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Flower Of The Desert

by Barbara Faith

Published 1988251 pagesISBN 978-0-3730-7262-0

PASSION FLOWER From the moment he tossed her over his shoulder and stormed from the Princeton frat house, Jasmine knew Raj Hajad was a no-nonsense man who took what he wanted. He was, after all, Moroccan--and he'd been sent to bring jasmine Hasir back to Marrakesh. But if her family thought they could get her robed, veiled and married--even to a man as handsome as Raj--they were mistaken! She might be half Moroccan, but her spirit was one hundred percent American! Jasmine could no more be a "proper” Arab wife than Raj could be a liberated American male. But neither anticipated the dangers hidden in the sands . . . or the magic of the moonlit Sahara.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Romance, Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Romance · Fiction

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

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Flower Of The DesertBarbara Faith
Powerful4.4/5

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A quick reading snapshot

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Reading lengthA standard-length read251 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 1988
Primary categoryRomanceAlso cataloged under Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-3730-7262-0
Language
English
Edition record
OL9683446M
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Good to know

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Romance, then notice where the book resists that label.

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Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What must each character learn before the relationship can become believable?
  2. How do work, family, friendship, or identity shape the central relationship?
  3. Does the emotional resolution feel earned by the choices that came before it?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.