Back in the Headlines

Back in the Headlines
Sharon Kendrick

‘What woman wouldn’t get all hot and bothered if Titus Alexander was staring at her like that?’ As part of a number-one-selling girl band, Roxanne Carmichael was used to having the eyes of thousands on her. But now she’s scrubbing floors one condescending look from the Duke of Torchester fires her blood with fury…and attraction! Titus doesn’t suffer fools, and does not drop his guard.But his new chambermaid is threatening his iron self-control with those legs and that wicked mouth! There’s only one way he can get her out of his system – and that’s to get her into his bed!‘Luxury, fantasy, passion, seduction. Irresistible protagonists that draw you effortlessly in. Fantastic stuff.’ – Rachel, Author, Hampshire

“What woman wouldn’t get all hot and bothered if Titus Alexander was staring at her like that?”

As part of a number-one-selling girl band, Roxanne Carmichael was used to having the eyes of thousands on her, but now that she’s scrubbing floors, one condescending look from the Duke of Torchester fires her blood with fury…and attraction!

Titus doesn’t suffer fools, and does not drop his guard. But his new chambermaid is threatening his iron self-control with those legs and that wicked mouth! There’s only one way he can get her out of his system—and that’s to get her into his bed!

“Come….come with me,” Roxanne whispered.

She turned and headed for the staircase, acutely aware of him behind her—her heart pounding as she led him into her room. Briefly she saw him glance around in surprise and she thought that the fairly featureless little bedroom must look so very different to his own, back in the great house.

Outside, their lives were so dissimilar, she thought. But in this anonymous little room, those differences didn’t matter. He might be a duke and she might be a singer who’d fallen on hard times, but in this one very fundamental act, at least—they were equals.

“Is this better?” she questioned as she went into his waiting arms.

“Much. And this is better still.” His mouth brushed over hers with a featherlight tease. “Don’t you think?”

Dear Reader (#uead48278-f3d2-5770-821d-f45a4a24c91f),

One hundred. Doesn’t matter how many times I say it, I still can’t believe that’s how many books I’ve written. It’s a fabulous feeling but more fabulous still is the news that Mills & Boon are issuing every single one of my backlist as digital titles. Wow. I can’t wait to share all my stories with you - which are as vivid to me now as when I wrote them.

There’s BOUGHT FOR HER HUSBAND, with its outrageously macho Greek hero and A SCANDAL, A SECRET AND A BABY featuring a very sexy Tuscan. THE SHEIKH’S HEIR proved so popular with readers that it spent two weeks on the USA Today charts and…well, I could go on, but I’ll leave you to discover them for yourselves.

I remember the first line of my very first book: “So you’ve come to Australia looking for a husband?” Actually, the heroine had gone to Australia to escape men, but guess what? She found a husband all the same! The man who inspired that book rang me up recently and when I told him I was beginning my 100

story and couldn’t decide what to write, he said, “Why don’t you go back to where it all started?”

So I did. And that’s how A ROYAL VOW OF CONVENIENCE was born. It opens in beautiful Queensland and moves to England and New York. It’s about a runaway princess and the enigmatic billionaire who is infuriated by her, yet who winds up rescuing her. But then, she goes and rescues him… Wouldn’t you know it?

I’ll end by saying how very grateful I am to have a career I love, and to thank each and every one of you who has supported me along the way. You really are very dear readers.

Love,

Sharon xxx

Mills & Boon are proud to present a thrilling digital collection of all Sharon Kendrick’s novels and novellas for us to celebrate the publication of her amazing and awesome 100th book! Sharon is known worldwide for her likeable, spirited heroines and her gorgeous, utterly masculine heroes.

SHARON KENDRICK once won a national writing competition, describing her ideal date: being flown to an exotic island by a gorgeous and powerful man. Little did she realise that she’d just wandered into her dream job! Today she writes for Mills & Boon, featuring her often stubborn but always to-die-for heroes and the women who bring them to their knees. She believes that the best books are those you never want to end. Just like life…

Back in the Headlines

Sharon Kendrick

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Contents

Cover (#u0d03b490-64ee-557b-aee9-4ec4d30be14a)

Back Cover Text (#u392b16e6-b685-5b34-88c9-60b8933c5169)

Introduction (#uf0734594-0ff9-5414-bf68-b593e2745359)

Dear Reader (#u2d12da7b-30bb-5d51-b62c-1fa2ea87f30d)

About the Author (#u33e439db-8661-553f-ad16-0c059e492429)

Title Page (#u2d12da7b-30bb-5d51-b62c-1fa2ea87f30d)

CHAPTER ONE (#ubc7cec82-fbef-5701-b93a-40f6058a31bc)

CHAPTER TWO (#u5d51d7cf-3afa-5808-96f5-8460ef8cc793)

CHAPTER THREE (#u0fa1b580-bfbc-5f13-be10-fcc3d3164c68)

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CHAPTER ONE (#uead48278-f3d2-5770-821d-f45a4a24c91f)

IT WAS the seediest nightclub he’d ever seen and Titus Alexander couldn’t quite hide his instinctive shudder of distaste. Heedless of the curious glances his aristocratic good looks were attracting, he adjusted his powerful frame in the flimsy chair and looked around.

The place was half full of people you wouldn’t want to bump into on a dark night and the waitresses wore costumes which might have been considered sexy if they hadn’t all been carrying an extra thirty pounds. He froze to find an enormous pair of breasts wobbling perilously close to his face, as he was served a cocktail he was never going to touch. And not for the first time, he wondered who in their right mind would ever choose to work in a dive like this.

Leaning back in his seat, he stared at the stage and reminded himself that he wasn’t here to critique his surroundings or to reflect that he’d never been in such a low-rent place before. He was here to see a woman. A woman who...