The Playboy Sheikh's Virgin Stable-Girl
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780373128433 (0373128436)
Publish date: August 1st 2009
Publisher: Harlequin
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Series: The Royal House of Karedes (#2)
One can only hope this one was tongue in cheek. I spent part of it wondering if someone had snuck a historical in the lineup. Then there's the confusing sheikdom whose strictures seem more...European than middle eastern. So our h takes care of her father's horses. Her father drinks and gambles. He...
I really didn't buy into this story. The heroine was way too subservient. About halfway I started heavily skimming and rate it 2.5* because I did finish. Sheikh Kaliq wins a horse playing cards with Eleni's father and she refuses to part with the horse she raised.
1 1/2 stars"Little lizard"? Seriously, that was one of the bigger problems with this book. What kind of endearment is "lizard?" Although, it really isn't an endearment in this story for the most part. Lizard is not a loving pet name. Why not call her by her name? Eleni. Very pretty. There was one sp...