The Sheikh's Reluctant Bride

By: Yasmin Porter

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

This desert rose has thorns... Dr. Michelle Granger isn't known to suffer fools. She was first in her class in med school, and she'd barely finished her rotations before she was on a plane to a clinic in war-torn Sanaar. The people there need her. If she's forced to appeal to the rude and arrogant Sheikh Amir al Abbas for protection, she'll just have to swallow her pride and ask for his help. When the handsome Sheikh flies into a rage after a petty misunderstanding, Michelle is willing to do whatever it takes to prove her devotion to her cause, even if that means risking her own neck. ...but that won't keep her from getting plucked. Billionaire Sheikh Amir al Abbas is accustomed to getting what he wants. When he saves an audacious woman doctor from a gruesome fate at the hands of a political rival, he expects her to pay him back with everything she has. Unfortunately for the Sheikh, the pretty American is ungrateful, unreasonable, and totally unforgettable. This alpha male is going to take what's his, and he's ready to defend his family honor with his life.

About the Series:

The Green-Eyed Sheikhs series consists of four standalone novels chronicling the adventures of the al Abbas brothers in the made-up desert country of Samarra. Each book is a full-length, steamy dark romance with an alpha male and a HEA. You won't find any cliffhangers or loose ends here. The Sheikh's Foolish Promise: amazon.com/Sheikhs-Foolish-Promise-Green-Eyed-Book-ebook/dp/B00WTI231K The Sheikh's Surprise Baby: amazon.com/Sheikhs-Surprise-Baby-Green-Eyed-Three-ebook/dp/B00XUB0OHA

About the Author:

Yasmin Porter is a wife, mother, and book lover. She's into bad boys and badder girls, and you can find her and be her friend on Goodreads. Subscribe to her newsletter if you want to hear about special promotions and new releases.

I was caught up in the story from beginning and read it in one sitting. I’m looking forward to book two.

I wish it has been a bit longer with more character development and background. I loved Amir.

Narration off

Story was unbelievable- from Doctor to kept wife within a couple weeks. Narration is a lil robotic

Lovely story, prefer human narrators though

I liked the story, heartfelt and sexy. BUT several scenes are not done justice by the virtual voice...

Satire? If so, well done!

The basic premise and main character of this book were ridiculous, causing me to nearly stop listening after a few minutes. Fiction doesn't have to be realistic for me to enjoy it, but it should be written well enough for me to find its premise plausible and its characters worth caring about. This story didn't meet either mark, but It then it occurred to me that it may have been written as a farce. From that point on, I found sections of it outright hilarious! The heroine -- Michelle, a doctor from Texas who has come to a fictional Arab nation to run a free medical clinic -- would set the feminist movement back to the 1950s, and even if this was set then, she wouldn't be believable as a successful and well-educated professional. She's supposedly earned a medical degree and is passionate about her clinic but after some months there knows no Arabic -- not even "I'm American! I speak no Arabic!" and has no understanding of cultural norms for females and/or fear about reprocussions for speaking her mind, even though she's aware of there being "political strife." And our super-hot sheik finds this naivete and American smugness so endearing that he almost immediately gives up his long-held bachelor card! Making it better (or worse) is the AI narration of the story, especially for its graphic sex scenes. As funny as this free-to-Audible members story was, there's no way I'm paying for the rest of the series.

AI voice a dud

I loved the storyline, though it was difficult to hear emotion without human voices. The computer generated reader left much to be desired.

The virtual voice.

Virtual voice can’t ever be as good as the human voice. The inflections were wrong and it was emotionally flat.

An enjoyable quick read

I enjoyed the story and wish it had been longer.
The only dislike was the stupid headstrong woman. Whisked away by a sexy rich man who wants to pamper you and give you whatever you want, why would you not enjoy it????

Umm

I feel like this story could have been so much better. And to be honest the first time the couple were intimate it made me feel like it was a r*pe scene, not a romantic one. This had the feel of one one of the romance novels from the 70’s where authors felt it was ok for a female character to be pressured into sex. Gross!!