The Billionaire's Defiant Acquisition

The Billionaire's Defiant Acquisition
Sharon Kendrick

A very seductive kind of dealConall Devlin is a ruthless man, ready to achieve the ultimate success. So to acquire the missing piece of his property portfolio he’s willing to accept an unusual term in the contract…taming his client’s wayward daughter!Party-girl Amber Carter appears to live a life of luxurious frivolity, but deep down she feels lost and alone in her material world. Until one morning her new landlord turns up, every inch pinstripe-clad perfection, offering her an ultimatum: either Amber is thrown out onto the streets or she accepts her first ever job – being at his beck and call day and night…

‘The only thing I know is that you are a stubborn and defiant woman who has tested me beyond endurance,’ he said, his voice rough. ‘And maybe this has been inevitable all along.’

She stared into his eyes. ‘You’re going to put me across your lap and smack my bottom?’

‘Is that what you’d like? Maybe later. But not right now. Right now I’m going to kiss you—but be warned that this is going to spoil you for anyone else. Are you prepared for that, Amber? Prepared for every man who kisses you after this to make you remember me and ache for me?’

‘You are so arrogant,’ she accused.

But her lips were parting and Conall knew she wanted this just as much as he did. Maybe more—for he caught a flash of hunger in her darkening eyes. Sliding one hand around her waist, while the other cushioned her still-damp hair, he lowered his mouth onto hers.

Wedlocked! (#ulink_43d90ab1-afad-5a8e-b48f-b1ffd2e7d429)

Conveniently wedded, passionately bedded!

Whether there’s a debt to be paid, a will to be obeyed or a business to be saved…

She’s got no choice but to say, ‘I do’!

But these billionaire bridegrooms have got another think coming if they think marriage will be easy…

Soon their convenient brides become the object of an inconvenient desire!

Find out what happens after the vows in

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Look for more stories coming soon!

Dear Reader (#uf23f5c9c-fc5c-500e-8c30-86030f79fdc5),

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…

The Billionaire’s Defiant Acquisition

Sharon Kendrick

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

With special thanks to fascinating Fredrik Ferrier, for giving me an illuminating glimpse into the world of art.

And to the fabulous Annie Macdonald Hall, who taught me so much about horses and made me understand why people love them so much.

Contents

Cover (#u90dbc0ed-29d3-5256-a432-543d9a4447e3)

Introduction (#u8499230d-5296-59c1-98c8-ddc90c768307)

Wedlocked! (#ulink_45426b64-e79c-5d2b-9461-9380037d61a5)

Dear Reader (#ud743d10f-f5fc-5093-9360-f2beac3197d3)

About the Author (#u2f5ddc5d-fd01-5e51-8304-6b565ca50491)

Title Page (#ub2502679-0cbf-505c-a09d-799e609c0eb3)

Dedication (#u3e99e2cc-5488-5e49-a436-9ca927c5a329)

CHAPTER ONE (#ulink_309aeb4c-c43e-5cc7-9596-920bd050f901)

CHAPTER TWO (#ulink_8652d050-bc06-5369-b461-a57a01324362)

CHAPTER THREE (#ulink_9f021622-5c29-5dd9-8341-51f1e2cd9045)

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)