Barbara Faith (1921–1995)
Author of Dark, Dark My Lover's Eyes
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Summer Sizzlers 1996: Men of Summer (All-Around Cowboy Blues / Gone Fishing / The Sheik's Woman) (1996) — Contributor — 23 copies, 1 review
Summer Sizzlers 1988 (Grand Illusion / The Image of a Girl / Fiesta!) (1988) — Contributor — 7 copies
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- Legal name
- de Covarrubias, Barbara Faith
- Birthdate
- 1921-02-19
- Date of death
- 1995-10-10
- Gender
- female
- Short biography
- Barbara Faith was born on February 19, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio. Married to the love of her life, former bullfighter Alfonso Covarrubias, on 11 November 1970. They later renewed their vows in Spain on 6 May 1983. She died on 10 October 1995, exactly one month before celebrating their 25th anniversary.
Barbara began work as a public relations person in Miami, Florida and later moved to Chula Vista, California. She later moved to San Miguel de Allende in Mexico .She published her first novel in 1978 for Silhouette Books. Most of her books are set in Mexico, Spain, USA or Morocco, and like her husband, many of the male protagonists of her books are Hispanic. In 1982, she won a RITA Award. - Nationality
- USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Twenty-eight-year-old heroine Christy Chambers’s brother Matt disappears in the Sahara Desert. Christy is determined to find him so she flies to Morocco. She asks a man (thirty-six-year-old hero Hassan Ben Kadiri) to help put together a caravan for her, and after some disagreements and problems, he eventually goes in search of her brother with her. Along the way they encounter a sandstorm which puts their lives at risk. Will Christy ever find out if her brother is still alive?
This was a show more very enjoyable and romantic read with lots of adventure, action, and intrigue. Christy was a good heroine, sweet and strong, and gutsy at times. She would not give up on her brother. Hassan was a fine hero. I also like many of the secondary characters they met along the way.
An entertaining and fun romantic adventure story. show less
This was a show more very enjoyable and romantic read with lots of adventure, action, and intrigue. Christy was a good heroine, sweet and strong, and gutsy at times. She would not give up on her brother. Hassan was a fine hero. I also like many of the secondary characters they met along the way.
An entertaining and fun romantic adventure story. show less
Faith's earliest sheik romance, so far as I can tell. This is significant because she makes numerous factual errors about the setting, language, and Islam. Example: "We think differently than you do. We worship different gods" (17) explains the hero, Rashid Ben Hasir, presenting Allah and God as different deities (while any Muslim would tell you they're not). Another example: Faith has an imam delivering the call to prayer (60), which they don't (muezzins do). She tends not to make such show more basic mistakes in her later work.
This is one of Faith's novels set in Morocco (like her later Desert Song, 1987). Later, Faith began inventing countries: 'Abdu Resaba' in Desert Man, 'Jahan' in Midnight Man (both 1994). show less
This is one of Faith's novels set in Morocco (like her later Desert Song, 1987). Later, Faith began inventing countries: 'Abdu Resaba' in Desert Man, 'Jahan' in Midnight Man (both 1994). show less
-Ma petite Josie, c'est simple: soit vous acceptez la mission que souhaite vous confier le prince Kumar, soit vous démissionnez. Josie regarda son supérieur sans comprendre. Cela faisait des mois qu'elle avait demandé sa mutation à Paris, après des années de bons et loyaux services au sein de l'Organisation Internationale de la Santé. Or voilà qu'on voulait l'envoyer dans un émirat! Et cela, simplement parce que le cheikh Kumar Ben Ari en avait décidé ainsi... Lorsqu'elle l'avait show more rencontré, lors du mariage de sa meilleure amie, elle avait été frappée par l'impression d'autorité qui émanait de lui. De là à penser qu'il userait de son influence pour la contraindre à se rendre dans son pays... C'était révoltant! Mais pouvait-elle se permettre de refuser, et perdre un travail qu'elle adorait ? show less
Spanish vacation romance. Kristen heads to Spain for a vacation and falls in love with a local lawyer, Fernando. Only he has adopted 7 kids and she's not sure she ever wants any!
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