The Desert Prince's Mistress
Multimillionaire tycoon Darian Widlman made an instant decision to hire beautiful Lara Black. She was the face for his new advertising campaign. But there was one problem–he wanted her both professionally…and personally, as his mistress!Their mutual attraction was electric. There were scorching days and hot nights, until Darian made an ourtrageous discovery that would change his whole life–and Lara's…. He was the illegitimate heir to a wealthy desert kingdom–and a desert prince!
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DEAR READER LETTER
By Sharon Kendrick
One hundred. Doesnât matter how many times I say it, I still canât believe thatâs how many books Iâve written. Itâs a fabulous feeling but more fabulous still is the news that Mills & Boon are issuing every single one of my backlist as digital titles. Wow. I canât wait to share all my stories with you - which are as vivid to me now as when I wrote them.
Thereâs BOUGHT FOR HER HUSBAND, with its outrageously macho Greek hero and A SCANDAL, A SECRET AND A BABY featuring a very sexy Tuscan. THE SHEIKHâS HEIR proved so popular with readers that it spent two weeks on the USA Today charts andâ¦well, I could go on, but Iâll leave you to discover them for yourselves.
I remember the first line of my very first book: âSo youâve come to Australia looking for a husband?â Actually, the heroine had gone to Australia escape men, but guess what? She found a husband all the same! The man who inspired that book rang me up recently and when I told him I was beginning my 100th story and couldnât decide what to write, he said, âWhy donât you go back to where it all started?â
So I did. And thatâs how A ROYAL VOW OF CONVENIENCE was born. It opens in beautiful Queensland and moves to England and New York. Itâs about a runaway princess and the enigmatic billionaire who is infuriated by her, yet who winds up rescuing her. But then, she goes and rescues him⦠Wouldnât you know it?
Iâll end by saying how very grateful I am to have a career I love, and to thank each and every one of you who has supported me along the way. You really are very dear readers.
Love,
Sharon xxx
She should pull away and ask him to take her home.
So why was she doing nothing to stop him when he ran the flat of his hand down over one breast and then back again?
Because she couldnât, that was why.
Two flares of color ran along each aristocratic cheekbone, and at that moment Darian looked pure Marabanese, with all the accompanying pride and arrogance of that desert ancestry.
Yet his hard mouth had been softened by her kisses, so that for one second he looked unexpectedly vulnerable. It was like having a certain twitch and seeing behind it a glimpse of a man you dared not dream existed. A man with softness beneath the hard polished exterior, making him utterly irresistible. And with something approaching shock, Lara realized that she wanted him now, no matter what the consequences.
Heâs proud, passionate, primalâdare she surrender to the sheikh?
Feel warm desert winds blowing through your hair, and experience hot sexy nights with a handsome, irresistible sheikh. If you love our heroes of the sand, look for more stories in this enthralling miniseries, coming soon.
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Mills & Boon are proud to present a thrilling digital collection of all Sharon Kendrickâs novels and novellas for us to celebrate the publication of her amazing and awesome 100th book! Sharon is known worldwide for her likeable, spirited heroines and her gorgeous, utterly masculine heroes.
SHARON KENDRICK once won a national writing competition, describing her ideal date: being flown to an exotic island by a gorgeous and powerful man. Little did she realise that sheâd just wandered into her dream job! Today she writes for Mills & Boon, featuring her often stubborn but always to-die-for heroes and the women who bring them to their knees. She believes that the best books are those you never want to end. Just like lifeâ¦
To Sarah and David Nicholson,
Wilf and Hubie, who always provide a place of chaos and fun in Winchester!
CONTENTS
IN HER hands she held dynamite.
Not real dynamite but something equally explosive, and Laraâs fingers trembled as she looked down at the letter.
Above her head, the magnificent and ornate chandeliers of the Maraban Embassy threw glittering diamonds of light down onto the sheet of paper, and Lara stared at it, knowing that this letter held information which could change the lives of so many.
If it was true.
Lara swallowed, wondering if she should have opened it in the first placeâbut wasnât that part of her job, as demanded by her temporary role as secretary, to open the post? A job which up until about ten minutes ago had seemed as perfect as a fill-in job could possibly be. Her recent appointment had been a blessing for the Embassy, because their usual employee was off sick, and a blessing for her, tooâsince work hadnât exactly been thick on the ground recently. As a model and actress she had been ârestingâ so much that lately sheâd wondered why she even bothered getting out of bed in the morning.
The letter was written in a slightly wavery style, though whether that was due to the age of its author or to the emotional impact of the contents, Lara didnât know. The letter was also dated over two years ago, but somebody had obviously only recently posted it for it to have arrived just this morning.
