Engaged To The Doctor Sheikh
Exile or marriage, the choice is hers…Sheikh Tariq al Askeba knows Lila Halliday is trouble… From the moment the Australian paediatric doctor arrives wearing an ancient amulet stolen from his family years before, scandal precedes her.Lila is stunned to discover the sordid history of her birth mother’s pendant. She came to Karuba to discover her true heritage, not set the whole palace in uproar!Knowing there’s no other way to quell the upheaval Tariq gives her a shocking ultimatum: leave…or become his desert bride!
Читать Engaged To The Doctor Sheikh онлайн беплатно
Exile or marriage, the choice is hers...
Sheikh Tariq al Askeba knows Lila Halliday is trouble... From the moment the Australian pediatric doctor arrives wearing an ancient amulet stolen from his family years before, scandal precedes her.
Lila is stunned to discover the sordid history of her birth motherâs pendant. She came to Karuba to discover her true heritage, not set the whole palace in uproar! Knowing thereâs no other way to quell the upheaval, Tariq gives her a shocking ultimatum: leave...or become his desert bride!
âMarry you? Am I supposed to leap about in excitement at that thought? Or am I supposed to feel honoured? To be married to such an important man as Sheikh al Askeba!â
Lila thought she was doing quite wellâgiven the total shock Tariqâs words had generated. But yelling at him wasnât enoughâ¦not when she felt like grinding her teeth or punching something.
But marry Tariqâwhoâd been forced to offer marriage? Not love, just marriage...
Her heart scrunched in her chest. But that was stupidâthis was a land where the head ruled the heart and his head had offered marriage.
But what alternative did she have?
Leave this place which sheâd just discovered for certain was her heritage? Leave the family sheâd only just found? The family sheâd sought for so many years?
But the alternative was exile!
Could she really just walk away?
These days so many people seem to be tracing their ancestry, but for Lila the search to find out about her parents is more a search for her own identity. Orphaned at four, in a foreign country, sheâs had little to guide her in her search: some scraps of music, memories of a box her mother treasuredâ¦and the pendant her mother had tied around her neck the day of her accident.
The last thing she expects to find as she follows her tenuous leads is love, but that is the ultimate reward for her tenacity in following the clues to her parentsâ lives. As you will realise my love affair with sandy desert countries is still strong, and I hope you enjoy the romance of them as much as I do.
This is my second book involving Hallie and Popâs foster family in the little coastal town of Wetherbyâthe first being Izzy and Macâs story in A Forever Family for the Army Doc. And now Iâve become acquainted with them all there will be two more books to come!
Meredith Webber
MEREDITH WEBBER lives on the sunny Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, but takes regular trips west into the Outback, fossicking for gold or opal. These breaks in the beautiful and sometimes cruel red earth country provide her with an escape from the writing desk and a chance for her mind to roam freeânot to mention getting some much needed exercise. They also supply the kernels of so many stories itâs hard for her to stop writing!
Books by Meredith Webber
Mills & Boon Medical Romance
The Halliday Family
A Forever Family for the Army Doc
Wildfire Island Docs
The Man She Could Never Forget
A Sheikh to Capture Her Heart
The Accidental Daddy
The Sheikh Doctorâs Bride The One Man to Heal Her
Visit the Author Profile page at millsandboon.co.uk for more titles.
Praise for Meredith Webber
âThe romance is emotional, passionate, and does not appear to be forced as everything happens gradually and naturally. The authorâs fans and everyone who loves sheikh romance are gonna love this one.â
âHarlequin Junkie on
The Sheikh Doctorâs Bride
Contents
LILA SAT IN the huge jet, surrounded by strangers, all intent on their own lives. Did they all know where theyâre going or, like her, were they travelling into the unknown?
A shiver started in her stomach at the thought of just how unfamiliar her destination might be, and to divert her mind before she became terrified of what lay ahead, she thought of the family, her family, all gathered at the airport to wish her well.
Hallie and Pop, her foster parents, and the gaggle of loved ones sheâd grown up with, bonded into sisters and brothers by the love of two wonderful people. There were in-laws now, and nieces and nephews...
True family.
The next plane was smaller, though more luxurious, but it wasnât until she boarded the third flight of what was beginning to seem like a never-ending journey that she met real luxury. Not a big plane by any means, but beautifully appointed, with armchair-like seats, and attentive stewards offering tasty delicacies and tantalising sweets.
The novelty of it kept her going until one of the attendants leant over her to point out the window.
âWe are coming in to land at Karuba Airport now and as we circle you will see the rugged mountains, the dunes on the desert plains, and the pink flamingos on the lake. You will see how beautiful our country is, and it will welcome you like a lover.â
