The Sword & the Sheath
by Bonnie Vanak

From a young age, Fatima knew she must do battle. She knew this, her destiny, because every fiber of her body cried out for it—just as every fiber cries out for Tarik, the impossibly handsome "White Falcon," her friend and next in line to lead her tribe. She has been trained by her father to be the future sheikh's bodyguard. Yet, women of the Khamsin are not warriors, and the sons of sheikhs do not wish to have their lives saved by women any more than they wish to fall in love with childhood friends. Tradition be damned; she will fulfill her destiny. And Tarik will love her forever.

Other Books by Bonnie Vanak

Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies...Oh My!

The Panther & the Pyramid

The Cobra & the Concubine

The Tiger & the Tomb

The Falcon & The Dove

Bonnie Vanak's Bio

Bonnie Vanak is the author of three Egyptian historicals for Leisure and a full-time writer for a major international charity. Her third Egyptian historical, The Cobra & the Concubine, is a May 2005 Leisure release. Writing under the name Blair Valentine, she will have an upcoming release from Ellora's Cave. CINDERELLA'S REBELLION, which won second place in the FF&P's On The Far Side contest, tells the tale of the rebellous cinder wench escaping her story for the mortal world.