The family she never thought she'd have, with the desert king she should never have met! Jackie Ashenden brings us a royal romance brimming with drama and desire. From desert warlord To surprise father! Children? Not for illegitimate Sheikh Nazir Al Rasul, whose desert fortress is less intimidating than his barricaded heart. Until Ivy Dean appears on his doorstep...and he finds out that, through IVF, she's bearing his heir! Surrogate Ivy agreed to carry her best friend's baby. Then tragedy forces her to seek out the child's biological father. But when Nazir insists on her hand in marriage, she's shocked. Always unwanted, virgin Ivy didn't see a family in her future...much less with an iron-hearted husband who makes her burn dangerously hot! From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.

Author Biography

Jackie writes dark, emotional stories with alpha heroes who've just got the world to their liking only to have it blown wide apart by their kick-ass heroines. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband the inimitable Dr Jax and two kids. When she's not torturing alpha males, she can be found drinking chocolate martinis, reading anything she can lay her hands on, wasting time on social media, or forced to mountain biking with her husband.