Monday, January 8, 2018

The Sheikh's Pretend Fiancee by Leslie North

Liyah Reed was a foreign exchange student in Dubai five years ago.  She has since graduated from college and was working.  Her life didn't seem to fit, so she returned to the place she felt the most at home.  Liyah is staying with her beloved exchange-mother and attempting to find a job.  She helps her friend in a short-staffed lounge and catches the eye of Asad Sharif. 

Asad Sharif needs a wife.  He is attempting to convince investors in a real estate project that he is a dependable man when they remember him running around his father's estate in diapers.  Quiet, bookish American Liyah is his perfect choice.  Asad's offer may be the way to help her exchange-mother with her burden of medical bills so she accepts the offer to be his fake fiancee. 

When the investors throw in a new loop-hole, the fake fiancee must become the real wife.  Can they successfully make the marriage real?

I thought this was a perfect Cinderella story.  Liyah is the jeans and baggy t-shirt girl, simple and understated thrust into the world of the wealthy.  There was just the right amount of tension between Liyah and Asad.  Their chemistry was white hot when Asad let his guard down.  Liyah was a wonderful, caring heroine.  I liked how Asad's sister Amira plays the fairy-godmother role toward Liyah.

This was a great start to the series.  It was perfect for an afternoon read!   I can not wait for the next one!

I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you!


1 comment:

  1. Book 2 and book 3 are coming out very soon! I hope you enjoy them just as much :)

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