Engaged To The Sheik : In A Fairy Tale World... (Silhouette Romance)

Rating:
Summary: Great Job for Sue
Review: I have read several of these in the series of Fairy Tale Romance. I feel this one is a worthy addition. I enjoyed watching the two main characters grow and change into likeable people.

Selina Carrington sees Kamar ibm Asad in a bar and judges him to be handsome but arrogant man. Since she specializes in broken hearts, she decides that Kam will be her next subject. For his part, Kam judges Selina to be beautiful but much too mouthy. He does decide though that he wants to get to know her better. There to meet Selina's grandfather, Kam, the sexy sheik, is followed constantly by reporters. When a shame engagement is employed to keep a reporter at bay, both find the other to be more than they thought.

This was a very interesting read. Both Selina and Kam come from unusual pasts and both have to work to over come that. Since it is a fairy tale, everyone should relax and enjoy it. I know I did.

Rating:
Summary: A Great Addition to this Miniseries
Review: Merry Montrose is at it again. She only has two more couples to fix up before the spell will be broken. Merry was turned into an old woman by her aunt, and she has to fix up twenty-one couples before the spell is broken. When Kamar ibn-Asad and Selina Carrington arrive on La Torchere Resort, Merry sees her next opportunity for love.

Selina has come to La Torchere Resort with her grandfather, Jerry to keep him company while he conducts business. Jerry is here to meet with sheik Kamar ibn-Asad to discuss rental properties. Selina's grandfather also has a little matchmaking on his mind. And, that is evident when he concocts a plan for Kamar and Selina to pretend they are engaged. Jerry claims this is necessary, because of a reporter that is trying to find out why Kamar has come to La Torchere.

Selina and Kamar agree to the ruse, but they don't realize what they are getting themselves into. When Kamar and Jerry aren't discussing business, Kamar and Selina are spending their time together. As they get to know each other, both realize their first impressions were off mark. Selina is a woman who has been burned, and she has vowed to break many hearts. Yet, she can't seem to protect her own heart from Kamar. When he's not being a haughty prince, Kamar is chivalric, charming and witty. And, Selina can't resist his devastating good looks and killer smile. Will the spell of La Torchere Resort affect Selina and Kamar? It just might with the help of a little magic from Merry Montrose.

With poetic writing, sexy characters, and the magic of love, ENGAGED TO THE SHEIK makes a beautiful love story. Who can resist a wonderfully written plot and a great setting? If you love romance with a bit of magic, then Sue Swift's January Silhouette romance will keep you entertained. ENGAGED TO THE SHEIK is an adventure that you will want to curl up on the couch with for a few hours, and it's sure to delight. And, don't miss NIGHTTIME SWEETHEARTS by Cara Coulter, the final book in the IN A FAIRY TALE WORLD...mini-series. I can't wait to find out if Merry Montrose makes her final match and returns to her home.

BJ Deese,
Romance Junkies Reviews
http://www.romancejunkies.com

Rating:
Summary: Oh, please, no.
Review: So far, this series has been one of the hugest disappointments to come out of the Silhouette Romance line in quite some time.

This is the story of Selina Carrington, a businesswoman who has the hobby of taking arrogant men down a peg; for her, this is a sort of delayed revenge on the stepfather who assaulted her when she was fifteen years old, and on the mother who subsequently threw her out of her home.

While vacationing at La Tochere Resort with her grandfather, Selina meets Kamar ibn Asad, a self-centered, womanizing jerk.

Inevitably, Merry Montrose, owner of the resort and enchanted princess, gets the two together, and tricks them into getting married.

What follows is the sorriest excuse for a wedding-night-and-morning-after that has ever come out of a Silhouette Romance story. Selina gets drunk, the two do their thing on the beach, they wake up, and Kamar accuses her of having manipulated him into the marriage. Worst of all, Selina contemplates the notion that now she should go to the doctor, get checked for STDs, and get a morning-after pill.

As far as I'm concerned it doesn't get much more cold-blooded or sickening than that, in what is supposed to be a fairy-tale romance.

Well, after a few more traumas they get back together. Kamar has a totally inexplicable reformation and decides that monogamy can be pretty cool after all, and there's an idyllic little epilogue.

Horrible story--Silhouette has hit an astonishing low.