By: Cat Schield
Releasing April 1, 2016
Harlequin Desire
Secret Child, Royal Scandal
Harlequin Desire
Secret Child, Royal Scandal
The Sherdana Royals Series
The prince must produce an heir. Little does he know, he already has…
Christian Alessandro lives life in the fast lane. But royal duty calls, and the bachelor prince must settle down and sire the future king of Sherdana. That's when a chance encounter with former flame Noelle Dubone yields a bombshell discovery: Christian's already a father! Marrying Noelle will make his boy the legitimate heir. It's a rocky reunion. The determined dressmaker refuses to fall in love—or in bed!—with Christian again, even as old, intense feelings return with a vengeance. But what the prince wants, the prince gets…
"You only think you have time," Ariana countered. "Mother showed me the list of potential candidates. It's two-feet long."
"I do not need her help or anyone else's to find a wife."
"Neither did Gabriel and Nic and look how that turned out."
Gabriel had eloped five months earlier in a grand, romantic gesture that had rendered him blissfully happy, but by marrying a woman who could never have children, he'd left his two brothers holding short straws.
As the last born of the triplets, Christian had made it clear to Nic that it was his duty to step up next. In order for the Alessandro family to stay in power, one of the three princes needed to produce a son. But before Nic could begin looking for a potential bride from among Europe's noble houses or Sherdana's female citizenry, the beautiful American, Brooke Davis, had stolen his heart.
And with their wedding today, it all came down to Christian.
"I can find my own bride without Mother's help."
Ariana made a noise unfit for a princess. "You've already been through half the suitable single women in Europe.
"Hardly half."
"Surely there was one woman among all those you've spent time with who appeals to you."
"Appeals, yes." Christian resisted the urge to search for Noelle again. "But not one I want to spend the rest of my life with."
"Well, you'd better find one."
Christian ground his teeth together and didn't answer. He knew Ariana was right. The price one paid as a royal was to not always get to do as one liked. Gabriel had been lucky to choose Olivia to marry before he understood that he was in love with her. But right up until he and Olivia eloped, Gabriel had grappled with his duty to Sherdana versus following his heart's desire.
Nic had the same issue with Brooke. He'd known he needed to put her aside and marry a woman whose children could one day be king.
But in the end both men had chosen love over duty.
Which left Christian to choose duty.
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