Sweet Madness

Sweet Madness
Sharon Kendrik

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 100th book! Many of these books are available as e books for the first time.A very personal assistant…Declan Hunt’s reputation preceded him. ‘Difficult’ was a polite way of describing the world renowned photographer. But Samantha Gilbert would do anything to become his assistant… It was her dream come true.Eventually she’d managed to convince Declan that she could handle the job – and him! But now, though, she’s not so sure. Oh, she can handle the job with ease, but her feelings for Declan are proving to be a different matter altogether!

‘What do you think you’re doing?’

‘What do you think I’m doing?’ Declan drawled lazily.

‘I—’ Sam was in danger of kissing his neck, which was temptingly close. ‘I don’t know.’

‘Yes, you do,’ he whispered.

‘Will you let me go?’

‘Moving your hips against me like that is only likely to ensure that I won’t,’ he murmured, and Sam’s eyes widened in shock as she felt his instant arousal against her.

Dear Reader (#ud631cf99-2230-5202-b3db-849345c28ed8),

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 100th 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…

Sweet Madness

Sharon Kendrick

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

To the world’s greatest

living photographer—

Alastair McDavid, of Thistle.

CONTENTS

Cover (#u3f74ff4e-ecbb-5b83-97f7-0b80ab56d5d1)

Dear Reader (#u60f2c971-96e8-5d5d-bc3c-f4fd5cf13e08)

About the Author (#u2c922916-b973-586b-a8ee-f8f502cd4a76)

Title Page (#u7aa400d5-bee8-570d-b302-2edd47a2bcd2)

Dedication (#u9f2079c4-7076-512d-a3e8-a2fd3c9a29e4)

CHAPTER ONE (#ulink_e42de491-dd67-58ce-ba0d-a4a46b7931b7)

CHAPTER TWO (#ulink_420b3bb3-eaf1-53e1-9739-fd05a016c1ca)

CHAPTER THREE (#ulink_cdfb8c71-3f52-5dc3-b34f-fa208657da47)

CHAPTER FOUR (#ulink_fe1a44e0-a503-5672-8264-b62a8a3f884f)

CHAPTER FIVE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER SIX (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER SEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER ELEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER TWELVE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER FOURTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER ONE (#ulink_2c1d9b54-1b8e-521b-89c5-64e6f1ac82c2)

‘YOU! You’re Sam Gilbert?’

Sam swallowed, managing a smile. Of all the rotten luck—he’d remembered! ‘Yes, I am. The name’s deceptive, isn’t it? I’m a Samantha, really. But I expect you thought you’d be interviewing a man, didn’t you?’ Now she was babbling.

His eyes, a dark, glittering blue, widened by a fraction—before returning to their shuttered narrowness; seeing all, telling nothing. ‘Hardly,’ he replied, his deep voice full of sarcasm. ‘I wouldn’t have read your c.v. if I thought that, and that kind of sloppy interview technique really isn’t my style.’ He paused. ‘No, it isn’t the name I’m thinking about.’ He looked her up and down, experienced eyes flicking over her briefly. ‘You’re Charlotte Gilbert’s sister,’ he said slowly, and he made the simple statement sound as damning as an accusation.

Of course he hadn’t forgotten; why should he have done? The faintest colour flared pink over Sam’s cheeks as she recalled the other occasion when he’d seen her, just a week ago.