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Sheiks #2
The Sheikh's Bride
Leonora Groom is an heiress in disguise, desperate to be loved for herself and not for her father's money. Yet she finds her cool facade cracking as the irresistible Amorel-Barbary woos her under the velvet Nile sky.
284 pages, Hardcover
First published September 18, 2000
About the author
Sophie Weston
183 books43 followersJenny Haddon was born in London, England, where she always returns after the travels that she loves. When she was small, her mother couldn't bear reading aloud, so her mother taught her to read at an appallingly precocious age. She wrote her first book with her own illustrations at the age of four but was in her 20s before she produced her first romance as Sophie Weston.
She studied English Language and Literature at university. Choosing a career was a major problem. It was not so much that she didn't know what she wanted to do, as that she wanted to do everything. So she filed and photocopied and experimented. She worked as consultant at the Bank of England and all the time she drew on her experiences to create her Mills & Boon books. She edited press releases for a Latin American embassy in London (The Latin Afffair); lectured in the Arabian Gulf (The Sheikh's Bride); waitressed in Paris (Midnight Wedding); and made herself hated by getting under people's feet asking stupid questions under the grand title of consultant all over the world (The Millionaire's Daughter). She also is an active member of the UK's Romantic Novelists' Association's Committee, and was its twenty-three Chairman (2005-2007).
Jenny has one house, three cats, and about a million books. She writes compulsively, Scottish dances poorly, grows more plants than she has room for, and makes a mean meringue.
She studied English Language and Literature at university. Choosing a career was a major problem. It was not so much that she didn't know what she wanted to do, as that she wanted to do everything. So she filed and photocopied and experimented. She worked as consultant at the Bank of England and all the time she drew on her experiences to create her Mills & Boon books. She edited press releases for a Latin American embassy in London (The Latin Afffair); lectured in the Arabian Gulf (The Sheikh's Bride); waitressed in Paris (Midnight Wedding); and made herself hated by getting under people's feet asking stupid questions under the grand title of consultant all over the world (The Millionaire's Daughter). She also is an active member of the UK's Romantic Novelists' Association's Committee, and was its twenty-three Chairman (2005-2007).
Jenny has one house, three cats, and about a million books. She writes compulsively, Scottish dances poorly, grows more plants than she has room for, and makes a mean meringue.
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July 6, 2020
Leonora, aka Leo, was sent to Cairo by her domineering businessman father under her grandmother's name to work as an ordinary employee and know more about the business. She has always thought of herself clumsy, unattractive to men and a failure to her ambitious father. Therefore, she desperately wanted to succeed in her job. Unfortunately, her boss fired her and he almost attacked her in the process, but a complete stranger called Amer helped her. Not only did he helped her book a hotel room when was thrown out of her shared flat, but he also asked her for a dinner-date! All of that was like a dream! However, the dream was shattered the moment she discovered that Amer was actually a Shiekh who was just amusing himself with her on purpose. She run away from him, but 6 months afterwards, he found her! To make it worse, he accused her of deceiving him and now he wanted her!
The events were little, and not that interesting in convincing anyone there is a real feeling of love. Not a good novel I would recommend because it's not engrossing.
The events were little, and not that interesting in convincing anyone there is a real feeling of love. Not a good novel I would recommend because it's not engrossing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 6, 2020
I did not finish reading the book. All HP stories are a dream. But this HP dream is so utter nonsense that I stopped reading.
A rich, handsome Arab sheikh who falls in love with a she-male. Her name is Leo.
The male name for her is very appropriate. She yells at him, abuses him, tells him off every time.
She tells him that she cut her hair short because her last boyfriend didn’t like to be tangled in it. How unattractive to talk about former lovers.
The h is not a virgin, which I never like in a HP romance. But what makes it worse this time is that this is about an Arab sheikh.
That a young, handsome Arab sheikh falls in love with a western, not-attractive, non-virgin woman who yells at him and abuses him, that is so far beyond the imagination of anyone in the universe. Or of the entire universe.
I don’t know what the writer Sophie Weston was smoking when she wrote this book, but I want some of that.
A rich, handsome Arab sheikh who falls in love with a she-male. Her name is Leo.
The male name for her is very appropriate. She yells at him, abuses him, tells him off every time.
She tells him that she cut her hair short because her last boyfriend didn’t like to be tangled in it. How unattractive to talk about former lovers.
The h is not a virgin, which I never like in a HP romance. But what makes it worse this time is that this is about an Arab sheikh.
That a young, handsome Arab sheikh falls in love with a western, not-attractive, non-virgin woman who yells at him and abuses him, that is so far beyond the imagination of anyone in the universe. Or of the entire universe.
I don’t know what the writer Sophie Weston was smoking when she wrote this book, but I want some of that.
October 9, 2017
The book was interesting and I did enjoy it. However, a lot of time was spent with them arguing with each other and talking in circles which lead to the feeling that their love story lacked any romance. The ending also felt abrupt and no follow up to the issues experienced with their fathers.
July 13, 2016
Disclaimer: I received no compensation from the author or publisher for this honest review.
I absolutely loved Leonara (aka Leo) as the main female lead. I have two words to describe her: fiery and vulnerable.
Her fiery side manifests itself at the most interesting of moments. Yet, beneath that fire, is a vulnerable young woman, uncomfortable in her own skin. This makes for an interesting contrast to the male lead, Amer.
Amer is a confident, albeit, jaded desert sheikh who can't resist a challenge. And boy isn't he in for one when he meets Leonara.
The pacing and the sparks in this novel were well-written and kept me glued to the book. I happily finished this one and will be hunting for more by this author.
Would I recommend this book? Yes!
I absolutely loved Leonara (aka Leo) as the main female lead. I have two words to describe her: fiery and vulnerable.
Her fiery side manifests itself at the most interesting of moments. Yet, beneath that fire, is a vulnerable young woman, uncomfortable in her own skin. This makes for an interesting contrast to the male lead, Amer.
Amer is a confident, albeit, jaded desert sheikh who can't resist a challenge. And boy isn't he in for one when he meets Leonara.
The pacing and the sparks in this novel were well-written and kept me glued to the book. I happily finished this one and will be hunting for more by this author.
Would I recommend this book? Yes!
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