Swept from her ordinary world...
into the royal bedchamber!
Among the many beautiful, accomplished candidates hoping to be chosen as Sheikh Omar’s wife, shop assistant Beth can’t believe this powerful desert king would even notice her. Yet Omar does select her—and his heated gaze sets her alight, making her innocent body crave caresses she’s only dreamed about! She’s instantly thrown into his world of unimagined luxury, but can this shy Cinderella ever be a queen?
A Cinderella story with a royal twist!
USA TODAY bestselling author JENNIE LUCAS’s parents owned a bookstore, so she grew up surrounded by books, dreaming about faraway lands. A fourth-generation Westerner, she went east at sixteen to boarding school on a scholarship, wandered the world, got married, then finally worked her way through college before happily returning to her hometown. A 2010 RITA® Award finalist and 2005 Golden Heart® Award winner, she lives in Idaho with her husband and children.
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Baby of His Revenge
The Consequence of His Vengeance
Carrying the Spaniard’s Child
Claiming His Nine-Month Consequence
Secret Heirs and Scandalous Brides miniseries
The Secret the Italian Claims
The Heir the Prince Secures
The Baby the Billionaire Demands
Discover more at millsandboon.co.uk.
Chosen as the Sheikh’s Royal Bride
Jennie Lucas
ISBN: 978-1-474-08760-5
CHOSEN AS THE SHEIKH’S ROYAL BRIDE
© 2019 Jennie Lucas
Published in Great Britain 2019
by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
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For Susan Mallery, Christine Rimmer,
and Teresa Southwick, in gratitude
for an amazing weekend full of laughter,
food, wine, and brainstorming.
I couldn’t have written this book without you.
Contents
“YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS!”
Omar bin Saab al-Maktoun, King of Samarqara, replied coldly to his vizier, “Always.”
“But—a bride market?” The vizier’s thin face looked shocked beneath the brilliant light from the throne room’s