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Three Rich Men #3
Sold To The Sheikh
When Australian supermodel Charmaine donates herself as a prize at a charity auction, the winning bidder is Prince Ali of Dubar. Now she has to be his dinner partner—he's paid five million dollars for the privilege!
Then Prince Ali makes her another outrageous offer: five hundred million dollars will be paid to her favorite charity if she agrees to spend a week with him. But Ali isn't paying for just her company...he's paying for her to grace his bed!
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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About the author
Miranda Lee
816 books236 followersMaureen Mary was born on 1945 at Port Macquarie, a popular seaside town on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, and is the youngest of four children. Her sister was the novelist Wendy Brennan (Emma Darcy). Her father was a country school teacher and brilliant sportsman. Her mother was a talented dressmaker. When Miranda was ten, her father was transferred to Gosford, another coastal town in the countryside, much closer to Sydney. After leaving her convent school, she briefly studied the cello before moving to Sydney, where she embraced the emerging world of computers. Her career as a programmer ended after she married, had three daughters and bought a small acreage in a semi-rural community. Following this, she attempted greyhound training, as well as horse and goat breeding, but was left dissatisfied.
Miranda yearned to find a creative career from which she could earn money. When her sister suggested writing romances, it seemed like a good idea. She could do it at home, and it might even be fun! It took a decade of trial and error before her first romance, After the Affair, was accepted and published. At that time, Miranda, her husband Tony, and her three daughters had moved back to the Central Coast, where they could enjoy the sun and the surf lifestyle once again. Not long into her writing career, Miranda committed herself to writing a six-book series entitled, The Hearts of Fire, with a deadline of just nine short months. Bravely, her husband left his executive position to stay home and support Miranda’s writing career. He learned to cook and to clean, two invaluable household skills. Numerous successful stories followed, each embodying Miranda’s trademark style: pacy and sexy rhythms; passionate, real-life characters; and enduring, memorable story lines. She has one credo when writing romances: Don’t bore the reader! Millions of fans world-wide agree she never does.
Miranda was the sister of the late author, Emma Darcy.
Miranda yearned to find a creative career from which she could earn money. When her sister suggested writing romances, it seemed like a good idea. She could do it at home, and it might even be fun! It took a decade of trial and error before her first romance, After the Affair, was accepted and published. At that time, Miranda, her husband Tony, and her three daughters had moved back to the Central Coast, where they could enjoy the sun and the surf lifestyle once again. Not long into her writing career, Miranda committed herself to writing a six-book series entitled, The Hearts of Fire, with a deadline of just nine short months. Bravely, her husband left his executive position to stay home and support Miranda’s writing career. He learned to cook and to clean, two invaluable household skills. Numerous successful stories followed, each embodying Miranda’s trademark style: pacy and sexy rhythms; passionate, real-life characters; and enduring, memorable story lines. She has one credo when writing romances: Don’t bore the reader! Millions of fans world-wide agree she never does.
Miranda was the sister of the late author, Emma Darcy.
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June 5, 2018
This was a very interesting read especially because hero and heroine were both equals. They were both stubborn,temperamental,passionate and gorgeous.
Hero and heroine meets at an event one year back and he hits on her. She sharply declines and put him in his place. Saying she will never willingly dine with him. One year later she put herself on auction for an evening for the benefit of children cancer charity which is her baby. And he bids on that for 5 million, astonishing everyone. And it only gets crazier from there on.
I enjoyed their head butting too much. It was very amusing to watch how the heroine tried to resist him so much and how that in turn frustrated hero.
But the twist in final chapters was a little serious for HP in my opinion. Especially the trauma heroine went through. Nevertheless I enjoyed the epilogue very much.
Recommended.
Hero and heroine meets at an event one year back and he hits on her. She sharply declines and put him in his place. Saying she will never willingly dine with him. One year later she put herself on auction for an evening for the benefit of children cancer charity which is her baby. And he bids on that for 5 million, astonishing everyone. And it only gets crazier from there on.
I enjoyed their head butting too much. It was very amusing to watch how the heroine tried to resist him so much and how that in turn frustrated hero.
But the twist in final chapters was a little serious for HP in my opinion. Especially the trauma heroine went through. Nevertheless I enjoyed the epilogue very much.
Recommended.
August 23, 2009
This is part of the THREE RICH MEN trilogy by Lee but can be read alone. It's the third book. I liked the first and especially the second book Mistress for a Month (see my review) a lot more personally.
The heroine is one of those type who thinks she's frigid until she meets the hero but we all know that Great Sex = Love, right?
Tropes: There is no such thing as a frigid woman
The heroine is one of those type who thinks she's frigid until she meets the hero but we all know that Great Sex = Love, right?
Tropes: There is no such thing as a frigid woman
March 30, 2021
Credo di non aver mai letto un Harmony in vita mia e credo che la cosa non si ripeterà in futuro.
Il primo punto dolente è la trama, talmente telefonata che era evidente sin dalla prima pagina non solo che i due sarebbero finiti a letto assieme, ma che sarebbero diventati la famiglia della Mulino Bianco TM. Il tutto ovviamente risolvendo i loro problemi personali irrisolti da 20 anni con una telefonata e un pianto (a distanza di una pagina).
L'altro elemento pessimo è che i personaggi sono completamente piatti (o meglio, lei è comunque una modella strafiga curvy, lui un maniaco sessuale in perenne erezione quindi in realtà ci sono curve e altre parti sporgenti), senza un briciolo di evoluzione che avvenga durante il racconto: lei ha un passato misterioso che non viene mai accennato - se non, appunto, in un mero paragrafo nel finale - mentre lui è in esilio e la cosa non sembra minimamente creargli problemi.
Apparentemente questo è il terzo libro di una trilogia, ma non c'è nulla che faccia pensare che nei precedenti ci possa essere qualcosa di più su di lui - anzi semmai l'opposto.
Ultima nota dolente: la traduzione sembra fatta con Google Translate. Ci sono un po' troppe frasi che sembrano la traduzione letterale di espressioni idiomatiche inglesi, IMHO il traduttore avrebbe potuto sforzarsi un pochino di più.
The things I do for Challenges... (semicit.)
Il primo punto dolente è la trama, talmente telefonata che era evidente sin dalla prima pagina non solo che i due sarebbero finiti a letto assieme, ma che sarebbero diventati la famiglia della Mulino Bianco TM. Il tutto ovviamente risolvendo i loro problemi personali irrisolti da 20 anni con una telefonata e un pianto (a distanza di una pagina).
L'altro elemento pessimo è che i personaggi sono completamente piatti (o meglio, lei è comunque una modella strafiga curvy, lui un maniaco sessuale in perenne erezione quindi in realtà ci sono curve e altre parti sporgenti), senza un briciolo di evoluzione che avvenga durante il racconto: lei ha un passato misterioso che non viene mai accennato - se non, appunto, in un mero paragrafo nel finale - mentre lui è in esilio e la cosa non sembra minimamente creargli problemi.
Apparentemente questo è il terzo libro di una trilogia, ma non c'è nulla che faccia pensare che nei precedenti ci possa essere qualcosa di più su di lui - anzi semmai l'opposto.
Ultima nota dolente: la traduzione sembra fatta con Google Translate. Ci sono un po' troppe frasi che sembrano la traduzione letterale di espressioni idiomatiche inglesi, IMHO il traduttore avrebbe potuto sforzarsi un pochino di più.
The things I do for Challenges... (semicit.)
May 18, 2018
I have mixed feelings for this battle-of-wills romance.
Pros
A well-written conclusion to the series? Check.
Passionate sex? Check.
A reasonably smitten hero? Check.
A bitchy heroine who kept the hero on his toes (and back)? Triple check.
But unlike Charmaine I wasn't completely sold . . . on the romance that is, and felt the story lacked an emotional punch. It seemed as if Ali and Charmaine fell in love as a result of their time in bed together more than anything else. I also felt their characters needed more development. Charmaine had legitimate reasons for keeping her distance from Ali, but they weren't revealed until the last third of the story. Charmaine's Ice-Queen character would have been better served if her motivations had been introduced earlier, allowing the reader to see more of her vulnerability. As for Ali, his psyche and past were briefly explored but not nearly enough to render him fully three-dimensional.
Pros
A well-written conclusion to the series? Check.
Passionate sex? Check.
A reasonably smitten hero? Check.
A bitchy heroine who kept the hero on his toes (and back)? Triple check.
But unlike Charmaine I wasn't completely sold . . . on the romance that is, and felt the story lacked an emotional punch. It seemed as if Ali and Charmaine fell in love as a result of their time in bed together more than anything else. I also felt their characters needed more development. Charmaine had legitimate reasons for keeping her distance from Ali, but they weren't revealed until the last third of the story. Charmaine's Ice-Queen character would have been better served if her motivations had been introduced earlier, allowing the reader to see more of her vulnerability. As for Ali, his psyche and past were briefly explored but not nearly enough to render him fully three-dimensional.
April 25, 2024
Vorrei dire che mi è piaciuto, ma sarebbe una bugia. In realtà Miranda non scrive male e l’inizio mi ha catturata. Lo avevo già letto un paio d’anni fa e gli avevo assegnato tre stelle, ma ora non lo posso fare. Lei pare sia indifferente al sesso, poi lui la fa reagire in cinque minuti. Lui – lo sceicco – è un arrogante presuntuoso viziato e senza pudore. Lei – la top model – cambia idea ogni tre per due nonostante lui la paghi 500 milioni di dollari per trascorrere una settimana assieme. E poi è tutto un cuore-amore, ma di sentimento ne leggo poco. Sarà che i category devono per forza di cose essere brevi e concisi, ma si può fare meglio pur in poche pagine.
April 18, 2021
Non ricordo di aver letto un Harmony così brutto da quando ho cominciato anni or sono! Ma veramente brutto.
La storia non è poi così male, ma poteva essere gestita molto meglio. In pratica si regge sugli stuzzicadenti e già dalla prima riga si sa dove voglia andare a parare.
I protagonisti, una peggio dell'altro. Lei è di un'antipatia unica che cambia mille volte idea nel giro di un nano secondo (l'avrei presa a schiaffi da subito); lui viziato e presuntuoso (ma è sempre uno sceicco, in fondo) che però agli occhi dei suoi dipendenti è un sant'uomo. Entrambi hanno la personalità dello spessore della carta velina.
Si poteva fare di meglio.
2 stelle tirate per i capelli.
La storia non è poi così male, ma poteva essere gestita molto meglio. In pratica si regge sugli stuzzicadenti e già dalla prima riga si sa dove voglia andare a parare.
I protagonisti, una peggio dell'altro. Lei è di un'antipatia unica che cambia mille volte idea nel giro di un nano secondo (l'avrei presa a schiaffi da subito); lui viziato e presuntuoso (ma è sempre uno sceicco, in fondo) che però agli occhi dei suoi dipendenti è un sant'uomo. Entrambi hanno la personalità dello spessore della carta velina.
Si poteva fare di meglio.
2 stelle tirate per i capelli.
April 1, 2025
Credo di non aver mai letto un Harmony in vita mia e credo che la cosa non si ripeterà in futuro.
Il primo punto dolente è la trama, talmente telefonata che era evidente sin dalla prima pagina non solo che i due sarebbero finiti a letto assieme, ma che sarebbero diventati la famiglia della Mulino Bianco TM. Il tutto ovviamente risolvendo i loro problemi personali irrisolti da 20 anni con una telefonata e un pianto (a distanza di una pagina).
L'altro elemento pessimo è che i personaggi sono completamente piatti (o meglio, lei è comunque una modella strafiga curvy, lui un maniaco sessuale in perenne erezione quindi in realtà ci sono curve e altre parti sporgenti), senza un briciolo di evoluzione che avvenga durante il racconto: lei ha un passato misterioso che non viene mai accennato - se non, appunto, in un mero paragrafo nel finale - mentre lui è in esilio e la cosa non sembra minimamente creargli problemi.
Apparentemente questo è il terzo libro di una trilogia, ma non c'è nulla che faccia pensare che nei precedenti ci possa essere qualcosa di più su di lui - anzi semmai l'opposto.
Ultima nota dolente: la traduzione sembra fatta con Google Translate. Ci sono un po' troppe frasi che sembrano la traduzione letterale di espressioni idiomatiche inglesi, IMHO il traduttore avrebbe potuto sforzarsi un pochino di più.
The things I do for Challenges... (semicit.)
Il primo punto dolente è la trama, talmente telefonata che era evidente sin dalla prima pagina non solo che i due sarebbero finiti a letto assieme, ma che sarebbero diventati la famiglia della Mulino Bianco TM. Il tutto ovviamente risolvendo i loro problemi personali irrisolti da 20 anni con una telefonata e un pianto (a distanza di una pagina).
L'altro elemento pessimo è che i personaggi sono completamente piatti (o meglio, lei è comunque una modella strafiga curvy, lui un maniaco sessuale in perenne erezione quindi in realtà ci sono curve e altre parti sporgenti), senza un briciolo di evoluzione che avvenga durante il racconto: lei ha un passato misterioso che non viene mai accennato - se non, appunto, in un mero paragrafo nel finale - mentre lui è in esilio e la cosa non sembra minimamente creargli problemi.
Apparentemente questo è il terzo libro di una trilogia, ma non c'è nulla che faccia pensare che nei precedenti ci possa essere qualcosa di più su di lui - anzi semmai l'opposto.
Ultima nota dolente: la traduzione sembra fatta con Google Translate. Ci sono un po' troppe frasi che sembrano la traduzione letterale di espressioni idiomatiche inglesi, IMHO il traduttore avrebbe potuto sforzarsi un pochino di più.
The things I do for Challenges... (semicit.)
August 20, 2020
This started out good and with drama!
Why is the h so against sex?
Why is the H so interested her?
But then it fell flat. The supposedly sex shy h falls at the first hurdle. I never got why she kept saying that she didn't like sex. What that had anything to do with anything. especially since she said that she had had lovers but she really disliked sex. Then we find out that
The story didn't go deep enough. I agree with what other reviewers said, that it felt like the h equated sex with love. And the H's ILU came out of the blue.
Why is the h so against sex?
Why is the H so interested her?
But then it fell flat. The supposedly sex shy h falls at the first hurdle. I never got why she kept saying that she didn't like sex. What that had anything to do with anything. especially since she said that she had had lovers but she really disliked sex. Then we find out that
The story didn't go deep enough. I agree with what other reviewers said, that it felt like the h equated sex with love. And the H's ILU came out of the blue.
August 23, 2018
Answered questions from book two. (Rico's story). The amount of money he was willing to pay sounded ridiculous to me. I loved the rest of the story. Ali saw Charmaine one year ago and that was it for him. He wanted her. Love at first sight. (took him that long to realise it). Charmaine achieved a lot considering her earlier experiences.
November 4, 2022
Ho trovato questo libro molto deludente. La protagonista viene tratta come una prostituta dal protagonista. la paga per andare a cena e per andare a letto con lui e lei accetta consapevolmente, anche se i soldi vengono devoluti in beneficienza. L'amore non è violenza, non è obbligo.
September 29, 2017
Pessimo harmony
September 9, 2021
Este me gustó mas que los otros dos. No sé porqué, pero es así.
Lo sentí un poco apresurado, solo salieron una semana y todo pasó muy rápido. Me hubiese gustado algo más lento.
Lo sentí un poco apresurado, solo salieron una semana y todo pasó muy rápido. Me hubiese gustado algo más lento.
June 21, 2025
Charmaine (an unfortunate choice as I totally dislike this dated name,) and Ali's romance is a rocky road, but their journey is simply fabulous. Ali is by far the more attractive character - as Charmaine’s aggression and rudeness is totally over the top and exaggerated and initially I disliked her intensely and for a very long time. She was really quick to jump to unfounded conclusions about Ali and seemed to believe she could be as rude and ill-mannered as she liked despite the £500 million for charity.
Of course, as the book goes on, Charmaine becomes a more sympathetic character and then I simply enjoyed the preposterous, wild ride.
I felt the resolution was far too abrupt and lacked depth, so I deducted one star. I liked the appearance of Rico and Renee but Charles and Dominique only got a brief mention. I would have liked to see them reappear too - so another star off I’m afraid. A really strange mix and it seems desperately dated - but an enjoyable escape from the real world. 😉
Of course, as the book goes on, Charmaine becomes a more sympathetic character and then I simply enjoyed the preposterous, wild ride.
I felt the resolution was far too abrupt and lacked depth, so I deducted one star. I liked the appearance of Rico and Renee but Charles and Dominique only got a brief mention. I would have liked to see them reappear too - so another star off I’m afraid. A really strange mix and it seems desperately dated - but an enjoyable escape from the real world. 😉
January 15, 2013
inner monologues got me skipping pages... Charmaine-hate the name- is put off men and playing hot&cold, and panics cause he makes her hot and bothered,personally I would prefer if approach was different and she looked forward to rediscover passion... methinks no man would be so patient. OK so heroine has a strong reason,but if I had anything better I wouldn't have finished and it gets a bit better halfway and though I'm not fan of slapping etc.in novels I loved this:
'Kiss me.' he whispered. 'Kiss me where you hit me.'
from reading second book I know he brings different woman weekly to his 'property' so this whole thing bout heroine being special fails-it is mentioned that he didn't for some time but still,maybe I'm disappointed cause Ali was promising character from previous book and he's hurt in past... oh, so that u know according to this book size does matter ;) in every way!
'Kiss me.' he whispered. 'Kiss me where you hit me.'
from reading second book I know he brings different woman weekly to his 'property' so this whole thing bout heroine being special fails-it is mentioned that he didn't for some time but still,maybe I'm disappointed cause Ali was promising character from previous book and he's hurt in past... oh, so that u know according to this book size does matter ;) in every way!
November 26, 2013
Jogadores de Pôquer 03
A Indomada e o Sheik
Miranda Lee
H. Paixão 05
2005
É complicado, o casal da vez foi magoada e tem muitos conflitos com o passado.
Charmaine coitada, comeu o pão que o diabo amassou. Além disso, sofreu a maior dor que uma mulher nunca deveria sofrer em sua existência.
Ali por sua vez, foi rejeitado pela única mulher que amou. Além disso, foi expulso e exilado na Austrália. Coitado, só tem os empregados e os cavalos como companhia.
Mas não pense só porque eles tiveram um passado conturbado que eles sejam uns coitadinhos ou bobos. São pessoa fortes, determinados, belos, arrogantes e extremamente sensuais.
Com certeza um dos mais belos casais que já encontrei na literatura romântica.
ADORO!!!
RECOMENDADÍSSIMO!!!
A Indomada e o Sheik
Miranda Lee
H. Paixão 05
2005
É complicado, o casal da vez foi magoada e tem muitos conflitos com o passado.
Charmaine coitada, comeu o pão que o diabo amassou. Além disso, sofreu a maior dor que uma mulher nunca deveria sofrer em sua existência.
Ali por sua vez, foi rejeitado pela única mulher que amou. Além disso, foi expulso e exilado na Austrália. Coitado, só tem os empregados e os cavalos como companhia.
Mas não pense só porque eles tiveram um passado conturbado que eles sejam uns coitadinhos ou bobos. São pessoa fortes, determinados, belos, arrogantes e extremamente sensuais.
Com certeza um dos mais belos casais que já encontrei na literatura romântica.
ADORO!!!
RECOMENDADÍSSIMO!!!
January 16, 2013
More of a C-
This is the third in the trilogy where Mistress for a Month is the 2nd book (can't remember if I've read the first.)
Well written, very sexy, and everything you'd expect good-wise from a Miranda Lee... but unfortunately the romance wasn't quite believeable to me.
Yes, I can see the hero and heroine getting together, but not in a week. No them falling in love, especially since he became obsessed a year ago but he didn't *know* her - and her, being rather ... bitchy much of the time. (With good reason.)
But still - I felt they needed more "getting to know each other" to really make it work. There were some plot holes which were a little disappointing.
This is the third in the trilogy where Mistress for a Month is the 2nd book (can't remember if I've read the first.)
Well written, very sexy, and everything you'd expect good-wise from a Miranda Lee... but unfortunately the romance wasn't quite believeable to me.
Yes, I can see the hero and heroine getting together, but not in a week. No them falling in love, especially since he became obsessed a year ago but he didn't *know* her - and her, being rather ... bitchy much of the time. (With good reason.)
But still - I felt they needed more "getting to know each other" to really make it work. There were some plot holes which were a little disappointing.
February 7, 2017
My first book by Miranda Lee,and wow,i LOVE IT!!!
I have come to adore romance novels with Heroes as a Sheikhs when i first read the classical romance "The Sheikh" which is one of my favourites ever.
"Sold to the Sheikh" didn`t dissapoint me with it`s plot,romance and characters.I just LOVE Arabian as heroes,cuz i also think they are handsome in real life (hehe).And i totally loved this hero,Prince Ali.He is a wild man by nature and is a man all women wish for.And the famous model Charmaine,the heroine,is the one that got his full interest.I enjoyed their characters,feelings and the dialuge,it made me laugh sometimes.The romance is the best,and i enjoyed everything of it!
I have come to adore romance novels with Heroes as a Sheikhs when i first read the classical romance "The Sheikh" which is one of my favourites ever.
"Sold to the Sheikh" didn`t dissapoint me with it`s plot,romance and characters.I just LOVE Arabian as heroes,cuz i also think they are handsome in real life (hehe).And i totally loved this hero,Prince Ali.He is a wild man by nature and is a man all women wish for.And the famous model Charmaine,the heroine,is the one that got his full interest.I enjoyed their characters,feelings and the dialuge,it made me laugh sometimes.The romance is the best,and i enjoyed everything of it!
January 8, 2010
Charmaine a supermodel and Ali is a prince of Dubar. He takes one look at her and has to have her yet for Charmaine she feels threatened by him and wants nothing to do with him. But he wins a contest so he gets one date with her that turns into a weeklong bet. But the thing is they get to know one another especially Charmine who has some secrets that no one really knows about she had a baby but she died when she was young.
July 15, 2014
i absolutely loved how ali was besotted wid charmaine! though offering 500M dollars for sex was over the top and very much unbelievable! ali had a case of love at 1st sight though he did not realise it at the time. i minused 1star bcoz charmaine equated mind-blowing sex wid love, or atleast dats the impression she gave.
April 28, 2014
Lo que más amo de Miranda Lee es que los personase de sus historias son increíbles y aparté las historias te atrapan desde la sinopsis, esta historia es particular me gusto mucho, aunque ni tanto como las demás. Aún así me gusto y es recomendable.
February 20, 2015
Very. Happily ever after
This was a sweet book that started out strong and limped to the end. It was rushed and it could have been so much stronger! I'm not giving up on this talented author! Great potential
This was a sweet book that started out strong and limped to the end. It was rushed and it could have been so much stronger! I'm not giving up on this talented author! Great potential
February 6, 2011
I think it was missing something and also that it could have been more and it wasn't strong enough...
it is kinda hard to put in words but it just didn't do it for me...
it is kinda hard to put in words but it just didn't do it for me...
November 6, 2012
One of my best books
March 17, 2013
Nice story
January 13, 2013
Me encantó! aunque ella se hace mucho del rogar y el tan lindo y ajam, una historia bastante linda, romantica y
uy hot, super recomendado ;)
uy hot, super recomendado ;)
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