Australia: In Bed with a King: The Cattle King's Mistress
Masterful Kings of the OutbackNathan King is the head of his family’s cattle empire. Miranda Wade has nothing – except a past she wants to escape. When their lives collide, Nathan immediately claims Miranda – as his mistress – but for how long?Samantha Connelly finally knows what it is to feel sexy, elegant – and desirable. Playboy Tommy King, the man she has secretly loved for years, is amazed by her transformation. Suddenly she’s a challenge he has to win.Christabel Valdez yearns to say yes to her boss Jared’s dinner invitations and the sensual promise behind them. But could she risk just one night to remember? Will Jared aim to hold her, keep her?Is one night enough…?
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EMMA DARCYâS life journey has taken as many twists and turns as the characters in her stories, whose international popularity has resulted in over sixty million book sales. Born in Australia and currently living in a beachside property on the central coast of New South Wales, she travels extensively to research settings and increase her experience of places and people.
Initially a French/English teacher, she changed careers to computer programming before marriage and motherhood settled her into a community life. A voracious reader, the step to writing her own books seemed a natural progression and the challenge of creating exciting stories was soon highly addictive.
Over the past twenty-five years she has written ninety-five books for Mills & Boon, appearing regularly on the Waldenbooks bestseller lists in the USA and in the Nielsen BookScan Top 100 chart in the UK.
Australia: In Bed with A King
The Cattle Kingâs Mistress
The Playboy Kingâs Wife
The Pleasure Kingâs Bride
Emma Darcy
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Emma Darcy
MISTRESS to a married manâ¦no way!
Miranda realised she was gritting her teeth again and consciously relaxed her jaw. Sheâd end up grinding her teeth right down if she kept thinking of Bobby Hewson and his blithe assumption they could continue as lovers, his forthcoming marriage being no barrier whatsoever to what they shared!
Well, he could find someone else to warm his bed next time he flew into Sydney. Adultery was not her scene. She might have been a fool to have let Bobby play her along with promises for three years, but she was not going to be used for his extra-marital pleasure. Sheâd seen what that second-string kind of relationship had done to her mother. Never, never, never would she go down the same demeaning and destructive path!
âMiss Wade, your gin and tonic.â
Miranda wrenched her mind off burning thoughts and looked up at the smiling airline hostess who proceeded to lay a serviette on the small metal drinks tray, which extended from the wide armrest of the first-class seat. A little bottle of gin, a can of tonic water and a glass with ice cubes were set down.
Nice to be treated to first-class service by her new employers, Miranda thought, and hoped the drink might help relax her. âThank you,â she said, returning the smile.
The hostessâs eyes glowed with interest as she remarked, âI just noticed the book in your lap, Kingâs Eden. Are you heading there?â
It was the book Elizabeth King had given her for background information, once Miranda had signed the two-year contract that tied her to managing the wilderness resort. A history of the place and the family who owned it might be dry reading, but mandatory in the circumstances, and the best use of these hours in flight to Darwin. Miranda sternly told herself it was time she concentrated on her future course and put the past in the past.
âYes, I am,â she answered, deciding to plumb the interest being displayed. âDo you know it?â
âIâve been there,â came the obviously enthusiastic reply. âItâs what you might call a legendary place in the Kimberly, owned and run by the cattle Kings. Now that theyâve opened up the wilderness park for tourists and built a resort to cater for them, itâs a very popular outback destination.â
âDid you stay at the resort?â
âNot at the homestead.â An expressive eye-roll. âToo expensive. A group of us stayed three days in the tented cabins at Granny Gorge.â
Tented cabins, camping sites, bungalows and home-stead suitesâfour levels of accommodation to be managed, Miranda reminded herselfâa far cry from a five-star hotel. Was she mad to take it onâ¦two years in the wilderness?
âDid you think it was worth the trip?â she asked the hostess.
âOh, yes! Well worth it! Iâve never seen so many butterflies. The trees around there were filled with them. And we swam in a gorgeous turquoise water hole fed by waterfalls off the cliffs. Great way to have a shower.â
âSo youâd definitely recommend it.â
âTo anyone,â the hostess confirmed. âDonât miss the Aboriginal carvings in the caves if you go to the Gorge.â
âI wonât. Thank you.â
Well, Kingâs Eden had appealed to at least one person, Miranda noted as the hostess moved off. Its only appeal to her at the present moment, was the chance it offered to live her life on her own terms.
