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One Desert Night: Destined for the Desert King / Hidden in the Sheikh's Harem / Claimed by the Sheikh
Kate Walker
Michelle Conder
Rachael Thomas
Destined for the Desert KingShy beauty Aziza El Afarim secretly hopes that her husband remembers the closeness they shared as children. Sheikh Nabil Al Sharifa will give Aziza everything…except his love. But as pressure to produce an heir mounts, could there be more than duty in the marriage bed?Hidden in the Sheikh’s HaremPrince Zachim Darkhan of Bakaan never expected to find himself at the mercy of his nemesis, or hiding the man’s daughter in his harem! But Farah Hajjar is no man’s prisoner, and as the power play between them escalates so too does Zachim’s desire to taste the sensual delights their chemistry promises…Claimed by the SheikhPrincess Amber’s arranged marriage to Prince Kazim Al-Amed of Barazbin was a dream come true. But after a disastrous wedding night, a furious Kazim banished Amber. Now, with his country in turmoil Kazim must track down his princess…
About the Authors (#ud83f3334-bf69-53be-9535-2db87e0008f3)
KATE WALKER was born in Nottingham, but grew up in West Yorkshire. She met her husband at university in Wales and originally worked as a children’s librarian. After the birth of her son she returned to her childhood love of writing. Her first book was published in 1984. She now lives in Lincolnshire with her husband (also a writer), and two cats who think they rule her life.
With two university degrees and a variety of false career starts under her belt, MICHELLE CONDER decided to satisfy her lifelong desire to write and finally found her dream job. She currently lives in Melbourne, Australia, with one superindulgent husband, three self-indulgent (but exquisite) children, a menagerie of over-indulged pets, and the intention of doing some form of exercise daily. She loves to hear from her readers at www.michelleconder.com (http://www.michelleconder.com)
RACHAEL THOMAS has always loved reading romance, and is thrilled to be a Mills & Boon author. She lives and works on a farm in Wales—a far cry from the glamour of a Modern Romance story, but that makes slipping into her characters’ worlds all the more appealing. When she’s not writing, or working on the farm, she enjoys photography and visiting historical castles and grand houses. Visit her at www.rachaelthomas.co.uk (http://www.rachaelthomas.co.uk).
One Desert Night
Destined for the Desert King
Kate Walker
Hidden in the Sheikh’s Harem
Michelle Conder
Claimed by the Sheikh
Rachael Thomas
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ISBN: 978-1-474-08169-6
ONE DESERT NIGHT
Destined for the Desert King © 2015 Kate Walker Hidden in the Sheikh’s Harem © 2015 Michelle Conder Claimed By The Sheikh © 2015 Rachael Thomas
Published in Great Britain 2018
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Table of Contents
Cover (#ub6a2e401-d1c4-5d45-8756-5cfe095f2e45)
About the Authors (#u621e2a0f-7c55-54a6-ae44-d3cf0612212d)
Title Page (#uef5e66cc-5916-5463-953e-7c30ef7811c0)
Copyright (#u572649e8-3cf0-5b36-a841-98daf83876b2)
Destined for the Desert King (#ub4da75d3-d1ee-56a5-8751-3ee997c24cab)
Dedication (#u632badd9-1b1e-5305-93ed-8e25912878bf)
CHAPTER ONE (#ua3b149a3-f3a3-569b-a97f-5870b661503a)
CHAPTER TWO (#ue76cb0ea-1a3b-5794-ae99-80d280391718)
CHAPTER THREE (#u46b7e264-7d70-52de-80e6-ff3e3dffb70c)
CHAPTER FOUR (#u3044d36e-41b4-5157-b041-8505391ccb0d)
CHAPTER FIVE (#u421cade7-8b83-5b3e-aa19-478649da0381)
CHAPTER SIX (#ub6323e0f-264d-541f-884a-0931ce16c8b7)
CHAPTER SEVEN (#uf3eea132-9177-57ea-a2d1-34d96c42e85f)
CHAPTER EIGHT (#u856bcd59-07aa-5d66-992a-983f7e388256)
CHAPTER NINE (#ueeab1ebf-472c-5b85-a9ca-8a63b294ebbb)
CHAPTER TEN (#u55a37445-0469-53c1-b199-d840fbd22297)
CHAPTER ELEVEN (#u8aae5e5c-ec52-5d73-85de-d1318ce9ffb4)
CHAPTER TWELVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
Hidden in the Sheikh’s Harem (#litres_trial_promo)
Dedication (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ONE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWO (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THREE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOUR (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SIX (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ELEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWELVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)
Claimed by the Sheikh (#litres_trial_promo)
Dedication (#litres_trial_promo)
PROLOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ONE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWO (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THREE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOUR (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIVE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SIX (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ELEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWELVE (#litres_trial_promo)
EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
Destined for the Desert King (#ud83f3334-bf69-53be-9535-2db87e0008f3)
Kate Walker
This book has to be dedicated to my editor Pippa, who
asked for Nabil’s story and so sparked off the idea for it.
And to my students—the wonderful Walker’s Stalkers—
whose friendship and interest at our writing retreats
more than encouraged me to finish it.
CHAPTER ONE (#ud83f3334-bf69-53be-9535-2db87e0008f3)
‘HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!’
Nabil bin Rashid Al Sharifa, Sheikh of Rhastaan, raised the glass in his hand high in a gesture of congratulation and angled it in the direction of the two honoured guests at the party. The couple who were celebrating today and who, in spite of everything in the past, were now his two greatest friends.
‘Congratulations on ten years together. Ten happy years.’
It was the last three words that caught in his throat and almost closed it off, choking them back from his tongue. Ten happy years they had been for his friends, but if he was given the chance there was no way he would want to live through the past decade over again.
‘To Clemmie and Karim,’ he tried again.
The elegant dark-haired woman, regal as the Queen she truly was in the scarlet robe, heavily embroidered in gold, turned a warm, generous smile in his direction while at her side, Sheikh Karim al Khalifa, like Nabil more sombrely but equally magnificently attired in the flowing robes and headdress of his country, lifted his own glass in acknowledgement of Nabil’s toast. It was a moment that no one could ever have anticipated happening ten years before, when Clemmie had been destined to be Nabil’s arranged wife, but his headstrong passion for the younger Sharmila had led him to reject her and marry his new, pregnant lover. No one then would have predicted that this huge party would be organised in the Rhastaanian palace to celebrate their ten years of love and marriage...
Of children.
Abruptly Nabil put his glass down on the nearest table, the fine crystal clattering harshly against the polished surface. Even if he hadn’t already been told the happy news, it was impossible not to notice the slight swell of Clemmie’s belly under the burnished red silk of the floor-length gown. Clementina had always been beautiful. Even when he had been in the throes of the foolishly righteous—or so he had believed—anger and mutiny that had driven him to reject her, he’d had to acknowledge that. But now, with her curvaceous form enriched by her early pregnancy, she had a glow about her that was positively incandescent.
‘Congratulations,’ Nabil repeated once more, forcing himself to smile at his friends.
