Modern Romance January 2020 Books 5-8. Heidi Rice

      

       About the Authors

      MELANIE MILBURNE read her first Mills & Boon novel at the age of seventeen, in between studying for her final exams. After completing a master’s degree in education, she decided to write a novel, and thus her career as a romance author was born. Melanie is an ambassador for the Australian Childhood Foundation and a keen dog-lover and trainer. She enjoys long walks in the Tasmanian bush. In 2015 Melanie won the HOLT Medallion, a prestigious award honouring outstanding literary talent.

      USA TODAY bestselling author HEIDI RICE lives in London, England. She is married with two teenage sons—which gives her rather too much of an insight into the male psyche—and also works as a film journalist. She adores her job, which involves getting swept up in a world of high emotion, sensual excitement, funny and feisty women, sexy and tortured men and glamorous locations where laundry doesn’t exist. Once she turns off her computer she often does chores—usually involving laundry!

      With two university degrees and a variety of false career starts under her belt, MICHELLE CONDER decided to satisfy her lifelong desire to write and finally found her dream job. She currently lives in Melbourne, Australia, with one super-indulgent husband, three self-indulgent but exquisite children, a menagerie of over-indulged pets, and the intention of doing some form of exercise daily. She loves to hear from her readers at michelleconder.com.

      RACHAEL THOMAS has always loved reading romance, and is thrilled to be a Mills & Boon author. She lives and works on a farm in Wales—a far cry from the glamour of a Modern Romance story, but that makes slipping into her characters’ worlds all the more appealing. When she’s not writing, or working on the farm, she enjoys photography and visiting historical castles and grand houses. Visit her at rachaelthomas.co.uk.

      Also by Melanie Milburne

      The Temporary Mrs Marchetti

      Wedding Night with Her Enemy

      A Ring for the Greek’s Baby

      The Tycoon’s Marriage Deal

      A Virgin for a Vow

      Blackmailed into the Marriage Bed

      Tycoon’s Forbidden Cinderella

      Bound by a One-Night Vow

      Penniless Virgin to Sicilian’s Bride

      Cinderella’s Scandalous Secret

      The Scandal Before the Wedding miniseries

      Claimed for the Billionaire’s Convenience

      The Venetian One-Night Baby

      Also by Heidi Rice

      Vows They Can’t Escape

      The Virgin’s Shock Baby

      Captive at Her Enemy’s Command

      Bound by Their Scandalous Baby

      Carrying the Sheikh’s Baby

      Claiming My Untouched Mistress

      Contracted as His Cinderella Bride

      Also by Michelle Conder

      Living the Charade

      Duty at What Cost?

      The Most Expensive Lie of All

      Prince Nadir’s Secret Heir

      Hidden in the Sheikh’s Harem

      Defying the Billionaire’s Command

      The Italian’s Virgin Acquisition

      Bound to Her Desert Captor

      The Billionaire’s Virgin Temptation

      The Chatsfield collection

      Russian’s Ruthless Demand

      Also by Rachael Thomas

      From One Night to Wife

      New Year at the Boss’s Bidding

      To Blackmail a Di Sione

      The Sheikh’s Last Mistress

      Married for the Italian’s Heir

      A Child Claimed by Gold

      Di Marcello’s Secret Son

      Hired to Wear the Sheikh’s Ring

      A Ring to Claim His Legacy

      Seducing His Convenient Innocent

      Convenient Christmas Brides miniseries

      Valdez’s Bartered Bride

      Martinez’s Pregnant Wife

      Discover more at millsandboon.co.uk.

       Modern Romance January 2020 Books 5-8

       Billionaire’s Wife on Paper

       Melanie Milburne

       Claimed for the Desert Prince’s Heir

       Heidi Rice

       Their Royal Wedding Bargain

       Michelle Conder

       A Shocking Proposal in Sicily

       Rachael Thomas

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      ISBN: 978-0-008-90629-0

      MODERN ROMANCE JANUARY 2020 BOOKS12 5-8

      Billionaire’s Wife on Paper © 2019 Melanie Milburne Claimed for the Desert Prince’s Heir © 2019 Heidi Rice Their Royal Wedding Bargain © 2019 Michelle Conder A Shocking Proposal in Sicily © 2019 Rachael Thomas

      Published in Great Britain 2019

      by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF

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