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Innocent In The Sheikh's Palace by Dani Collins
5.0
Ever since I read a sample of this one in the author's newsletter, I knew I had to read this as soon as it was released.
While Hannah Meeks and The Crown Prince of Baaqi, Sheikh Akin bin Raju bin Dagar Al-Sarraf's first meet at a fertility clinic was a given, still the way they met was so swoon-worthy cute.
Hannah is a twenty-five-year-old University librarian who was confident that her looks would never land her a man. But, she wanted a family and hence opted for artificial insemination to have a baby.
In a royal family where being the youngest led him to be treated like the spare, at thirty-two, it wasn't easy that the mantle of being a King was suddenly thrust upon him. And close on its heels, came the news about his brother's unborn child, which again relegated Akin to the second position.
A lot of firsts I'm getting in my recent reads, here it was the heroine marrying while wearing glasses. And that she had braces. Cheers to Harlequin for finally normalising their heroines and cheers to [a:Dani Collins|6572063|Dani Collins|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1505087522p2/6572063.jpg] for creating such beautiful and heartwarming characters.
Akin made sarcastic jokes with such straight expressions that sometimes I had to double back and read a paragraph again. To believe that he really had made a quip like that. Just imagine, someone of royalty delivering punchlines, but with a straight face. Ha! It was the funniest thing ever.
This was quite an amusing read since Akin and Hannah seemed to have been moulded in somewhat of the same childhood. Akin was authoritative without being an asshole and Hannah was fiery in spite of being mousy. Quite the contrary characters they were. But their banter was so sweet. Their humorous exchange was such a breath of fresh air, especially looking at often serious desert romances.
In a meeting between neighbouring kingdoms, Collins' previous books' characters also made an appearance, from [b:Sheikh's Princess of Convenience|38733140|Sheikh's Princess of Convenience (Bound to the Desert King, #3)|Dani Collins|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1535840949l/38733140._SY75_.jpg|60318072], [b:The Sheikh's Sinful Seduction|23258078|The Sheikh's Sinful Seduction (Seven Sexy Sins, #2)|Dani Collins|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1415005844l/23258078._SY75_.jpg|42799204], and Pursued by the Desert Prince.
This was a purely slow burn romance, which was beautifully executed. And the 'seven years into the future' epilogue made my day!
While Hannah Meeks and The Crown Prince of Baaqi, Sheikh Akin bin Raju bin Dagar Al-Sarraf's first meet at a fertility clinic was a given, still the way they met was so swoon-worthy cute.
Hannah is a twenty-five-year-old University librarian who was confident that her looks would never land her a man. But, she wanted a family and hence opted for artificial insemination to have a baby.
In a royal family where being the youngest led him to be treated like the spare, at thirty-two, it wasn't easy that the mantle of being a King was suddenly thrust upon him. And close on its heels, came the news about his brother's unborn child, which again relegated Akin to the second position.
A lot of firsts I'm getting in my recent reads, here it was the heroine marrying while wearing glasses. And that she had braces. Cheers to Harlequin for finally normalising their heroines and cheers to [a:Dani Collins|6572063|Dani Collins|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1505087522p2/6572063.jpg] for creating such beautiful and heartwarming characters.
Akin made sarcastic jokes with such straight expressions that sometimes I had to double back and read a paragraph again. To believe that he really had made a quip like that. Just imagine, someone of royalty delivering punchlines, but with a straight face. Ha! It was the funniest thing ever.
This was quite an amusing read since Akin and Hannah seemed to have been moulded in somewhat of the same childhood. Akin was authoritative without being an asshole and Hannah was fiery in spite of being mousy. Quite the contrary characters they were. But their banter was so sweet. Their humorous exchange was such a breath of fresh air, especially looking at often serious desert romances.
In a meeting between neighbouring kingdoms, Collins' previous books' characters also made an appearance, from [b:Sheikh's Princess of Convenience|38733140|Sheikh's Princess of Convenience (Bound to the Desert King, #3)|Dani Collins|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1535840949l/38733140._SY75_.jpg|60318072], [b:The Sheikh's Sinful Seduction|23258078|The Sheikh's Sinful Seduction (Seven Sexy Sins, #2)|Dani Collins|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1415005844l/23258078._SY75_.jpg|42799204], and Pursued by the Desert Prince.
This was a purely slow burn romance, which was beautifully executed. And the 'seven years into the future' epilogue made my day!