2.5*
Overall I like this type of romance... almost a rags-to-riches story of the poor hardworking girl who falls for a rich sheik... However, this book really needed a quick editing job to pick up all the typos, grammatical and nonsensical errors - they distracted from the amusing story...
For example:
"And then the way her voice floated over his skin, soothing him in ways he hadn't even know were disturbed." ??? What??? What exactly does "soothing him in ways he hadn't even known were disturbed" mean? Ways were disturbed? Even if HE was disturbed and didn't know it - this sentence still doesn't make any sense...
Then in a different chapter, "...she didn't hear the car pull up..." only for next sentence to say "When the helicopter landed in the open field, he carried her..." >> One second she's in a car, next second she's in a helicopter ?!?!?! And the third second she was on a plane flying to Saudi Arabia WITHOUT A PASSPORT OR ANY KIND OF ID - riiiight!!!
Another annoying point was that the heroine was soooo unbelievably smart that she was finishing law school in record time, WHILE working a fulltime job as a hotel manager, YET she was stumped by some very common-sensical things! For example, he tells her:
"Most heads of state have the same issue - it is not uncommon for leaders to have bodyguards and military escorts." She shook her head, "Why??" she asked, horrified on his behalf.
HAHAHAHA!! Seriously?!? Ms.Lawyer-smart-ass-valedictorian wasn't aware that ALL PRESIDENTS have bodyguards and military escorts?! This confused, then shocked and horrified her?!?!
Or like not realizing she was pregnant even though all the symptoms were there (i.e. missed period, tiredness, nausea...) - nope, this meant absolutely NOTHING to this braniac!
Finally, her poverty was soooo over the top that it was not even plausible! "She'd always loved fruit but it was something she couldn't afford" >> I'm sorry - what?! Selected fruits (and veggetables) are the CHEAPEST foods!!! You can buy 1/2 kilo of bananas for 50 cents! You can buy a box of strawberries for $2.50. You can buy kilo of apples for $3 ! You can buy a WHOLE watermelon for $3! Where did the author get the idea that fruit is unaffordable?! Or does she not have Safeway or Walmart in her area and only shops at Dean and Deluca's?!
So overall, what could have been a very cute romance, ended up being more of an amusing joke than anything else due to poor sentence structures and nonsensical statements...