Desert Prince's Defiant Bride

A royal ruse…or a royal wedding?

A pretend engagement to the future King of Nabhan isn’t part of Lily Marchant’s plan for proving her brother’s innocence, but brooding Crown Prince Khaled is quite insistent. The simmering chemistry they share makes playing his fiancée in public easy—and resisting temptation in private nearly impossible!

Impetuous Lily couldn’t be further from appropriate as a desert bride! Even so, she makes Khaled feel more alive than he’s felt in years. And the thought of a real dutiful marriage grows less attractive with every moment he spends in her intoxicating presence…

About the author

Julieanne Howells loves the romance of a stormy day, which is just as well because she lives in the rainy North East of England. On inclement days, if she's not writing and reading, she has a fondness for cooking. Sometimes her efforts are even edible. She compensates for her lack of domestic skills by being an expert daydreamer, always imagining ways for plucky heroines to upend the world of handsome, provoking heroes. For Julieanne, writing for Harlequin is just about the perfect job.