The Sheikh's Shock Child
One passionate night…One shocking consequence!Working aboard Sheikh Khalid’s luxury yacht, innocent laundress Millie hides in the shadows—until she succumbs to his touch. Overwhelmed by the intensity of their encounter, she doesn’t even realise his yacht has set sail—and soon she finds herself between his golden sheets! But becoming Khalid’s mistress isn’t the only consequence of their reckless desire…and Millie’s scandalous news will bind them, permanently!
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One passionate night...
One shocking consequence!
Working aboard Sheikh Khalidâs luxury yacht, innocent laundress Millie hides in the shadowsâuntil she succumbs to his touch. Overwhelmed by the intensity of their encounter, she doesnât even realize his yacht has set sailâand soon she finds herself between his golden sheets! But becoming Khalidâs mistress isnât the only consequence of their reckless desire...and Millieâs scandalous news will bind them, permanently!
SUSAN STEPHENS was a professional singer before meeting her husband on the Mediterranean island of Malta. In true Mills & Boon style, they met on Monday, became engaged on Friday and married three months later. Susan enjoys entertaining, travel and going to the theatre. To relax she reads, cooks and plays the piano, and when sheâs had enough of relaxing she throws herself off mountains on skis or gallops through the countryside singing loudly.
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ISBN: 978-1-474-07217-5
THE SHEIKHâS SHOCK CHILD
© 2018 Susan Stephens
Published in Great Britain 2018
by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
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Contents
SAPPHIRES DRIFTED IN a shimmering stream from the Sheikhâs fingers. Backlit by candlelight, the precious gems blazed with blue fire, dazzling fifteen-year-old Millie Dillinger. Seeing her mother cuddled up to the Sheikh had the opposite effect. Toad-like and repellent, he was hardly the dashing hero Millie had imagined when her mother had said they were both to be guests at a most important royal engagement.
Millie had just stepped on board the Sheikhâs superyacht after being brought straight from school in a limousine with diplomatic plates, and found this a very different and frightening world. Sumptuous yes. Everywhere she looked there were more obvious signs of money than sheâd seen in her entire life, but, like the Sheikh, the interior of his vast, creaking superyacht was sinister, rather than enticing. She kept glancing over her shoulder to check for escape routes, knowing it wouldnât be easy to go anywhere with heavily armed guards, dressed in black tunics and baggy trousers, standing on either side of her, with yet more posted around the room.
Much in Millieâs life was uncertain, but this was frightening. Her mother was unpredictable, and it was always up to Millie to try and keep things on an even keel. That meant getting them out of here, if she could. This big room was known as the grand salon, but when sheâd seen pictures in magazines of similar vessels, they were light and elegant, luxurious spaces, not dark and stale like this. Heavy drapes had been closed to shut out the light, and it smelled bad. Like an old wardrobe, Millie thought, wrinkling her nose.
