With his father dying and the stability of Qadira resting on his shoulders, Zayyan must return home, choose a bride, and produce the heir his people desperately need. Love has never been part of the arrangement.
Then he meets Elena Ward.
A grieving young teacher from Manchester, Elena has already lost too much to surrender control of her life to anyone—especially an arrogant, dangerously irresistible prince who is accustomed to hearing only one answer.
Yes.
Their attraction is immediate. Reckless. Impossible to resist.
What should have been one unforgettable encounter becomes something far more dangerous when a single night creates the possibility of a royal heir.
Suddenly Elena is swept from the familiar streets of England into a glittering palace surrounded by endless desert, ancient traditions, and laws she never agreed to obey. If she carries Zayyan’s child, there will be no simple goodbye.
There will be a wedding.
But Elena refuses to become merely the woman chosen to secure a throne. And the deeper Zayyan is drawn to the fiery redhead who challenges his every belief, the harder it becomes to separate royal duty from a desire unlike anything he has ever known.
Beneath the desert stars, tradition demands obedience.
His kingdom demands an heir.
But Elena demands something far more dangerous—
his heart.
When one forbidden passion can alter the fate of a kingdom, will Zayyan choose the legacy he was born to protect… or the woman who makes him question everything?