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The Desert King's Housekeeper Bride (2010)

by Carol Marinelli(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0373128916 (ISBN13: 9780373128914)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harlequin

series

The Royal House of Karedes

review 1: I can't remember a Harlequin romance novel that I enjoyed more than this one. It was so well done. The language was a bit flowery, but then, I can forgive that because it is a romance novel. For most, it probably was perfect language.Zakari was the typical king, control freak, and of course, the perfect man in every way. But he had actual real flaws, such as not seeing people for a person. His justifications to himself about his feelings for Effie were pretty standard, but I appreciated that his flaws were real and true to most people.Effie was a bit of a shrieker, I'll grant you, but her reactions in the situations she was put into were so realistic, it was impressive. She was a strong heroine without the defiant pill of a heroine we usually see in these books.The w... moreay Zakari would learn things as though by parable, a sign of his immersion into his culture and people. The way Effie didn't lose a miraculous amount of weight, and indeed continued stress eating showed she was a realistic woman who dealt with her issues in a way that she knew better but couldn't help, as so many of us do. There were a million things about this book that made it connect, even if it is some fairy tale, far-fetched story of a king loving a maid.All in all, the author wove this beautiful story of unlikely love and attraction between two people that actually feel like people to me. This is the first in a long time of its ilk.
review 2: 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 housekeeper at his service, there's no need to allow his bed to grow cold....After hot hours of passion, Effie's heart is near to bursting. But what she doesn't realize is that something has compelled Zakari to take her, a lowly servant, as his royal bride!Very heart-wrenching when Effie finds out Zakari is after her Mother's necklace. less

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