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Once Upon a Kiss #8
Sang Pangeran Padang Pasir
Mengunjungi Gurun Nafud merupakan kesempatan bagi Lauren Viret untuk melupakan kesedihan setelah neneknya meninggal, sekaligus mencari tahu tentang kisah lama. Kisah tentang siapa sebenarnya kakek Lauren, serta seperti apa negeri yang dikuasai pria itu. Namun setelah rombongannya terjebak dalam badai pasir dan ia kehilangan liontin peninggalan sang nenek, Lauren tak menyangka ia justru semakin dekat dengan apa yang dicarinya.
Sementara itu, Pangeran Rashad yang menyelamatkan Lauren dari badai pasir yakin wanita itu menyembuyikan sesuatu, terutama ketika liontin kerajaan disebut-sebut. Namun usahanya untuk mengungkap rahasia Lauren tak semudah dugaannya, terutama ketika ia mulai terpikat pada wanita itu.
Sementara itu, Pangeran Rashad yang menyelamatkan Lauren dari badai pasir yakin wanita itu menyembuyikan sesuatu, terutama ketika liontin kerajaan disebut-sebut. Namun usahanya untuk mengungkap rahasia Lauren tak semudah dugaannya, terutama ketika ia mulai terpikat pada wanita itu.
220 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
About the author
Rebecca Winters
1,165 books207 followersaka Rebecca Brown Burton, Rebecca Burton
Rebecca Winters, born Rebecca Brown Burton, was the author of over 175 romance novels published with Harlequin, delighting readers worldwide for more than 35 years. Her stories, translated into many languages, have sold nearly thirty million copies. A French teacher turned novelist, she combined her love of language, family, and storytelling into a remarkable literary legacy.
Rebecca Winters, born Rebecca Brown Burton, was the author of over 175 romance novels published with Harlequin, delighting readers worldwide for more than 35 years. Her stories, translated into many languages, have sold nearly thirty million copies. A French teacher turned novelist, she combined her love of language, family, and storytelling into a remarkable literary legacy.
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May 16, 2026
Storia senza infamia e senza lode, con un plot twist finale tirato per i capelli e con svariate reiterazioni soprattutto nei primi capitoli.
Non un Harmony dei migliori, ma almeno lo stile è garbato, si lascia leggere e va benissimo per staccare il cervello da letture impegnative. Inoltre è la prova che si può scrivere un romance senza il bisogno spasmodico di descrivere per filo e per segno le parti anatomiche dei protagonisti e le loro evoluzioni in camera da letto. Anche se la trama non è un granché, la tensione emotiva tra i due è palpabile e c'è quella punta di tormento che non guasta. Ma niente di più.
Potabile.
Non un Harmony dei migliori, ma almeno lo stile è garbato, si lascia leggere e va benissimo per staccare il cervello da letture impegnative. Inoltre è la prova che si può scrivere un romance senza il bisogno spasmodico di descrivere per filo e per segno le parti anatomiche dei protagonisti e le loro evoluzioni in camera da letto. Anche se la trama non è un granché, la tensione emotiva tra i due è palpabile e c'è quella punta di tormento che non guasta. Ma niente di più.
Potabile.
May 11, 2014
I kept being distracted by the fact that the H & h could have been related. I know for them to have a HEA, they can't be, but because this is an undercurrent through the whole book, I couldn't easily forget the issue. Unless I'm processing things totally wrong, for most of the book, they sound like they were cousins.
Lauren's grandfather is King Malik - Which Lauren & Rafi share, though they have different women for grandmothers. The current King is Rafi's father, and therefore Lauren's uncle. Which makes Rafi, Farah and the others her cousins of some sort. That's what we're told and can gather for 98% of the book. It isn't until the end that everything is explained.
Lauren even thought: "After all, she shared a portion of the blood flowing though Farah's veins. Some of their DNA was the same." - Farah is Rafi's twin. So, yeah. This sort of weirded me out a bit. Lauren doesn't know that Rafi is the prince and related to the royal family, she thinks he works for the royals. But still...the reader can piece these things together and it comes off as strange, in a romance, to have the H & h related as such, even if it's just the appearance of relation.
It wasn't until chapter 7, when things were out in the open and they were on page with them being related.
And it wasn't until the very end that we find out that they're not. It's not a surprise, but still. I didn't like having to wait so long for it to be resolved.
98% of the book has them being related as the possibility, it was always in the back of my mind. And yes, I realize for them to have a HEA, they couldn't be related - but that's not the point. I liked the romance, but I didn't like the they're-related--oh-I-guess-they're-not plot. Why even write a romance with that as the barrier or a possibility? Because of this, I'm giving it 2 starts.
Lauren's grandfather is King Malik - Which Lauren & Rafi share, though they have different women for grandmothers. The current King is Rafi's father, and therefore Lauren's uncle. Which makes Rafi, Farah and the others her cousins of some sort. That's what we're told and can gather for 98% of the book. It isn't until the end that everything is explained.
Lauren even thought: "After all, she shared a portion of the blood flowing though Farah's veins. Some of their DNA was the same." - Farah is Rafi's twin. So, yeah. This sort of weirded me out a bit. Lauren doesn't know that Rafi is the prince and related to the royal family, she thinks he works for the royals. But still...the reader can piece these things together and it comes off as strange, in a romance, to have the H & h related as such, even if it's just the appearance of relation.
It wasn't until chapter 7, when things were out in the open and they were on page with them being related.
And it wasn't until the very end that we find out that they're not. It's not a surprise, but still. I didn't like having to wait so long for it to be resolved.
98% of the book has them being related as the possibility, it was always in the back of my mind. And yes, I realize for them to have a HEA, they couldn't be related - but that's not the point. I liked the romance, but I didn't like the they're-related--oh-I-guess-they're-not plot. Why even write a romance with that as the barrier or a possibility? Because of this, I'm giving it 2 starts.
July 31, 2014
Great story! I loved the intrigue surrounding the medallion. I adored the link with the past.
January 13, 2020
fun read - I kept trying to work out the familial affiliations, but the happy surprise ending made me smile. Hoky, but a fun time reading.
January 18, 2017
khas rebecca winters deh..n
August 4, 2014
awalnya memang agak aneh membaca alurnya tetapi semakin ke belakang semakin dinikmatin..gw suka cara pengarang menggambarkan Rafi dan Laurent dalam berinteraksi..chemistry-nya diawal terlihat dipaksakan tetapi makin ke belakang makin manis plus romantis...rekomended lah untuk dibaca
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October 10, 2014
It was really a nice read. Good story and plotting. Quite a quick read too :)
February 19, 2015
great story....!!
December 20, 2015
Almost too sugary sweet made my teeth hurt!!
July 24, 2023
Best book
This book is the best I could not put it down . Then I started it agane I can not put it down
This book is the best I could not put it down . Then I started it agane I can not put it down
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May 1, 2011Miniseries: Once Upon a Kiss…
July 4, 2016
3 stelline e mezzo
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