Sheikh's Mail-Order Bride

Sheikh's Mail-Order Bride
Marguerite Kaye

Shipwrecked with the Sheikh!Sailing to India to marry a stranger, Constance Montgomery is shipwrecked off the Arabian coast of Murimon. The world believes her lost at sea, and only the kingdom’s ruler, Kadar, knows the truth. She’s honour-bound to leave, but the brooding Prince tempts Constance to stay…Kadar knows that no matter how beautiful Constance is she is forbidden. But every moment with her seduces him, until temptation becomes torment! Kadar thinks he has no heart left to offer any woman…can Constance prove him wrong?

Hot Arabian Nights

Be seduced and swept away by these desert princes!

You won’t want to miss this new,

thrillingly exotic quartet from Marguerite Kaye!

First, exiled Prince Azhar must decide whether to

claim his kingdom and beautiful unconventional widow Julia Trevelyan!

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The Widow and the Sheikh Already available!

When Sheikh Kadar rescues shipwrecked mail-order

bride Constance Montgomery, can a convenient

marriage help him maintain peace in his kingdom?

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And watch out for two more tantalising novels, coming soon …

To secure his kingdom’s safety, Sheikh Rafiq must win

Arabia’s most dangerous horse race. His secret weapon

is an English horse-whisperer … whom he does not expect to be an irresistibly attractive woman!

Daredevil Christopher Fordyce has always craved

adventure. When his travels lead him to the kingdom of

Nessarah he makes his most exciting discovery yet—

a desert princess!

Author Note (#ulink_5899e26e-0eb1-5985-8ad2-4dbba6bc07f4)

The notion of having an astronomer heroine first occurred to me when I was researching Julia, the botanist heroine of the first book in this series, and stumbled across Caroline Herschel, sister of William—who discovered Uranus—in Richard Holmes’s brilliant book The Age of Wonder. I share my heroine’s sense of awe when looking up at the sky on a clear night—although, unlike Constance, when I first started on this book I had no idea what I was actually looking at.

It struck me, as I read up on the history of astronomy, that although today we know exponentially more—not only about our own galaxy but about the billions of others in the far-flung reaches of the universe—that the feeling of our humbling insignificance in the grand scheme of things, and the excitement of knowing there must be as yet undiscovered wonders out there, would be very similar to what she would have felt two hundred years before. In this sense I felt a true affinity with my stargazing heroine.

Sadly, living in Argyll on the west coast of Scotland, I find clear nights are a rarity, but writing this book has ignited a new passion which finds me huddled up under blankets in the darkest spot of the garden with my guide to the night sky. I should say at this point that my enthusiasm still far exceeds my knowledge, so any errors I’ve made in Constance’s celestial observations are entirely my own.

I hope you enjoy escaping to this romantic fantasy kingdom as much as I did when writing about it.

Sheikh’s Mail-Order Bride

Marguerite Kaye

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

MARGUERITE KAYE writes hot historical romances from her home in cold and usually rainy Scotland, featuring Regency rakes, Highlanders and sheikhs. She has published almost thirty books and novellas. When she’s not writing she enjoys walking, cycling (but only on the level), gardening (but only what she can eat) and cooking. She also likes to knit and occasionally drink martinis (though not at the same time). Find out more on her website: margueritekaye.com (http://margueritekaye.com).

For my nana, Mary Macfarlane Binnie,

who bestowed her love of historical romance

on my mum, who in turn imparted it to me.

I hope you approve of my own modest efforts.

Contents

Cover (#u7f9fe1a9-4167-5257-88d9-9807cd969b8e)

Introduction (#u72dfae18-399c-5e8a-ba3b-0bacbeea98c7)

Author Note (#ue9965769-34df-55e9-87ff-6d531abdb2e6)

Title Page (#u72639e17-6fe6-599b-9247-4e3c78d46757)

About the Author (#ub0730a27-1107-522e-b36c-c461f86875c8)

Dedication (#u8f26fae9-3fb5-5d68-a325-269fb809ebdb)

Chapter One (#u09f845b3-f01f-509a-81fe-56b540032505)

Chapter Two (#u7eb94f04-2b35-532c-9faf-58b2046435d5)

Chapter Three (#u28e6f609-aee3-5852-83c7-f1462b002d97)

Chapter Four (#u5e0e9855-d3f0-5f7b-9edf-d981ecfd00c0)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)