The Black Sheep Sheik

The Black Sheep Sheik
Dana Marton

Waking up from a coma in a remote Wyoming cabin, Sheik Amir Khalid thought he was dreaming when he laid eyes on the woman he'd spent one steamy weekend with.Dr. Isabelle Andrews was every bit as gorgeous as he remembered–and nine months pregnant. But when shots rang out and it was clear their hideaway had been discovered, Amir's questions had to wait. Desperate to keep Isabelle and his unborn baby safe, Amir vowed to personally guard them 24/7. And as the independent beauty fought him at every turn, he knew it wasn't just royal protocol that made him want to keep her by his side. He'd give up everything that was expected of him if it meant protecting the family he'd only just met. Including his life.

“You’re beautiful.”

She raised an eyebrow. “I’m still not entering into some arranged marriage.”

“Nobody arranged anything for us. We should both choose this marriage because it’s the right thing to do. It is the only honorable course of action. My country and my people expect no less from me.”

“Marrying for protocol’s sake? Living some happy royal farce for the media?”

Her face had been on his mind every day since she’d left him. Her body—sans clothes—had been a major player in his dreams.

“If I married for protocol, according to the wishes of the Council, I would marry for alliance. I would marry a princess for her father’s wealth and influence,” he informed her.

“Sounds good to me. You should try and keep this

Council happy. They sound important.”

“They’ll be happy that I finally secured an heir. This might not be the marriage they had in mind, but they won’t protest it.”

“I protest it. I’m not entering into a fake marriage so you can parade my son around as your heir.”

“Nothing about our marriage would be fake, I promise you that, Isabelle,” he told her before he kissed her.

The Black Sheep Sheikh

Dana Marton

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

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dana Marton is the author of more than a dozen fast-paced, action-adventure romantic suspense novels and a winner of the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence. She loves writing books of international intrigue, filled with dangerous plots that try her tough-as-nails heroes and the special women they fall in love with. Her books have been published in seven languages in eleven countries around the world. When not writing or reading, she loves to browse antiques shops and enjoys working in her sizable flower garden, where she searches for “bad” bugs with the skills of a superspy and vanquishes them with the agility of a commando soldier. Every day in her garden is a thriller. To find more information on her books, please visit www.danamarton.com. She loves to hear from her readers and can be reached via email at DanaMarton@DanaMarton.com.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Amir Khalid —The black sheep sheik of Jamala has just taken on the burden of ruling his country and isn’t looking for additional commitments. But when he finds out that the American woman he could never forget is carrying his child, he needs every weapon at his disposal to convince her to commit to him.

Isabelle Andrews —The stubborn sheik of Jamala who won’t take no for an answer becomes the least of the beautiful doctor’s problems when she’s kidnapped just as she’s about to go into labor.

Darek, Prince of Saruk —His father had been an enemy to Amir, but Darek wants friendship. Or does he?

Jake Wolfe —Sheriff of Wind River County. Although the previous administration had been corrupt, Jake Wolfe seems firmly on the royals’ side. At least Amir hopes he is, since Jake is set on marrying his sister.

Sheik Efraim —Amir’s best friend. He’s frantic with worry when Amir goes missing, then rushes to the rescue when he’s needed.

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 One

He looked up at the wood beams of the rustic cabin’s ceiling and, for one bewildering moment, couldn’t remember anything. He didn’t know how he’d come to be there, in the out-of-place hospital bed, hooked up to machines. He didn’t even know his own name.

All he knew was that he was in danger. And choking.

He yanked out the tubes that obstructed his airway and drew a ragged breath. As he breathed, in great heaving gulps, everything rushed back in a dizzying flood of information. A car explosion. Fire. Somebody trying to kill him.

Then a name: Amir Khalid.

He was Sheik Amir of Jamala, ruler of a small Mediterranean island nation. But this wasn’t home, far from it. He was in Wyoming for a business summit and to find the American doctor who, for months now, had haunted his dreams.

He squinted against the late-afternoon sun that streamed in through the windows, still plenty hot in the middle of summer. Nothing but open land out there and a stand of trees in the distance. If he’d been rescued from the explosion, he would be in a hospital. That he was in the middle of nowhere could mean only one thing.

Kidnapped.

A car door slammed outside.

He tugged off the medical attachments from his chest and arm, then sat up, a wave of dizziness hitting him. He held on to the edge of the bed. Anger swept through him, his hands fisting at the thought of being incapacitated and at the mercy of his enemies.

Get going. Get out.