I have read nearly every Harlequin Presents book written since 2000. I love a good romance and expect a plot line (which ends with a child or children) to start with a hot passionate affair, tension throughout the middle, and a climax that resolves to a fairy-tale ending where mommy and daddy raise the little munchkin(s).
RULING SHEIKH, UNRULY MISTRESS started out with a lot of sexual tension in the beginning, which to some will seem like a great beginning. For me, the way this story was carried out truly seemed unrealistic. Ordinarily, as a Harlequin reader, I have no trouble allowing for the the characters to get away with doing some things that they could never pull off in reality. Some of these I just couldn't excuse. Maybe if the gorgeous hunk hadn't been a sheik, I could allow for some wiggle room, but his actions just aren't plausible. Regrettably, I couldn't enjoy it because it just seemed too unrealistic which really ruined the focused plot, though had a lot of potential.
My biggest problem is I couldn't believe how quickly they fell in love. While I'm thrilled I didn't have to read five chapters of him claiming how much he didn't love her and could never- but then does after she nearly dies from some freak accident- there is no way that there love could have developed as quickly as was written. And with Harlequin, we all know they meet one day and are happily married five days later, so it is expected that love is going to develop quickly. But those books actually have events and dialogue which allow for a quick, developing love.
I believe that the other review can be misleading. If you can excuse the implausibility of the storyline, accept that they really fell in love, and forgive the poor climax then you will probably love the "fairy-tale" ending. I certainly didn't; but if you read it, I hope you do!
