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Article: Sheik fantasies: Orientalism and feminine desire in the desert romance. (Sarah Holland's novel 'Desert Destiny')
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- Hecate
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- May 1, 1997
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The sheikh towered over her, a whip in one savage hand. She knelt at his feet, sweat on her parted lips. The hot desert sun beat down on them, and as the music rent the air she inched away from him on her knees, the whip cracking mercilessly on the sand near her .sprawling thighs.
The harem silks she wore were peacock blue. Sunkissed hair tumbled in gold curls around her ravishing face, her belly left bare and her full breasts pouting in a golden cleavage. She was covered in gold . . . anklets and belly-chains and bracelets of bells, and a necklace flashing at her throat.
The sheikh's whip tore the silk on her thigh and she gasped, staring up at him. He ...