It’s the Christmas season in the tiny Kingdom of Maatkare, and the royal family needs a chef. Desperate to prove herself after her first restaurant failed, Ana Rizzo jumps at this chance for redemption and nabs the high-paying, short-term job. The opportunity couldn’t be more perfect. Ana will be able to stretch her culinary skills, earn enough money to open another restaurant, and still be able … able to give her adopted daughter the attention she needs. Her biggest challenge will be winning over the family’s elderly cook and getting Noel Yared, the middle son, to give her food his stamp of approval. She only cares about Noel’s palate, not his soulful brown eyes, his gorgeous runner’s body, and his amazing kisses. An avid runner herself, Ana pushes herself to keep up with Noel during their daily runs. But she’s finding the biggest challenge is resisting Noel’s charm.
Noel finds Ana endlessly fascinating and incredibly sexy. With a bit of charming persuasion from him, the two begin what they both know is a short-term affair. No rules, no heartache, just great sex and a bit of fun. So when he believes Ana has betrayed his family’s trust, he’s glad his heart wasn’t involved. Glad she’s gone. Glad he’ll never see her again. Until he realizes a couple terrible truths too late: Ana was actually the one who was betrayed, and somehow he’s fallen hard for her. Now he needs a bit of Christmas magic to prove he’s worthy of her love.
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Ana and her friend Charlie come across the country to cook for the royal family. Ana is the chef and Charlie is her sous chef they both are just coming off her other restaurant failing so they really need this to work out. Noel is the middle son of the family and he takes an active role in making sure everything runs smoothly. He comes to check up and Ana because he isn’t sure she should be cooking the main dinners for the holiday season. However after tasting some of her samples he knows that his father chose well. Ana and Charlie are stressed because someone keeps trying to sabotage their meals. The only comfort Ana has is when she visits with her daughter. Noel and Ana meet one morning as they are both heading for a run so they run together. They start making a daily thing of it and soon they get real close. Yet when there is a misunderstanding and Ana and Charlie are fired Noel believes the worse and doesn’t fight for her. Will Noel figure out that Ana didn’t do what she’s accused of? Can Ana forgive him for not believing in her?
This is a great story once I started reading I couldn’t put it down. The chemistry between them is off the charts hot. This is a well written and very entertaining story. I would recommend this book to any book lover.
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This is a quick read about a female chef who takes a job in the Kings palace. Ana is a single mother and is trying to start over after her bad divorce. This is a great start to this new series and has good characters. It has a new and unexpected romance, sabotage and so much more.
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Ana Rizzo is desperate to prove she has what it takes after her first restaurant fails but knowing that it was her ex’s fault and not something she did wrong. So she nabs a high paying job in the tiny Kingdom of Maatkare where the royal family needs a chef for the holiday period.
Noel Yared, is the oldest son of the King and although he is mesmerized by Ana he is skeptical due to the insinuations of one of the head cooks, Segal.
And as luck would have it Segal wins out or so it seems until Noel sets out to find out for himself if Ana had him fooled because the Ana he knows would never do such a thing. Turns out he was right but it may be too late.
This is a fast paced little book with heat between the two main characters and evil trying to have it’s own selfish way.
Will Noel be able to get Ana back or will Segal win after all?
This is a really sweet story. They fight their attraction, but they finally give in. The other cook is majorly suspicious from the beginning, but how the Prince reacts made me so mad!
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This is a short story about Ana working as a chef for the royal family of the Kingdom of Maatkare. Ana and the prince Noel have a fling. But Noel later instructs Ana out of the Kingdom because of evidence of wrong doing. I just didn’t see the Christmas magic for Ana to forgive Noel’s false accusations. For me, the ending came about too abruptly. I’m also not sure how Noel’s Olympic aspirations had any merit to the story. Nor am I sure of the significance of the vegan cooking. Is it because of the holidays? Is it the country’s tradition?
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This is a fun story filled with drama,twists,turns and a hot romance between Ann and Noel. I loved the characters and watching their story develop and evolve. It’s an entertaining story that moves quickly and smoothly and is well worth the read.
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The Sheikh’s Christmas Fling by Leslie North is a great holiday read. delightful, interesting and enjoyable to read; well written,interesting characters with great chemistry,well done!
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DASDEREDLY DELICIOUS!!!
Oh man, talk about underhanded deals. This is one exciting, action packed, fast paced, heart pounding, pulse racing, smooth flowing, page turning tale that’s as riveting as it is captivating. All the drama, deceit, betrayal, lies, theft, confusion, mystery and suspense increases steadily as the tension spirals while the plot thickens. Twists and turns, ups and downs, unexpected circumstances and unpredictable surprises around every corner make for one enjoyable experience. When you don’t know who’s friend or foe it makes for one terrifying encounter. The two main characters chemistry is white hot explosive. They’re complex and believable with such depth and individuality. The scenes are so vividly descriptive and detailed it really pulls this little gem together beautifully. The characters and scenes are written with such realism it really makes the storyline pop. Leslie did an incredible job bringing this read to life. Great job Leslie, thanks for sharing this little guy with us.
This story is a comfortable reading in an evening. The story is good and despite some often times necessary hurdles this story has the always popular HEA. I can only recommend this story as in my mind it is an excellent reading for an evening.
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I received a copy of this book and I am voluntarily reviewing it. A well-written Christmas story between chef Ana Rizzo and Sheikh Noel Yared when somethings start happening because she is new he suspects her and fires her.When he finds out he was wrong how he goes about getting her back made for a very good read.
Superbly written! Immediately this book will draw you in and immerse you on an amazing journey of romance with Ana and Noel. The story flows smoothly and moves along at a brisk pace with excitement, intrigue, sabotage, and a mix of emotions on every page. The storyline is very interesting, well-written, and well developed. The chemistry between the main characters is instant, fun and hot with sparks flying everywhere. A MUST READ!
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This book was wonderfully heartwarming. I loved the journey this couple went through. I voluntarily read and reviewed this book in exchange for a free copy.
All Ana wanted to do was land the high paying job gain some more skills and save the money needed to open up her restaurant. When she go said job, she never expected that it would lead to sabotage and betrayal. Noel is captivated by the talented Ana who has stolen his heart. When he believes that she has betrayed his family trust she leaves. When everything comes out into the open will it be too late for Noel to recapture his Ana’s love?
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This is the start of Leslie North’s holiday series. Book 1 is about Noel and Ana. The king has brought in 3 American women to help with the holidays. Ana is the new chef and the King has asked Noel to oversee the kitchen. If the beginning Noel wasn’t comfortable with someone new in the kitchen. He wanted thing to stay the same. Traditional food was what he wanted. But the more he was in the kitchen and getting closer to Ana he know something had changed. The attraction between the two was becoming undeniable. When her life was in danger and things were happening in the kitchen. Everything changed for them. It was good to watch Noel fall in love with Ana. As well as opening his heart and palate to her. The book is fun, family oriented, sexy and put me in the holiday spirit. Now I’m ready to put a twist on my holiday food. Good start to this holiday series.
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I enjoyed this romance. A sweet and emotional storyline holds your interest well. I really liked Ana. I felt for her and connected with her easily. Noel was just ok for me. I did like the chemistry between them but I was not happy about his actions. Still this was a pretty good read.
Noel and Ana are the couple that you want to be. This storyline involves adoption, divorce, numerous treacheries, miscommunication, loss, and love. This author truly has a way with words in that not only do you feel like you are imagining the character’s surroundings, you can actually see it too. Excellent steamy read.
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Ana Rizzo and Charlie, her best friend and sous chef, have a wonderful opportunity to work at a temporary high-paying job in the Kingdom of Maatkare. Ana needed the money to give her the chance to open a new restaurant since her ex-husband caused her to lose her original one. Getting herself re-established would be a new start for her and her daughter.
Ana meets the middle son, Noel Yared, and he seems to enjoy her recipes. But the head chef immediately dislikes her and does all he can to make things difficult for her. Ana and Noel get to know each other better. Since both like to jog, they use that time together to become comfortable and decide to start up a short-term relationship. But when Ana is falsely accused of something she did not do, despite Segal’s “proof” that she was allegedly stealing product and reselling it at the market, Noel sees it as Ana’s betrayal of his family and doesn’t even give her a chance to defend herself before forcing her to leave. Will he finally look further into things and find the truth? Or will he let her go out of his life and lose something very special?
This was an enjoyable story. The characters were likable and the story was paced comfortably. But can Noel repair the trust he broke?
Another great sheikh story by Leslie!
Leslie is one of my top 10 authors and I absolutely love her sheikh books! Ana is the chef hired to cook for the holiday in Maatkare and needs Sheikh Noel’s approval. They are both runners and begin each day with a run where Noel shows Ana various sights. Almost as soon as their relationship starts, Ana’s job is threatened. Will Noel discover the truth and keep Ana at his side? You have to read to find out and won’t want to put the book down.
Cooking Up A Delicious Romance…
The Sheikh’s Christmas Fling #1 by author Leslie North is a delicious short story about a single mother chief with a three year old adopted toddler and Noah, the middle son of the Sheikh who has aspirations to compete in the Olympics one day. They are attracted to each other and become close via early morning runs. However lurking in the background is an old disgruntled palace chief out to sabotage. Will he be successful? Will this drive a butcher knife between their relationship?
I liked this story. I especially liked the market as I could almost smell the spices and see all the colors of the fabrics. Would love to actually be there. Recommending!
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Ana has no idea what fate has in store for her when she decides to move lock, stock, and barrel to the tiny kingdom of Maatkare as the resident head chef for the royal family. After leaving her past mistakes behind, she now must garner approval of the stern-faced royals, creating dishes of historical and cultural importance. Her first critic is Noel, one of the Sheikh’s son’s. But soon she is interested in more than his palate, and he becomes enraptured by her.
But not all works in her favor and soon Noel has to make a difficult choice while Ana is forced to leave. How can he reconcile what he knows about Ana against what the evidence proves?
An exciting romantic adventure deep in the midst of the culture of Maatkare.
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