The Sheik’s Undoing by Sharon Kendrick is a story about a sheik and an English rose…a story used over and over by different authors…..but I found Sheik Tariq and Isobel aka Izzy (I hate that nickname!!!!!) Mulholland, his PA for the last 5 years to be quite refreshing.
Firstly, they love affair doesn’t have him “winging” her on his private jet (yes he does have one or two) to his desert country but the seduction happens in London and the English countryside. Although he’s your typical ultra alpha-male, makes all these endearments in some language I have no clue what during their lovemaking scenes, he’s essentially more Westernized, which I liked for a change!!!!
Isobel is your typical English rose…corkscrew titian curls, soft skin, etc etc…..oh yes….this we discover only later…she starts off as this starchy, stiff, dowdy person who changes once she is totally ravished by her Sheik boss….forgot to mention that she is also a virgin….Sheiks need to be the first man to deflower the woman he marries…she has to be pure and not soiled by any other man!!!!!! So, the first time he does her…a bit unromantic I felt…up against a wall in the office and immediately sends her alone to her home whilst he goes off gallivanting. Well, he is known as the Playboy who lives in the fast lane so that should have told Isobel something.
Of course he can’t get her out of his head…….wow he has never felt this way for any other woman before….but as he discovers, she is no walkover!!!!!!
The part of the story that takes place in Isobel’s very basic cottage in the country is really funny and cute. It’s a place that has none of the things Tariq is used to….TV..no….it has low ceilings, lumpy beds but a great view!!!!! Loved the way he slowly begins to enjoy himself and Isobel….he who has never read anything but financial books/magazines..maybe a car magazine is now into getting into the thrillers from the bookshelf in the cottage….for a minute I thought he would have to read something like her Mills & Boon romances….just kidding.
From being this cold, spoilt, selfish man we slowly begin to see how Isobel’s influence and love change him for the better. Also like seeing his brother King Zahid and his queen Francesca from this author’s previous book, Monarch of the Sands
An enjoyable read.
Book Blurb: Ultimate playboy Sheikh Tariq lives life firmly in the fast lane! Independent to his core, Tariq relies on no one but himself – with a little bit of help from his indispensable, sensibly dressed PA, Isobel Mulholland. When a car accident leaves this dynamic sheikh injured and reliant on Isobel, his first reaction is to be furious! The only way through it is to make the most of having Isobel at his beck and call – and under her enchanting touch Tariq’s thoughts turn to seduction… This sweet girl, who has been under his nose the whole time, could just be the Sheikh’s undoing
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