Marrying for His Royal Heir

Marrying for His Royal Heir

A royal baby, tragically orphaned, brings together two people who swore they'd never speak again...

The proud, powerful Sheikh Malakhi al-Sitar has no intention of letting his young nephew -also his heir- leave the Kingdom of Ishala, especially not with the boy's impetuous, beautiful, and rather alluring Australian aunt. The single kiss they'd shared years earlier has burned his memory banks ever since, and now he has a way to keep both her and the child in his life.

Evie is floored when Malakhi proposes to her in exchange for allowing her to stay in the country and be involved in her nephew's upbringing. Faced with losing her beloved nephew forever and marrying a man she's desired body and soul for as long as she's known him, Evie can make only one decision.

A dark marriage based on desire, grief and the bonds of family is forged, but can it withstand the ravages of the truth? Will Evie be able to stay married to the Sheikh when she discovers that he's manipulated her completely? And will Malakhi ever forgive himself?

From international bestseller Clare Connelly comes this gripping Sheikh romance that will set your soul on fire from the first page to the last line.

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â€œStay in Ishala as my lover.â€
The words rang through the room like a tiny, horrible challenge. Evie turned to face him, her eyes shimmering with tears, her lips parted.
â€œYou canâ€™t be serious.â€
â€œIâ€™m deadly serious. I wanted to sleep with you that night, and I am surprised to discover that desire has not abated.â€
â€œWhat about your other women?â€ She snapped. â€œAre they not doing it for you?â€
â€œThis isnâ€™t about them,â€ he said with an insouciant shrug. â€œWanting you does not preclude a desire for them too.â€
She drew in a deep breath as pain quickly chased desire. â€œSo youâ€™re saying you want me to sleep with you â€¦ but youâ€™ll still be â€¦ seeing them?â€
His lips twisted in a wry grimace. â€œYou need only think about your place in my bed. No one elseâ€™s.â€
â€œI thought you were worried about gossip and rumours?â€
â€œYou are a divorced woman. There is no shame in making you my mistress now.â€
â€œNo shame for you,â€ she drawled, shivering at the clinical way in which they were discussing her body. Not just her body, but her pride. And though he didnâ€™t know it, her virginity.
â€œThe decision is yours,â€ he said with a careless shrug.
What could she do? She was torn. A love for her nephew and a desire for this man stood on one side of her equilibrium. On the other? The rational voices of all those she loved and who had loved her. Her parents, her sister in law, her brother: all gone from this earthly sphere, but still very much alive in her mind. They shouted their objections at her now and she was disgraced to realise that, despite their number, her own desires held greater sway.
â€œSo, Evelyn? What do you decide?â€
â€œYou give me little choice,â€ she said stiffly. Though sheâ€™d had a choice. To walk away from him and this life. It just wasnâ€™t particularly palatable.
Country USA
Manufacturer Clare Connelly
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-10-04
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Clare Connelly
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-10-04
Format	Kindle eBook

Marrying for His Royal Heir

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