ALEXANDRA SELLERS - The Solitary Sheikh

“It’s No Wonder People Fall In Love In The Desert.” “It’s No Wonder People Fall In Love In The Desert.” Prince Omar’s jaw tightened at Jana’s words, but she was looking at the distant dunes and did not notice. “Do you think so?” The tone of the sheikh’s voice startled her, so full of cynical unhappiness that she turned and blinked at him. “Don’t you?” “I have never loved the desert or thought it inspired love,” he said flatly. She watched him for a moment under the starlight. “What do you love, then?” He gave a bark of laughter. “You speak as if everyone must love something.” “A person would have to be very hard not to love someone, some part of the world,” Jana said mildly. “So hard they couldn’t be called human.” “Oh, I am human,” he replied, reaching through the moonlight to touch her hair. “And I have you to remind me that I am a man....” Letter to Reader Dear Reader, This May we invite you to delve into six delicious new titles from Silhouette Desire! We begin with the brand-new title you’ve been eagerly awaiting from the incomparable Ann Major Love Me True, our May MAN OF THE MONTH, is a riveting reunion romance offering the high drama and glamour that are Ann’s hallmarks The enjoyment continues in FORTUNE’S CHILDREN: THE BRIDES. with The Groom’s Revenge by Susan Crosby. A young working woman is swept off her feet by a wealthy CEO who’s married her with more than love on his mind—he wants revenge on the father who never claimed her, Stuart Fortune A “must read” for all you fans of Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca! Barbara McMahon’s moving story The Cowboy and the Virgin portrays the awakening—both sensual and emotional—of an innocent young woman who falls for a ranching Romeo But can she turn the tables and corral him? Beverly Barton’s emotional miniseries 3 BABIES FOR 3 BROTHERS concludes with Having His Baby. Experience the birth of a father as well as a child when a rugged rancher is transformed by the discovery of his secret baby—and the influence of her pretty mom. Then, in her exotic SONS OF THE DESERT title, The Solitary Sheikh, Alexandra Sellers depicts a hard-hearted sheikh who finds happiness with his daughters’ aristocratic tutor And The Billionaire’s Secret Baby by Carol Devine is a compelling marriage-of-convenience story Now more than ever, Silhouette Desire offers you the most passionate, powerful and provocative of sensual romances Make yourself merry this May with all six Desire novels—and buy another set for your mom or a close friend for Mother’s Day! Enjoy! Joan Marlow Golan Senior Editor, Silhouette Desire Please address questions and book requests to Silhouette Reader Service U S.. 3010 Walden Ave., PO Box 1325, Buffalo, NY 14269 Canadian. PO Box 609, Fort Ene, Ont. L2A 5X3 Title Page The Solitary Sheikh Alexandra Sellers www.millsandboon.co.uk Dedication for my sister, Margaret, who helped About the Author About the Author ALEXANDRA SELLERS was born in Ontario, and raised in Ontario and Saskatchewan. She first came to London to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and fell in love with the city. Later she returned to make it her permanent home. Now married to an Englishman, she lives near Hampstead Heath. As well as writing romance, she teaches a course called “How To Write a Romance Novel” in London several times a year. Because of a much-regretted allergy she can have no resident cat, but she receives regular charitable visits from three cats who are neighbors. Readers can write to her at P.O. Box 9449, London, NW3 2WH, England. Omar’s Inheritance The Cup of Happiness 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 Copyright

“It’s No Wonder People Fall In Love In The Desert.”

Prince Omar’s jaw tightened at Jana’s words, but she was looking at the distant dunes and did not notice. “Do you think so?”

The tone of the sheikh’s voice startled her, so full of cynical unhappiness that she turned and blinked at him. “Don’t you?”

“I have never loved the desert or thought it inspired love,” he said flatly.

She watched him for a moment under the starlight. “What do you love, then?”

He gave a bark of laughter. “You speak as if everyone must love something.”

“A person would have to be very hard not to love someone, some part of the world,” Jana said mildly. “So hard they couldn’t be called human.”

“Oh, I am human,” he replied, reaching through the moonlight to touch her hair. “And I have you to remind me that I am a man....”

Dear Reader,

This May we invite you to delve into six delicious new titles from Silhouette Desire!

We begin with the brand-new title you’ve been eagerly awaiting from the incomparable Ann Major Love Me True, our May MAN OF THE MONTH, is a riveting reunion romance offering the high drama and glamour that are Ann’s hallmarks

The enjoyment continues in FORTUNE’S CHILDREN: THE BRIDES. with The Groom’s Revenge by Susan Crosby. A young working woman is swept off her feet by a wealthy CEO who’s married her with more than love on his mind—he wants revenge on the father who never claimed her, Stuart Fortune A “must read” for all you fans of Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca!

Barbara McMahon’s moving story The Cowboy and the Virgin portrays the awakening—both sensual and emotional—of an innocent young woman who falls for a ranching Romeo But can she turn the tables and corral him? Beverly Barton’s emotional miniseries 3 BABIES FOR 3 BROTHERS concludes with Having His Baby. Experience the birth of a father as well as a child when a rugged rancher is transformed by the discovery of his secret baby—and the influence of her pretty mom. Then, in her exotic SONS OF THE DESERT title, The Solitary Sheikh, Alexandra Sellers depicts a hard-hearted sheikh who finds happiness with his daughters’ aristocratic tutor And The Billionaire’s Secret Baby by Carol Devine is a compelling marriage-of-convenience story

Now more than ever, Silhouette Desire offers you the most passionate, powerful and provocative of sensual romances Make yourself merry this May with all six Desire novels—and buy another set for your mom or a close friend for Mother’s Day! Enjoy!

Joan Marlow Golan

Senior Editor, Silhouette Desire

Please address questions and book requests to

Silhouette Reader Service

U S.. 3010 Walden Ave., PO Box 1325, Buffalo, NY 14269

Canadian. PO Box 609, Fort Ene, Ont. L2A 5X3

The Solitary Sheikh

Alexandra Sellers

www.millsandboon.co.uk

for my sister, Margaret,

who helped

About the Author

ALEXANDRA SELLERS was born in Ontario, and raised in Ontario and Saskatchewan. She first came to London to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and fell in love with the city. Later she returned to make it her permanent home. Now married to an Englishman, she lives near Hampstead Heath. As well as writing romance, she teaches a course called “How To Write a Romance Novel” in London several times a year.

Because of a much-regretted allergy she can have no resident cat, but she receives regular charitable visits from three cats who are neighbors.

Readers can write to her at P.O. Box 9449, London, NW3 2WH, England.

THE BARAKAT EMIRATES

SHEIKH’S RANSOM, Prince Karim’s story, April 1999

THE SOLITARY SHEIKH, Prince Omar’s story, May 1999