Find Claimed For The Sheikhs Shock Son (Secret Heirs Of Billionaires) Designed By Carol Marinelli Document

really loved this one! Sheikh Prince Khalid of AlZahan who ismeets Aubrey Johnsonat Jobe Devereux's funeral.
Later that night they become lovers, Khalid tells Aubrey that there can be no future for them because, as the future king, Khalid must wed a bride of his father's choosing.
They go their separate ways, but when they meet a year later what will Khalid do when Aubrey tells him that he has a son.
. .

I thoroughly enjoyed this romantic story, I think Aubrey and Khalid made a wonderful couple, I really liked Aubrey. She was sweet and caring, She worked in Vegas as a dancer and trapeze artist, which was different and interesting, She lived in a trailer park with her mother who was disfigured in a fire and afraid to go out, so Aubrey looked out for her.




I also liked Khalid, He was a very reserved, unemotional hero at first who knew what his duties as a Prince to his kingdom were, thanks to his father who drummed it into him from an early age.
But he finds that Aubrey is somehow getting under his skin, She seems different from the other women he knows, He wanted to do his duty for his country, but he was also falling for Aubrey and wanted her as his wife.
I found Khalid to be a classy hero,

Another great read by Carol Marinelli with terrific locations, steamy love scenes, and extremely likable characters that you want to see get their happyeverafter!



Simply loved it.
Very moving story

I loved this book, I love Cinderella stories though always and of course this was a good one, A trapeze artist and a Prince sounds so tacky but it worked, He comes for a funeral of a dear family friend and the H shows up, They think she was a mistress but she was the daughter of a mistress, although not his daughter, and she was a sweet hard working moral person.
They didn't treat her that way sadly, I liked her and I also liked Khalid the hero, They actually fall in instalove but he is to marry someone suitable and so they have one night and they split ways and continue on with their lives but fortunately there was a memento named Ayaiz.
I cried at several parts, and I got angry at the Prince when he brought her to his country and said the boy would never be acknowledged as his son.
It was so heartbreaking. She refused to be his favorite one and went back to America,

But if course the path to true love never runs smooth and there were plenty of speed bumps and road blocks ahead.
But it was a very great ride, I just loved it. Definitely a keeper. Wow. This is absolutely wonderful. Very romantic. Lovely story.

Grade: A This book was okay but I didn't like it enough to reread it,
Too much time apart, At first hero doesn't chose the woman who bore his son nor did he choose his son,

Just seemed slowmoving to this reader! Best of the series, for sure! I tried picking up this book at different times within other books, even different months, but it just didnt work for me.
I found the H beta and the h clingy and easy, Both are a nono for me, Also, way too angsty for my liking,

Sheikh Khalid

is attending his friend/mentors funeral in NYC where he meets Aubrey, At that time Aubrey is restrained and trying to melt in the shadows and leave unnoticed, She gets into a tough social situation and Khalid saves her face and lends her his suite to use until its time for her flight back to Vegas.


It is unknown to everyone at that time that Aubreys mother was actually the deceased persons lady friend and a guardianangel for Aubrey.


Aubrey uses Khalids fancy suite and touches all kinds of his personal belongings including his bed and bath convenient.
Later they hang out more and more until their ONS, She also gets to meet his family, Obv by now clingy Aubrey doesnt want to go back to Vegas and also wants to hang on the Sheikhs personal belongings as mementos aka a custom fragrance.


Yep. Aubrey didnt sit well with me at all, That sounds very opportunistic but Aubrey didnt put up a single finger to tell the Sheikh to back off.
She was herself donning off her underclothes before he could even ask her, Nope.

I didnt find Khalid to be alpha, He was raised to be always in control with his emotions, understandable when youre a sheikh, but he was too stoic for my liking.
Aubrey was dreadfully boring too, Pass. Really sweet story about a Vegas Trapeze artist heroine and heirtothethrone hero, They meet at the funeral of hero's mentor and heroine's mother's lover, H/h are both grieving the man while simultaneously hit by instalust,

Heroine is a virgin who chooses the hero as her first lover, Hero knows it can nowhere because of his obligations to the throne, A secret baby is the result of their ONS,

What set this story apart:

The many acts of kindness and supportive women, From the make up counter saleslady to the heroine's mother and aunt pitching in to help to Brandy the exstripper at the funeral this heroine was supported.


The flashes of droll humor at the funeral and in the epilogue where the hero finally laughs with his overbearing motherinlaw.


The sweet picnic with the hero's boardingschoolage siblings who are starved for affection and memories of their deceased mother.


A kind alpha who actually had people skills, First example he had wisdom to let all of the trollops into the funeral rather than make a public scene.


This was a really nice take on the usual HP formula, I didn't know if I wanted to read a fairy tale but I think I needed it because the book was like a balm for me.
A lovely fairytale.

.stars.

This was a poignant, romantic, secret baby tale wrapped into the family bonds trope and with just the right amount of sexy angst due to the "forbidden or doomed" nature of the MC's relationship.
We met Khalid, the H, in sitelinkThe Innocent's Shock Pregnancy and sitelinkThe Billionaire's Christmas Cinderella, Those two novels were about the Devereux brothers Ethan and Abe,

Khalid was the sexy billionaire crown prince of Al Zahan, He's a long time family friend and business partner of the Devereux brothers, I've been eager to read about his story ever since his introduction in sitelinkThe Innocent's Shock Pregnancy, because he was portrayed as a charming but aloof alpha male character.


This is the H, Khalid:



He really was terribly beautiful, More beautiful than anyone she had ever seen, He stood in the pews reserved for family, Exquisitely suited, his glossy dark hair was brushed back from his forehead, . . Caramelskinned with an aquiline nose, his prominent cheekbones were somehow countered by sensual full lips that were not smiling.


Although he's a good friend to the Devereux brothers, Khalid comes across as a bit cold, stoic and uncommunicative.
It's mainly due to his personal daddy issues and the fact that he's forced to act as the buffer between his horrible authoritarian parent and histeen siblings.
He's also faced with an impending arranged marriage to a woman of his father's choosing, because there's a specific royal bridal ritual that's an inherent part of his native customs.


Despite all of this stress and aggravation, Khalid appears outwardly unmoved by all the turmoil in his life.
That's because he's so good at putting on his metaphoric mask and telling himself that there's no point in worrying about stuff that he cannot change:



The story starts off on a sad note because we're told that Jobe Devereux, the terminally ill father of Ethan and Abe, has died.
Khalid is in New York for the funeral and he's conscripted to assist the brothers with an emergency family problem, in order to avert an impending scandal.


Apparently old man Jobe had been a playboy of epic proportions and his sons have only now learned about penchant for secret relationships with Las Vegas showgirls and lots of other glamour model types.
Ethan tells Khalid that the lawyers have even uncovered evidence that Jobe had been sending a monthly allowance to a hotyear old blonde Las Vegas trapeze artist/dancer named Aubrey !




This is the heroine, Aubrey:



.
. . he instantly felt her allure, From the china blue of her unblinking eyes to lush, full lips, she was captivating, She wore far less makeup than she had in the tasteless photos, Well, a touch too much blusher perhaps, but Aubrey really was exceptionally beautiful there was no doubting that, Khalid could see how a man could be beguiled,

Since this is HPlandia, Aubrey is obviously not Jobe's secret sugar baby mistress, It's her mom Stella, who'd been his mistress, Stella had been a showgirl and occasional escort who had been involved with Jobe for a few years, Jobe used to spend a lot of time with her daughter Aubrey and had become a father figure to the little girl.


Jobe had been so fond of the young heroine that he'd given her a monthly allowance to pursue her educational ambitions and not end up as an escort high class hooker like her mom, Stella.
This didn't work out as he'd hoped because Stella was disfigured in a fire and the heroine was forced to used the money to pay for her mother's medical bills and to supplement their monthly income when the latter was unable to work.


Neither woman had told Jobe about Stella's accident because they were too proud, The H is determined to resent Aubrey and fight his massive sexual attraction to her because he sees her as the old man's dirty little gold digging secret.
Fortunately, the author doesn't develop Khalid's character arc according to the conventional template of the rude, nasty and insulting jerk H who's determined to slut shame the heroine for her supposed crimes against morality.


Khalid ends up protecting the heroine when the Devereux brothers especially Abe, the sexy asshole from sitelinkThe Billionaire's Christmas Cinderella, and Jobe's former mistress Chantelle, thinks she's the prime target for their rudeness and insults.
The MC's aren't able to fight their mutual sexual attraction and end up having a hot one night stand:

The mainland could declare war on AlZahan, there could be a coup at the palace, and all he would care for would be her pleasure and finishing this.


Khalid is so mesmerized by her appealing sexiness and turned on by her revelation that she's a virgin, that he doesn't use a condom.
As is usual in HPlandia, the H is filled with doubt and panic the morning after, leading him to act like the quintessential jerk: he literally treats her like a prostitute when he places a large wad of money in her purse !



He does see the error of his ways immediately and apologizes after she throws it back in his face and storms off.
The storyline then takes a sweet turn because the author once again focuses on the family bonds trope, This time, however, it's not the Devereux family that's in the limelight but Khalid's relationship with histeen siblings.


This was a beautiful little addition to the story because the reader gets to see the H's softer side: it's obvious that his father is an awful man and that he's had to step into a pseudo paternal role and guide his younger siblings.
At this early stage in the novel, both MC's are falling in love with each other but are aware that theirs is a love that's doomed because Khalid's bound, by rigid law and Al Zahanian tradition, to marry a woman who's chosen for him:

He could not look over as he spoke.
I am expected to take a suitable wife,

Suitable

Chosen by my father, Khalid said, Where I come from there are many rules that you would not understand, Some are beautiful, some I am trying to change, and there are some that are nonnegotiable,

He asks her to return with him to Al Zahan, to be his iqbal or "the favoured one" but Aubrey's got more dignity and refuses to follow in her mother's footsteps and be any man's mistress.
Their parting is bittersweet and romantic because it's clear that they want to be together:

Aubrey tried to make a joke and that squeezed his brutal heart.


God, but he loathed leaving her,

This was so heart wrenching for the reader because it's almost as if they're star crossed lovers, fated to never be together because Fate had its own nefarious plans for them.
They're separated for a year, during which time the titular "shock son" Aayiz is born, Aubrey's refuses to contact him because she's afraid that he will take her son away,

I loved how the author continued with the family bonds trope via the heroine's relationship with her mom Stella and her hilarious aunt Carmel.
Stella changes from the apathetic, self pitying burn victim and gets a job so that she can help her daughter with their bills after the baby is born.


The MC's are reunited when Khalid arranges for Aubrey's dance troupe to perform at the opening ceremony of his new luxury hotel in Al Zahan.
There's a lot of angst, arguments and passion after he orders his bodyguards to bring her to his secret hideaway in the desert.
He's angry when he learns about his baby son but behaves like an asshole when he tells her that he can't marry her or claim the child publicly.


They share a torrid session of hot, sweaty sex in the desert to make up for the lonely months they'd spent apart:

A year of pain and of loss didnt fade as they touched instead, it ratcheted up as his mouth again reclaimed hers.


The heroine refuses to be his kept mistress who will be relegated to his dirty secret after his father chooses the "suitable" royal bride for him.
He's a man filled with inner torment because he loves Aubrey and wants to marry her but cannot see how that will ever be possible.
It's actually implied that he's spent the last year barely existing because of how much he missed her:

His food was exquisite, of course it was, but for Khalid, a meal had not tasted as it should for more than a year.


And when a neighbouring queen asks him about the identity of his future wife, he becomes more unhappy because he doesn't want another woman.
He only wants Aubrey. His thoughts are captured perfectly and succinctly in the following lines:


No,

For his heart belonged elsewhere,


I won't go into specifics but there is a comprehensive and very believable explanation why he's unable to marry the heroine.
He begs her to stay with him as his ikbal but she fights back and even asserts that she's not going to turn away from love just because she can't be his wife:


Yes.
Aubrey nodded. I wont be like my mother, Khalid, History wont repeat itself. I will not sit in some home, kept by you, waiting for the master to arrive,

You cannot see anyone else,

Oh, but I shall, Aubrey said, They were laying down the rules and their love lived or died this night, so she told him how it would be.
I want love in my life, Khalid, and Im sure Ill find it, Someone nice, who loves my son as if he were his own, Tears were streaming down her face now yet she was strong against this immutable man,

And when Aayiz asks about his real daddy, Ill say he didnt want to know you, He sent us money, and I saved it for you for when youre older, Aayiz, but I raised you myself.
And Ill make love to my husband and thank God for a man who loves me and my son She gave Khalid pain, for she saw it flicker across his face, before he composed himself and then refuted her bold, provocative words.


You could never want another man as you want me,

Rubbish, she both sneered and lied, She knew a few tricks, even if shed never used them till now, but she had been taught how to make a man burn.
I might touch myself to the memory of you every now and then she watched the tightening of his lips but it will be my husband who satisfies me.


Never.

He's so overcome with possessiveness and love that he makes a promise to her:

Trust me, he said again.
I shall never stop striving to better us,

When he's faced with losing her and his son, he finally gets the guts to make a huge personal gamble by delivering a shocking ultimatum to his dictatorial father.
What ensues is a fabulous romantic and dramatic reunion where he chases after her in Las Vegas and asks her mother's permission to marry her !




It was so adorable, especially when he didn't need to make that gesture of goodwill to Stella.
It all ends with a unique but royal Las Vegas wedding, The bride's mom escorts her down the aisle while her aunt and their retired showgirl pals sing Elvis Presley's The Wonder of You.


sitelink youtube. com/watchvqwNps

If you'd asked me, this time last year, if I'd ever be writing such a glowing review for a future novel by Carol Marinelli, I'd have been skeptical, especially after the debacle that was sitelinkClaiming His Hidden Heir.
But Carol M returned last year and proved herself with the Devereux brothers' duology,

She proved that she's still got what it takes to write sexy romance with heartwarming minor characters who will also win the reader's appreciation.
I don't give.that easily but this book delivered for me, because:
I loved both MC's. He was the perfect combination of sexy, charming and assholish LOL and she was super adorable without being annoying.


. I loved Carol M's continued focus on the trope of family bonds, She'd delved into this trope in the Devereux brothers' duology and once again in this novel, It's always wonderful to see how characters function within a wider family circle, I did feel a little sad at Jobe's death because he'd been such a wonderful character in the Devereux duology.
I wished he could've survived and been given a second chance with Stella,

. The H's grovelling and the cute epilogue was the perfect ending to a lovely story, The H has paid for all of Stella's burn scars to be removed via plastic surgery, Stella and aunt Carmel are living it up in a luxury apartment in Las Vegas and don't have to worry about surviving in the old trailer park anymore.
The MC's welcome a newborn daughter to their family and Khalid is now a doting daddy:



.
It was great to see Ethan and Abe the sexy asshole make cameo appearances, It was even better to see Naomi after she gave birth to her and Abe's daughter Hannah, I remember laughing at how the previously grouchy Abe was so besotted with his tiny newborn baby girl,

Safety: No cheating, no OW, no OM and both MC's were celibate during their one year separation.
.