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(Becoming the Tycoon’s Bride)

Dear Reader,

Mills & Boon have been thrilling their readers with escapist fiction for a hundred years and contributing a story to this celebration centenary volume was sheer delight.

The "sheikh" fantasy utterly encapsulates the rush of falling in love, the thrill of being swept off your feet by a tall, dark and handsome stranger and when Violet Hamilton, the heroine of Chosen as the Sheikh's Wife, stumbles across a jewelled "khanjar" hidden beneath her floorboards she gets all the excitement she can handle when she reveals the family legend of a runaway princess and a handsome soldier!

With her life in danger, Violet is whisked away by Sheikh Fayad to Ras al Hajar – not on a black stallion, but his private jet – and her life is changed out of all recognition as, for three months, she lives the life of a desert queen. But their marriage is a sham and time is running out…

Many, many congratulations on reaching your centenary, Mills & Boon!

With warmest wishes,

Liz Fielding

Violet had been waiting for what seemed like hours, but eventually it was her turn and she limped forward with the object she'd brought along to the Trash or Treasure roadshow.

She'd already been through the junk/interesting/wow! "triage" at the entrance, and since the object she'd brought along for assessment had received a unanimous "wow!", and been red-stickered to indicate its status, a television camera zoomed in to film the expert's reaction.

She was not carried away on a tide of excitement by all this enthusiasm. It only meant that her piece of "trash" was unusual enough to arouse interest-and not necessarily of the kindly variety. This show was, after all, primarily entertainment, and if you set yourself up as an Aunt Sally, you had to expect the knocks.