How To Seduce A Sheikh

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Marguerite Kaye. How To Seduce A Sheikh

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Arabia, 1801

When Prince Zafar al-Zuhr buys a frightened but proud French woman at a slave market, it is not to add her to his harem. Zafar intends to secure safe passage home for the delicate beauty. Haunted by the past, he has vowed never to take advantage of a woman under his protection—no matter how difficult it is to resist the passion she ignites within him...

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He turned away from the slave trader just then and met her gaze for the first time. Colette inhaled sharply. Under other circumstances, it was true she would find him most attractive, intriguing even, but these were not other circumstances. Sacré bleu, what was she thinking! This man had just purchased her like some chattel. He could—and without doubt would—do with her what he wished. Bien, she was not a general’s daughter for nothing. Garnering all her courage, Colette straightened her shoulders and stood proud, meeting the man’s gaze defiantly, knowing full well how offensive such a gesture could be perceived from a mere woman. ‘Monsieur,’ she said unwaveringly, ‘you may have purchased my body, but I must warn you, you will never break my spirit.’

She spoke in her native language, not expecting him to understand, the words uttered as a boost to her flagging courage rather than from any desire to antagonise. Her purchaser’s eyes, however, a curious colour, amber or gold, flashed fire. His brows were drawn together in a fierce frown.

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