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Danger in the Desert / Strangers When We Meet

by Merline Lovelace

Published 2014ISBN 978-0-3736-0623-8

Be prepared to find passion and excitement in these two Code Name: Danger stories! Danger in the Desert When Jaci Thornton finds a seemingly worthless scarab in a Cairo street, the librarian morphs from vacationer to adventurer. Unwittingly, she's fulfilled an ancient Egyptian prophecy, and unless sexy OMEGA agent Deke Griffin can protect her from its consequences, she may end up in Cairo's City of the Dead! With terrorists in pursuit, can Jaci and Deke also resist the desire burning between them? Strangers When We Meet OMEGA agent Dodge Hamilton is assigned to escort Major Larissa Petrovna, who's leading Russia's nuclear inspection team. Yes, he finds the icy beauty fascinating, but she's entirely resistible. At first. But as a killer targets Lara, passion melts their mutual suspicion and professional reserve, unearthing feelings Dodge has never known….

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction, Romance. 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

Fiction · Romance

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Balanced tone · Urgent pace

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Danger in the Desert / Strangers When We MeetMerline Lovelace
Powerful4.3/5

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Reading lengthLength not listed
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2014
Primary categoryFictionAlso cataloged under Romance
ISBN-13
978-0-3736-0623-8
Language
English
Edition record
OL26654573M
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Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

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Read for connection, not completion.

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Three questions to carry with you

  1. What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
  2. Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
  3. What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?

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