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Secret Sheikh, Secret Baby by Carol Marinelli
5.0
Felicity Anderson (I love that name since Arrow happened) is a midwife who is on the lookout for a promising employment opportunity at Zaraqua Hospital, situated in an island of the same name in the Kingdom of Zaraq. While attending a presentation of the new University/Hospital in London, she has a strange encounter, a silent one; an instant attraction with a tall, dark, and handsome stranger. She is in need of money, and although she has a job lined up in a Middle East Hospital, Zaraq sounds more tempting since it pays more, and she has to pay back the loans she took for treating her sister, Georgie. Felicity believes she is frigid, because of something that happened in her past.
Karim, the playboy Prince of Zaraq, is a surgeon who is more involved with managing a hospital now since he's about to take the Crown. His is the hospital which Felicity is considering to work in. He is in between women, when Felicity snatches his attention. He is smitten with her beauty. Karim helps Felicity in regaining her confidence, and one night spent together, before he has to return to Zaraq, results in a pregnancy.
Karim is the third of four brothers. The second brother Ahmed is deceased. The fourth brother, Ibrahim's story, opposite Felicity's sister Georgie, is contained in the book, Heart of the Desert by Carol Marinelli. It doesn't seem the eldest brother, Hassan, has a book. Here, he's already shown as married to Jamal. And with no child for Hassan-Jamal after many years of marriage, meaning no heir for Zaraq; Karim is groomed to be the next King of Zaraq.
With Karim's aloofness, it was as endearing as it was heartrending to see Felicity talk to herself animatedly after their marriage.
Karim had a really horrible plan about Felicity and their baby. I just hated him for it. Her pain, her sadness, it literally made me cry. And finally I know why Hassan will never get his own story, he is despicable; as despicable as what it took for Karim to finally believe that Felicity was telling the truth from the beginning. It was a bittersweet ending. Overall, it was a great read. Recommended, for re-read as well!
Karim, the playboy Prince of Zaraq, is a surgeon who is more involved with managing a hospital now since he's about to take the Crown. His is the hospital which Felicity is considering to work in. He is in between women, when Felicity snatches his attention. He is smitten with her beauty. Karim helps Felicity in regaining her confidence, and one night spent together, before he has to return to Zaraq, results in a pregnancy.
Karim is the third of four brothers. The second brother Ahmed is deceased. The fourth brother, Ibrahim's story, opposite Felicity's sister Georgie, is contained in the book, Heart of the Desert by Carol Marinelli. It doesn't seem the eldest brother, Hassan, has a book. Here, he's already shown as married to Jamal. And with no child for Hassan-Jamal after many years of marriage, meaning no heir for Zaraq; Karim is groomed to be the next King of Zaraq.
With Karim's aloofness, it was as endearing as it was heartrending to see Felicity talk to herself animatedly after their marriage.
Karim had a really horrible plan about Felicity and their baby. I just hated him for it. Her pain, her sadness, it literally made me cry. And finally I know why Hassan will never get his own story, he is despicable; as despicable as what it took for Karim to finally believe that Felicity was telling the truth from the beginning. It was a bittersweet ending. Overall, it was a great read. Recommended, for re-read as well!