Kings of the desertâ¦Masters of the bedroom!
This prince has two passions: business and women. His playboy days might be numbered when duty beckons, but thereâs always time for one final fling! As he takes the Phoenix throne, Razi will work the same magic on the Isla de Sinnebar as he has on every woman of marriageable ageâbut what happens when he finds out heâs going to be a father?
Twice as dangerous, Raziâs older brother sits on the Sapphire throne of Sinnebar. Scarred inside and out, Raâid is a powerhouse of strength and command. He rules his heart like his countryâwith an iron will.
Now one woman is about to come between him and his throne!
Find Raâid ruling in April 2010 Mills & Boon® Modern⢠Romance!
Razi felt a surge of heat and triumphânot that the final outcome had ever been in any doubt.
Lucy had needs and he had urges. It was a match that would last for precisely one night. Heâd leave her happy, but heâd leave. His playboy life was over. Duty beckoned, and he was ready to serve.
He smiled as she came shyly towards him, all buttoned up and ready to be undressed. Heâd serve Lucy Tennant, and then heâd serve Isla de Sinnebar with the same focus and energyâthough for a lifetime rather than a single night.
Susan Stephens was a professional singer before meeting her husband on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta. In true Modern⢠Romance style they met on Monday, became engaged on Friday, and were married three months after that. Almost thirty years and three children later, they are still in love. (Susan does not advise her children to return home one day with a similar story, as she may not take the news with the same fortitude as her own mother!)
Susan had written several non-fiction books when fate took a hand. At a charity costume ball there was an after-dinner auction. One of the lots, âSpend a Day with an Authorâ, had been donated by Mills & Boon® author Penny Jordan. Susanâs husband bought this lot, and Penny was to become not just a great friend but a wonderful mentor, who encouraged Susan to write romance.
Susan loves her family, her pets, her friends and her writing. She enjoys entertaining, travel, and going to the theatre. She reads, cooks, and plays the piano to relax, and can occasionally be found throwing herself off mountains on a pair of skis or galloping through the countryside. Visit Susanâs website: www.susanstephens.netâshe loves to hear from her readers all around the world!
Susan Stephens also writes for Modern⢠Romanceâlook out for Raâid al Maktabiâs story, coming soon!
âDARKER than night and twice as dangerousâ was how the magazine heâd snaffled from his secretaryâs desk referred to the al Maktabi brothers. Razi al Maktabi replaced it with a wink at the only woman who knew how he took his coffee.
Raziâs lips were still curving when he shut his office door. The media was struggling for dirt on him, apparently. Coming to a halt in front of a wall of windows, he placed his first call. While he waited for it to connect he studied a gunmetal slice of the Thames, where the never-ending action soothed him. Across the river, in what felt like touching distance from his penthouse, stood the Houses of Parliament, while behind him was the sleek cocoon of the CEO of Maktabi Communications, a company he had driven to international prominence. Ahead of him lay the Phoenix throne of the Isla de Sinnebar, but before he assumed the duties of his desert kingdom he was calling one last reunion.
The magazine article had got some things right, Razi reflected as the telephone droned in Lord Thomas Spencer-Daylyâs Gloucestershire mansion. Raziâs elder brother, Sheikh Raâid al Maktabi, was every bit as hard as the journalist supposed and with good reason. Their father had sown enough wild oats to seed the whole of the American Midwest and there were numerous pretenders to Raâidâs Sapphire throne.
This went some way to explaining why Raâid ruled mainland Sinnebar with a rod of iron, earning him the sobriquet âThe Sword of Vengeanceâ by those who liked a lick of Hollywood with their sheikh. The journalist had left one thing out. Razi would die for the brother who had made his childhood bearable, and who had fought for him to share the same rights Raâid enjoyed as their fatherâs legitimate sonâ¦
Raziâs face lit as the voice of his closest friend came on the line.
âWhatâs up, bad boy?â Tom growled, sounding as if he had just climbed out of bed.
Razi outlined his proposal.
âThe press turning up the heat?â Tom suggested with amusement.
âThey donât bother me. Iâm more interested in us taking one last break before I assume control.â
The air between London and Gloucestershire stilled. Both men knew the seriousness of the task awaiting Razi. The moment he was hailed ruling Sheikh of the Isla de Sinnebar, Razi would immerse himself in caring for his people. âItâs a task I relish, Tom.â