?When prim professor Zara Paxton ventured to distant Bahania, she wanted only to find the father she'd never known.But Dad proved to be a desert king - and he promptly put his "princess" under the protection of a muscular, mesmerizing sheik who set Zara's virginal senses aflame...yet refused to quench the fire!Steely security liaison Rafe Stryker scorned lasting love. So how did one bespectacled brunette sneak into his heart and make him throb with the urge to taste her sweetness? Clearly, innocent Princess Zara wanted to be his woman. But taking her was tantamount to treason. Still, even a sheik could only stand so much temptation...