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Summary: What an unlikeable heroine!
Review: Eve was manipulative, self-centered, spoiled, immature, and had absolutely no compassion for any other human being. And those were her GOOD qualities! She crawled all over every man she met and then wondered why Ethan had such a low opinion of her. Gee, can't imagine! In all fairness though, as much I liked Ethan, he had to be kind of out there to want this woman!It's a good thing I didn't read this book right after I'd eaten or I doubt the food would have stayed down! I can however highly recommend "The Sheik's Chosen Wife" and "The Arabian Love Child". They were the reason I got this book and they were both very good!
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Summary: What an unlikeable heroine!
Review: Eve was manipulative, self-centered, spoiled, immature, and had absolutely no compassion for any other human being. And those were her GOOD qualities! She crawled all over every man she met and then wondered why Ethan had such a low opinion of her. Gee, can't imagine! In all fairness though, as much I liked Ethan, he had to be kind of out there to want this woman! It's a good thing I didn't read this book right after I'd eaten or I doubt the food would have stayed down! I can however highly recommend "The Sheik's Chosen Wife" and "The Arabian Love Child". They were the reason I got this book and they were both very good!
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Summary: Absolutely Horrible
Review: Having read both "The Sheik's Chosen Wife" and "The Arabian Love-Child" I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book. I was disappointed in the extremes! I wish Amazon allowed me to rate this book lower than 1 star. Usually I only need about two hours to polish off a good Harlequin, less if I get really involved in the story. This book, however, truly taxed my patience. The heroine, Eve, was as spoiled and bratty as Ethan originally thought her to be. Having forced myself to read this twice, I still don't understand what her allure is supposed to be. The supposed conflict and compromising scene that forced their "pretend" engagement was more melodramatic than necessary and, although there was one part that horrified me, the entire plot rested on something so silly that I ended up wanting to reveal the entire thing to Eve's grandfather and rescue Ethan from such a stupid situation. I really felt sorry for Ethan and wondered why he would even choose to put up with her machinations. Ethan was a great guy. If I met Ethan in real life, I wouldn't hesitate to try to get to know him better. He comes off even better in "The Arabian Love Child." All in all, the plot and conflict are nonexistent, the writing tedious, the resolution boring, and the characters uninspiring with the exception of Ethan. Ladies, please take my advise: Skip this book and read the other two. You don't miss a thing.
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Summary: temptress?...or hussy?
Review: The title conforms to the story. Eve was definately a spoiled rotten temptress rich girl, who used seduction and other tempting wiles to get what she wanted. The only thing i favored about this book was Ethan. Poor guy, I felt such sympathy for him. How could a man as smart and charming as he, fall for a winy, sophmoric, hussy like Eve. If you ask me, Ethan should have stuck a pacifier in her mouth each time she decided to put on one of her famous (not to mention WINY) tantrums. My ears were practically SCREAMING. I hope there are better books by Michelle Reid that can molifiy the ache in my ears, because this one was awfully LOUD (and disappointing). Do yourselves a favor people: do not read this book. If you do however, get ready for some MAJOR ear bleeding. Ps. the 2stars are for Ethan.
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Summary: Passionate and Witty
Review: This is a fabulous story that you will not want to put down until you finish. Ethan Hayes has his own story (previous character from "The Sheik's Chosen Wife #2254 ) meets the beautiful, spoiled, confident Eve Herakleides. He has his hands full when he has to pretend to be her fiancée after being caught together in bed by her old fashioned grandfather. There is lots of flirtation from Eve, and Ethan tries very hard not to succumb to Eve's charm, but in the end gives in. Lots of witty and passionate dialogue from the characters and also the reader will get a sense of each person's thoughts. I like the way the writer brings in the other characters from the other books by having Eve jealous of the woman everyone thinks Ethan is in love with, yet at the same time shows her confidence by trying to win Ethan using her charms. I don't think you even need to read "The Sheik's Chosen Wife" to appreciate this wonderful story.
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Summary: Brilliant in its badness.
Review: This is one of those books which I read merely because it promises to be so bad, it ultimately winds up achieving humor. It did not fail -- though it failed to achieve it as thoroughly as I'd hoped. The purple prose were more lavender than purple; romance-lite, is the term I'm thinking of. The clumsily engineered scenes she contrived, while frenetic, didn't have that hackneyed spice that I usually find so endearing. Why, she only introduced one -- one! -- complication throughout the entire story! (I do not count Eve, as she isn't complex enough to complicate things.)
I got it for free, so I can't demand my money back on the virtues of the argument "It was drivel, but not so devoid of all signs of intelligence as to make my insides cringe with hilarity." Which I might, if I had paid for it.
The best thing about it: typos were minimal.
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