Sleeping with the Sultan

Sleeping with the Sultan
ALEXANDRA SELLERS

Sheikh Ashraf possessed the fortitude of a hundred sultans - still, he was mightily tempted by the seductive allure of the mysterious and ravishing Dana Morningstar. Never had a woman unravelled his restraint like the sumptuous television celebrity. But for Ashraf, romance was unfathomable - his objective was to seize his family's stolen throne. In this power struggle, was Dana a courier of danger, an assassin's bait?Ashraf's instincts said she was an ally…. Still, to control the vixen, he would keep her close as a lover. Perhaps a night of passion would conquer all doubt!

“We Do Not Know Where Ghasib’s Spies Are Or How Much He Knows.

“It would not be good enough for you merely to say you are with me. You would have to be actually with me here,” Ashraf insisted.

“You mean, to convince them that I’m in position and can be activated whenever they choose,” Dana said flatly.

Ashraf bent his head.

Dana was furious suddenly. “And what do I say when they give me a vial of poison to feed you, or ask me to take you to such and such a place so they can use you for target practice? What if they trick me? What if they’ve already tricked me? What if there’s a bomb in my suitcase or a…an inhalant poison in my perfume or something?”

He looked at her. Not poison, but intoxication, he thought. And just as dangerous.

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Sleeping with the Sultan

Alexandra Sellers

For

Leslie Wainger and Isabel Swift,

who thought I should write about sheikhs.

ALEXANDRA SELLERS

is the author of over twenty-five novels and a feline language text published in 1997 and still selling.

Born and raised in Canada, Alexandra first came to London as a drama student. Now she lives near Hampstead Heath with her husband, Nick. They share housekeeping with Monsieur, who jumped through the window one day and announced, as cats do, that he was moving in.

What she would miss most on a desert island is shared laughter.

Readers can write to Alexandra at P.O. Box 9449, London NW3 2WH, England.

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

One

“Look, it’s Reena!”

“She looks so different in real life!”

“What a dress!”

“Wow, she’s practically naked!”

Dana Morningstar paused at the top of the short flight of steps leading down into the bar as the whispers ran in a little ripple around the rapidly filling room.

“Isn’t she wearing anything under it?”

“She’s so beautiful!”