Valentine Vendetta
Sharon Kendrik
Mills & Boon are proud to present a thrilling digital collection of all Sharon Kendrick’s novels and novellas for us to celebrate the publication of her amazing 100th book! Many of these books are available as e books for the first time.The Revenge Plan!Fran had heard Sam Lockheart’s reputation as a heart breaker. When his latest spoil turned out to be Fran Fisher's best friend, Fran gladly agreed to help her get even:1) Get employed by Sam as organizer of his charity Valentine ball2) Publically reveal Sam’s misdemeanours3) Leave him as rocked as the women he has misused!But Sam doesn’t seem to be the playboy Fran’s friend has painted him to be. But one thing is very real – the avid attraction between them! As the ball approaches, Fran no longer wants to be part of the plan. She wants to run…straight into Sam’s arms!
“Staging some kind of Valentine vendetta! Which I presume is what you want me to do?”
“Maybe.”
Fran stared down at the silver gleam of the high-tech table, and thought of rich Sam Lockhart luring decent, hardworking girls like Rosie to his bed. When she eventually lifted her golden-brown head to meet her friend’s eyes, her own were deadly serious.
“What do you want me to do?” she asked at last.
Rosie didn’t even have to think about it. “Nothing too major.” She shrugged. “I’m not asking you to break any laws for me, Fran.”
“What, then?”
“Just pay him back.”
Dear Reader (#u734ad934-79b3-55f1-81cc-b961b1e656cf),
One hundred. Doesn’t matter how many times I say it, I still can’t believe that’s how many books I’ve written. It’s a fabulous feeling but more fabulous still is the news that Mills & Boon are issuing every single one of my backlist as digital titles. Wow. I can’t wait to share all my stories with you - which are as vivid to me now as when I wrote them.
There’s BOUGHT FOR HER HUSBAND, with its outrageously macho Greek hero and A SCANDAL, A SECRET AND A BABY featuring a very sexy Tuscan. THE SHEIKH’S HEIR proved so popular with readers that it spent two weeks on the USA Today charts and…well, I could go on, but I’ll leave you to discover them for yourselves.
I remember the first line of my very first book: “So you’ve come to Australia looking for a husband?” Actually, the heroine had gone to Australia to escape men, but guess what? She found a husband all the same! The man who inspired that book rang me up recently and when I told him I was beginning my 100
story and couldn’t decide what to write, he said, “Why don’t you go back to where it all started?”
So I did. And that’s how A ROYAL VOW OF CONVENIENCE was born. It opens in beautiful Queensland and moves to England and New York. It’s about a runaway princess and the enigmatic billionaire who is infuriated by her, yet who winds up rescuing her. But then, she goes and rescues him… Wouldn’t you know it?
I’ll end by saying how very grateful I am to have a career I love, and to thank each and every one of you who has supported me along the way. You really are very dear readers.
Love,
Sharon xxx
Mills & Boon are proud to present a thrilling digital collection of all Sharon Kendrick’s novels and novellas for us to celebrate the publication of her amazing and awesome 100th book! Sharon is known worldwide for her likeable, spirited heroines and her gorgeous, utterly masculine heroes.
SHARON KENDRICK once won a national writing competition, describing her ideal date: being flown to an exotic island by a gorgeous and powerful man. Little did she realise that she’d just wandered into her dream job! Today she writes for Mills & Boon, featuring her often stubborn but always to-die-for heroes and the women who bring them to their knees. She believes that the best books are those you never want to end. Just like life…
Valentine Vendetta
Sharon Kendrick
www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)
To the only other literary agent as
gorgeous as Sam Lockhart,
the inestimable and inspirational
Giles Gordon
CONTENTS
Cover (#u46eb80e8-1048-5261-9d0c-7bad8d5f4c47)
Dear Reader (#u8ee1f6eb-bcae-5e94-a60e-851ef5785735)
About the Author (#u094970ba-d790-5c59-9b99-e3ab8a7530ce)
Title Page (#uf9d59c2d-d288-50ab-ad2c-d50488f1a1db)
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ONE (#u734ad934-79b3-55f1-81cc-b961b1e656cf)
‘FRAN—I’m at my wit’s end! She seems to be having some kind of mid-life crisis!’
‘But she’s only twenty-six,’ said Fran.
‘Exactly!’
The memory of that phone call still burned in Fran’s ears. A dramatic phone call, from a woman not given to dramatization.
