nothing from him—she guards her heart as fiercely as he guards his. The Arun learns of Melissa's baby bombshell, and for him marriage is the only answer. Yet before she can accept the sheikh surgeon's proposal, Melissa needs to be sure of his love.

The sheikh's temptation! Handsome A&E consultant Sheikh Zahir has always seemed out of reach to nurse Adele Jenson. But when his mother needs medical care and requests Adele's help, she finds herself being swept off to Zahir's desert kingdom! Adele's unexpected trip is the first time she's truly let herself live since the accident that has overshadowed her life. But when Zahir reveals his craving for her, Adele's guard completely falls. Just one passionate night in the desert makes her wonder—will this brooding sheikh choose his crown…or her?

Surgeon Zayed Khalil is formidable, yet scarred. The only solace he finds is in his work. He's dedicated, professional and brilliant. And he's come to Penhally Bay to set up a specialist children’s until at St. Piran Hospital. Emily Livingston is in awe of her new boss, but she's noticed the pain behind his dark eyes. Her instinct to reach out to him is as overwhelming as the underlying attraction between them. But Zayed closed his heart long ago. Could this beautiful young doctor be the woman to show him how to live again, even love again?

His midwife under the mistletoe This Christmas, midwife Flo is determined to avoid all mistletoe! Though she’s a secret romantic, she’s fed up with only kissing frogs. Until she meets notorious sheikh prince Hazin al-Razim and is enticed into the most sizzling night of her life… Hazin hides a wealth of pain behind his playboy facade, and beautiful Flo is the first person to warm his frozen heart. So, when she’s hired to deliver his brother’s Christmas Eve baby, it’s Hazin’s chance to claim his own Christmas miracle—Flo as his bride!

Look for scandalous marriage deals, secret babies and sexy, brooding sheikhs in this specially themed bundle from Harlequin Desire. EXPECTING THE SHEIKH’S BABY Volume 1 from Harlequin includes The Desert Lord's Baby by Olivia Gates, Expecting the Sheikh's Baby by Kristi Gold and Saved by the Sheikh by Tessa Radley.

This book, the first full-length cross-period comparison of medieval and modern literature, offers cutting edge research into the textual and cultural legacy of the Middle Ages: a significant and growing area of scholarship. At the juncture of literary, cultural and gender studies, and capitalizing on a renewed interest in popular western representations of the Islamic east, this book proffers innovative case studies on representations of cross-religious and cross-cultural romantic relationships in a selection of late medieval and twenty-first century Orientalist popular romances. Comparing the tropes, characterization and settings of these literary phenomena, and focusing on gender, religion, and ethnicity, the study exposes the historical roots of current romance representations of the east, advancing research in Orientalism, (neo)medievalism and medieval cultural studies. Fundamentally, Representing Difference invites a closer look at medieval and modern popular attitudes towards the east, as represented in romance, and the kinds of solutions proposed for its apparent problems.

Her baby dream come true? Nurse Eve Dwyer hasn’t set eyes on Dr. Tom Cornish in twenty years. Why has he come back now, after she’s built a life for herself, lived through her pain for the baby they never had and that Tom never knew about? Because he wants Eve. After a lifetime of running, he’s finally realized he’ll never love anyone more. But the floodwaters are rising in Penhally, and as Tom is called to head a rescue he has little opportunity to make amends with Eve. Is it too late, or is there still a chance for them to have the happiness and family they both deserve so much? Brides of Penhally Bay Bachelor doctors become husbands and fathers—in a place where hearts are made whole.