He’s game for a month of sun and fun, but this prince must never fall in love… Delaney Westmoreland is ready for some peace of mind after graduating from medical school. After eight years of nonstop studying, she’s more than earned a month at her cousin’s secluded, luxurious cabin. Unfortunately, it’s already occupied! The good news: the stranger is drop-dead gorgeous. The bad news: all he wants is to put her luggage back in the car so she can leave immediately. Not going to happen. Jamal Ari Yassir had just settled into his friend’s cabin when spitfire Delaney drove up. When he demands she leave, she simply picks up her luggage and moves into one of the spare bedrooms. Given how absolutely gorgeous she is, avoiding temptation will be sheer hell… and it’s not long before he gives in. But when their month together draws to a close, what’s a sheikh to do when his short-term fling has become so much more? Originally published in 2002

Two classic Westmoreland romances in one volume from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson! Sharing close quarters with a sheikh gets too hot to handle for Delaney Westmoreland in DELANEY'S DESERT SHEIKH. A mix-up in Delaney Westmoreland's vacation plans forces her to share a cabin with a tall, dark and oh-so-handsome sheikh who is bent on her seduction. Jamal Ari Yasir intends to school Delaney in sensuality. But instead of loving and leaving her, he becomes enraptured by his sexy-as-sin roommate. Can Jamal convince Delaney that they are fated for more than a summer fling? A one-night stand has consequences for Dare Westmoreland in A LITTLE DARE… When Sheriff Dare Westmoreland is reunited with Shelly Brockman, he can almost taste the sweet, steamy passion they'd once shared. Then she announces he's the father of her son. She's returned to her Georgia hometown to get her son away from bad influences…and help him know Dare. But will being so close to Dare reopen old wounds, or will this be her last chance to secure his love forever? From Harlequin Desire:?Luxury, scandal, desire—welcome to the lives of the American elite. The Westmoreland family spans the globe! Don’t miss any of the Atlanta clan who started it all! Book 1 — Delaney’s Desert Sheikh Book 2 — A Little Dare Book 3 — Thorn’s Challenge Book 4 — Stone Cold Surrender Book 5 — Riding the Storm Book 6 — Jared’s Counterfeit Fiancée Book 7 — The Chase Is On Book 8 — The Durango Affair Book 9 — Ian’s Ultimate Gamble Book 10 — Seduction, Westmoreland Style Book 11 — Spencer’s Forbidden Passion Book 12 — Cole’s Red-Hot Pursuit Book 13 — Taming Clint Westmoreland Book 14 — Quade’s Babies Book 15 — Tall, Dark…Westmoreland!

Delaney Westmoreland refused to let a mix–up in her vacation plans postpone the R and R she craved. But when she reluctantly agreed to share a secluded cabin with an arrogant sheikh bent on seduction, she found herself enrolled in a crash course in human sexuality. Unfortunately, commitment and love were misplaced pages in her darkly handsome mentor's manual. Jamal Ari Yassir had intended to school Delaney in sensuality for his pleasure, but his plan backfired. Instead of loving and leaving her, he became engulfed by an irresistible passion for his sexy–as–sin cabin mate. Could his convenient summer lover be the woman he was destined to share his life with?

A curious figure stalks the pages of a distinct subset of mass-market romance novels, aptly called “desert romances.” Animalistic yet sensitive, dark and attractive, the desert prince or sheikh emanates manliness and raw, sexual power. In the years since September 11, 2001, the sheikh character has steadily risen in popularity in romance novels, even while depictions of Arab masculinity as backward and violent in nature have dominated the cultural landscape. An Imperialist Love Story contributes to the broader conversation about the legacy of orientalist representations of Arabs in Western popular culture. Combining close readings of novels, discursive analysis of blogs and forums, and interviews with authors, Jarmakani explores popular investments in the war on terror by examining the collisions between fantasy and reality in desert romances. Focusing on issues of security, freedom, and liberal multiculturalism, she foregrounds the role that desire plays in contemporary formations of U.S. imperialism. Drawing on transnational feminist theory and cultural studies, An Imperialist Love Story offers a radical reinterpretation of the war on terror, demonstrating romance to be a powerful framework for understanding how it works, and how it perseveres.

This biker is so not her type, but when opposites attract, the sparks are irresistible! One sizzling kiss from Thorn Westmoreland is not enough to convince Tara Matthews to risk her heart in love again...or is it? The beautiful pediatrician and the hard-riding motorcycle tycoon mix like oil and water. Why, then, can't Tara burn the sexy racer from her mind or the memory of his passionate caresses from her body? Thorn has wanted Tara since the day they met. He's planned to seduce the prickly lady doctor and indulge in a no-strings affair. But before he can savor the success of his sultry seduction she turns the tables on him. Now instead of working her out of his system, he's striving to claim her as his own… First published in 2003

Two classic Westmoreland novels from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Brenda Jackson Stone Cold Surrender Bestselling thriller writer Stone Westmoreland can think of plenty of ways to describe the stranger he meets on a flight to Montana. Tantalizing. Whip-smart. And completely unaware of how good it feels to give in to your wilder impulses. Stone would be happy to offer buttoned-up Madison Winters some tips while he acts as her tour guide through the rugged mountains. But awakening Madison to pleasure backfires—because now no other woman can satisfy him…. Riding the Storm Women call him "the perfect storm," and Jayla Cole knows that Atlanta fire chief Storm Westmoreland lives up to his devastating reputation. A business trip to New Orleans sparks a chance reunion and a scorching, five-alarm weekend. But Jayla has already made plans for a child of her own—and a man famous for blazing affairs that burn out quickly doesn't figure into it. Now Storm has one chance to prove that together they have the makings of a perfect family.

Two reader-favorite stories of powerful men…wrapped around their babies' little fingers CLAIMING HIS OWN From their first explosive night together, Caliope Sarantos and Maksim Volkov agreed to no commitment. Her pregnancy changed everything. Though the Russian tycoon made the baby his heir, he soon disappeared. Now he's back. Will Caliope's heart break again? Or will Maksim risk everything to claim this woman and child as his own? HER LITTLE SECRET, HIS HIDDEN HEIR Reuniting with his ex-wife, millionaire Marcus Keller gets more than a jolt of desire. He discovers he's a daddy. He refuses to walk away from his child…his heir. And despite Vanessa's betrayal, Marcus tries to be civil with her. But can it really only be business between them, or will Marcus fight to make this woman his again?

She had longed for a taste of the wild and reckless. And Olivia Jeffries got her chance when she met a handsome stranger at a masquerade ball. The attraction was instant, the electricity…volatile. But days later she discovered her new lover was none other than Reginald Westmoreland, her father's most-hated rival. She vowed to resist him further, but Reggie was relentless in his pursuit. He would stop at nothing—not even blackmail—to get Olivia back in his bed. Talk about sleeping with the enemy!

A NEW Westmoreland story! From New York Times bestselling author BRENDA JACKSON Years ago, Canyon Westmoreland wasn't ready to settle down. But when Keisha Ashford returns to town with a two-year-old son, everything changes—except for the blazing attraction he still feels for Keisha. This time around, nothing will stop Canyon from claiming what is his—his woman and his child!

Since the 1970s, romance novels have surpassed all other genres in terms of popularity in the United States, accounting for half of all mass market paperbacks sold and driving the digital publishing revolution. Romance Fiction and American Culture brings together scholars from the humanities, social sciences, and publishing to explore American romance fiction from the late eighteenth to the early twenty-first century. Essays on interracial, inspirational, and LGBTQ romance attend to the diversity of the genre, while new areas of inquiry are suggested in contextual and interdisciplinary examinations of romance authorship, readership, and publishing history, of pleasure and respectability in African American romance fiction, and of the dynamic tension between the genre and second wave feminism. As it situates romance fiction among other instances of American love culture, from Civil War diaries to Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks, Romance Fiction and American Culture confirms the complexity and enduring importance of this most contested of genres.