Title:  Bound to the Sheikh
Series:  International Bad Boys
Author:  Carol Marinelli
Genre:  Contemporary Romance
Published:  May 22, 2015
Publisher:  Tule Publishing
My Rating:  5 stars
Source:  NetGalley
Cover Description:

Sheikh Ashim Al Raquar, Crown Prince of Alzaquan, knows he must return to his country and leave his playboy reputation far behind him. It will be a wild journey home, though—he intends to party on his yacht right to the edge of the desert. And then he meets Emily, a corporate flight attendant who’s in the south of France hoping to find herself after years of taking care of her husband.

A sensual, charismatic lover with a reputed dark edge to his bedroom skills is the very last thing Emily needs.

Read on for my thoughts on Bound to the Sheikh.  No true spoilers, promise.

Ashim has had his ten years of freedom to do as he pleased.  Now it’s time to return home and take up the mantle of his country, and to take a wife.  In his time away Ashim has done good things, he has also partied hard and long.  This is his voyage home and he is squeezing every last minute of freedom on his way to the duties that await him at home.

Emily has spent most of her marriage taking care of her husband after an horrific accident changed their lives forever.  Now that her husband has passed away, Emily is free to find out exactly who she is now.  She returns to a career she loves as a corporate flight attendant.  What she didn’t expect was Ashim and the freedom of enjoying this man.  What she didn’t expect was wanting more beyond the weekend they had planned.

Bound to the Sheikh was a sexy, steamy, intense and joyful story of love found in unexpected places.  Ashim and Emily were the perfect match, they each needed more from life and found that in each other.  There is definitely a cultural fight to finally grab their happy ever after but the journey there is so worth your time.

I would highly recommend this novel.  You don’t have to love billionaires or sheikhs to see the love that is simply overflowing in this story.  Not everyone has a perfect life, reality often sneaks in with some bad stuff, but the human heart can overcome just about anything – and love can come at any moment.  Pick this one up and enjoy Emily and Ashim’s love story.

*I received an e-ARC of Bound to the Sheikh from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. That does not change what I think of this novel.*

*Any review is just one person’s opinion. You might feel the same or totally different. The only way to know for certain is for you to read it. This was my opinion of this particular book.*

Bound to the Sheikh is available for the Kindle