The Billionaire's Defiant Acquisition. Sharon Kendrick

      

       ‘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!

       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,

      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^th 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

      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

       Introduction

Wedlocked!

       Dear Reader

       About the Author

       Title Page

       Dedication

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

       CHAPTER FOUR

       CHAPTER FIVE

       CHAPTER SIX

       CHAPTER SEVEN

       CHAPTER EIGHT

       CHAPTER NINE

       CHAPTER TEN

       CHAPTER ELEVEN

       CHAPTER TWELVE