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Plot Summary of The Sheik's Kidnapped Bride
"   The first time Prince Khalil Khan sees Dora Nelson she is dressed in a wedding gown at an airfield in Kansas asking him for a ride. Being a prince he offers her a ride to New York. Enroute Khalil finds out that Dora is an executive secretary and she happily helps him with his business as they fly across the country. In NY, Khalil promptly fires his own secretary Bambi and offers the job to Dora at a salary she can't turn down.
   While they are working together Khalil finds himself to be very impressed with Dora and her business sense. Then Amber, his fiance, shows up at the suite and Khalil knows that he cannot go through with his marriage to her, even though it will bring disgrace to his family. After Amber leaves Khalil seduces Dora, and upon finding out she had been a virgin he decides to marry her. Before Dora even knows what happened she is on a plane heading to El Bahar with her new husband. Dora is thrilled until she finds out that while Khalil will be a faithful husband he doesn't love her, he married her out of a sense of obligation.
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Nancy Wallace, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Sheik's Kidnapped Bride
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot: - marriage of convenience spurring real love

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - secretary
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Desert? Yes
Misc setting - castle

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - nearly 100%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - actual description of sex
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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