by Carol Marinelli
The sheikh king's servant wife... Housekeeper Effie, a practical yet slightly frumpy virgin, has been summoned to the desert to serve the sheikh! Ruthless Sheikh King Zakari had gone to seek solitude in the sands, but nights alone are not something this ruler is used to. However, with his housekee...
This was a fun revenge/betrayal story. The heroine is fat and plain, and the cool part is that the hero doesn't make her over; in fact the makeover fails miserably, because none of the people involved know what the hell they're doing with a fat woman. She has to conquer her low self-esteem and take ...
Really enjoyed this book. Effie was an interesting character. At first she was quiet and a little mousish but she really grew a backbone in this book. Zakari was a bit arrogant as Sheikh's are wont to be but he wasn't over the top like his jerk brother Kaliq. I wasn't too fond of how he convinced Ef...