Ryshia Kennie - Sheikh's Rescue

As a sheik, he always got what he wanted—until he met his beautiful and challenging new partner...

Zafir Al-Nassar knows everything about Jade Van Everett. He’s studied the cases she’s worked for his family’s company and for the FBI. And it’s hard not to notice that she’s absolutely gorgeous. Teaming up for a routine security detail, Jade is desperate to prove herself and Zafir can’t help but admire her determination. But when their assignment turns deadly, it becomes difficult to stay focused on the job. Because although they were hired to protect a Morrocan royal from a trained assassin, Zafir also has every intention of keeping Jade safe and by his side. Forever.

Desert Justice

He leaned over and silenced her with a kiss as he pulled her tight against him.

She could feel his arousal pushing against her and all she wanted was to give every ounce of passion she had to him. But this wasn’t the place, not here on a plane with their client only yards away from them. It couldn’t happen and she wanted so badly for it to happen.

Her heart pounded and something deep inside wanted only to melt into him. Her mind screamed to pull away. It couldn’t be—this was the wrong time, the wrong place, the wrong man. And yet, her body felt differently.

She put her hands on his shoulder, creating a suggestion of distance between them.

“Jade.”

“No.” She shook her head. For as much as she wanted him against her, as much as she wanted his lips ravishing hers, as much as she wanted all of it and more, she couldn’t.

She was a professional agent and she refused to sleep with her boss. No matter how good she knew it would be.

Sheikh’s Rescue

Ryshia Kennie

www.millsandboon.co.uk

RYSHIA KENNIE has received a writing award from the City of Regina, Saskatchewan, and was also a semifinalist for the Kindle Book Awards. She finds that there’s never a lack of places to set an edge-of-the-seat suspense, as prairie winters find her dreaming of warmer places for heart-stopping stories. They are places where deadly villains threaten intrepid heroes and heroines who battle for their right to live or even to love. For more, visit www.ryshiakennie.com.

Every girl should be as lucky as me to have a spare mother. Ma D—for all the moments you listened and all the thoughtful advice you gave. Raise your teacup. This one is for you.

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Back Cover Text As a sheik, he always got what he wanted—until he met his beautiful and challenging new partner... Zafir Al-Nassar knows everything about Jade Van Everett. He’s studied the cases she’s worked for his family’s company and for the FBI. And it’s hard not to notice that she’s absolutely gorgeous. Teaming up for a routine security detail, Jade is desperate to prove herself and Zafir can’t help but admire her determination. But when their assignment turns deadly, it becomes difficult to stay focused on the job. Because although they were hired to protect a Morrocan royal from a trained assassin, Zafir also has every intention of keeping Jade safe and by his side. Forever. Desert Justice

Introduction He leaned over and silenced her with a kiss as he pulled her tight against him. She could feel his arousal pushing against her and all she wanted was to give every ounce of passion she had to him. But this wasn’t the place, not here on a plane with their client only yards away from them. It couldn’t happen and she wanted so badly for it to happen. Her heart pounded and something deep inside wanted only to melt into him. Her mind screamed to pull away. It couldn’t be—this was the wrong time, the wrong place, the wrong man. And yet, her body felt differently. She put her hands on his shoulder, creating a suggestion of distance between them. “Jade.” “No.” She shook her head. For as much as she wanted him against her, as much as she wanted his lips ravishing hers, as much as she wanted all of it and more, she couldn’t. She was a professional agent and she refused to sleep with her boss. No matter how good she knew it would be.

Title Page Sheikh’s Rescue Ryshia Kennie www.millsandboon.co.uk

About the Author RYSHIA KENNIE has received a writing award from the City of Regina, Saskatchewan, and was also a semifinalist for the Kindle Book Awards. She finds that there’s never a lack of places to set an edge-of-the-seat suspense, as prairie winters find her dreaming of warmer places for heart-stopping stories. They are places where deadly villains threaten intrepid heroes and heroines who battle for their right to live or even to love. For more, visit www.ryshiakennie.com .

Dedication Every girl should be as lucky as me to have a spare mother. Ma D—for all the moments you listened and all the thoughtful advice you gave. Raise your teacup. This one is for you.

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Extract

Copyright

Chapter One

The howl of a lone wolf cut through the gray Wyoming sky, shattering the valley’s early-morning silence. The howl echoed across the sharp lines of the Teton mountain range, which rose in a jagged line against the horizon. The raw cry broke through the unseasonably late April snow as it drifted down in a freezing veil that covered the prairie grass surrounding Nassar Security.

On his office balcony just outside Jackson, Wyoming, Vice President Zafir Al-Nassar took a deep breath. A sense of foreboding ran through him. Normally he would have enjoyed the reflective stillness of the late-spring snowfall, but now his thoughts were elsewhere. He wasn’t sure what he was looking for. There was nothing disturbing the area except the blanket of snow that covered everything. It seemed to mock his unease as it powdered the nearby landscape and the roofs of the distant houses. It was Hollywood snow, big white flakes coming down in a gentle curtain beneath a still sky. It was the kind of weather that the film industry sometimes chased through the northern states and Canada. His thoughts were broken as, in the distance, he saw a dirt bike buzzing along the road that ran along the interstate.

He rubbed his temple. He’d had a low-grade headache all morning. He’d been up too late last night trying out the limits of an online game his brother Faisal had shown him a few days earlier. They’d played it a number of times while he’d been in Marrakech and Faisal had been here in Wyoming. He’d been looking forward to playing it with him in person when he arrived in Wyoming. He’d been disappointed to find Faisal was on assignment on the East Coast, departing just before his arrival. He’d just arrived with his sister, Tara, from Marrakech, Morocco, via New York, only thirty-five hours ago. Yesterday afternoon he’d seen her off on the last leg of her return journey to the university via the company jet. The travel, the online game, all of it combined into too many days with too little sleep. He stuffed his hand into the pocket of his low-rise jeans.