Read The Prince's Intimate Abduction (The Samara Royal Family Series Book 2) Online
Authors: Elizabeth Lennox
“You’re here!” she screeched and threw her arms around both of them. “Oh my goodness, I can’t believe you’re here! You’re really here! I’m so excited! I have so much planned over the next few days, so much to show you!”
Joline laughed and pulled back as she looked at her best friend in one of the latest designs. As usual, Shantra looked impossibly lovely. Joline wished she could wear the outfits with the same level of confidence that Shantra was able to pull off. The clothes would be flying off of the racks.
Holding Shantra’s arms out wide, she looked at the rose colored dress with the elaborate twists and tucks. “You look amazing!” she gushed and hugged Shantra again. While Keith seconded the praise, Joline stepped back and looked around at the foyer of the majestic palace. The ceilings, walls and floors were absolutely beautiful, filled with color and glorious art made out of marble, stone and tiles. Everything about this entrance screamed out power and purpose. It was more than a little intimidating!
“I can’t believe we’re here either!” Joline gasped as she looked up at the ornate ceiling. “Good grief, this place is beautiful!”
Keith was looking around as well. “I’m with you, sister!” he laughed. “You really do live in a palace, my friend!”
Shantra laughed with them, so excited to see her friends. “I know we have tons of stuff to discuss, so let’s get the introductions over with, okay? Then we can…” she started to say something but snapped her lips closed. “We can catch up once you’ve met my brothers and sister.”
She took both of their hands. “I’ve warned all three of my brothers to be good, but it normally isn’t in their nature. They’re beasts and I can’t guarantee anything.” She looked at Joline and almost clapped her hands with excitement and hope. Her plan might not work out, but as she looked at her friend, Joline’s beautiful hazel eyes and the soft, brown hair that floated around Jo’s shoulders like a gentle cloud, she was hopeful that…
Well, she would just let things happen if they happened. If not, no one would be worse off.
The three of them walked down the long hallway, chatting away about their flight, the sights they saw on the cab ride from the airport, the crazy security surrounding the palace and anything else that popped into their heads. Joline and Shantra had been friends since their first day of university so they had their heads almost touching as they chatted away. Keith, the third member of their group, had come later in the friendship but was still an integral member of their team.
“Is he available?” Shantra asked Ramzi’s chief of staff. “He told me to stop by as soon as my friends arrived.” She turned to Joline and Keith. “I spoke to them last night and they all promised me that they would be on their best behavior.”
A deep voice from the doorway challenged her assertion. “No, Shantra. You only wrung a promise from us that we wouldn’t intimidate your friends. Nothing about ‘best behavior’ was mentioned.”
Shantra spun around and smiled up at Ramzi as he walked out of his office. “They’re here!” she announced and moved her hands in front of both of her friends excitedly.
“So I can see,” her oldest brother commented, looking behind her. His eyes widened when he took in the man and woman that were standing close behind Shantra. “Are these…?”
Shantra moved back a step. “Ramzi, this is Joline Caldwell and Keith Vargas. Jo, Keith, this is Ramzi, and I guess you should call him Your Highness or something, but I simply call him a pain in the neck.”
Joline stepped forward and curtsied. “It is an honor, Your Highness,” she intoned. Joline had studied the appropriate etiquette to use when being introduced to royalty and she was eager to put her new knowledge to work. She didn’t want Shantra’s brothers, especially the oldest, to dislike her or Keith for any reason. Her friendship with Shantra was too important. They’d been friends for so long and she relied on Shantra’s advice about…well, just about everything!
Keith was right behind her with a formal bow. “Shantra has told us wonderful things about you.”
Ramzi shook both of their hands, putting both of them instantly at ease. “Come into my office. I’ll order coffee and refreshments. I’m sure you’re tired after the long flight.”
“Oh, that’s okay,” Shantra was saying. “I’ve already asked the kitchen to send refreshments to our…”
“Ramzi, this doesn’t…,” Rais looked up from the file he’d been reading and stopped cold in the middle of the hallway. The words he’d been about to speak were gone from his mind as he took in the beautiful woman standing in front of him. She was looking up at him with eyes that changed from hazel to green while he watched and her pale skin turn the most becoming shade of pink.
She wasn’t very tall, he thought. Just a little shorter than Shantra but whereas his sister was barely contained energy, this woman looked like a calm breath of fresh air. Not completely calming, he thought as his body responded to those oddly colored eyes and the rosebud lips that softened as they stared at each other. She was beautiful in a soft, innocent sort of way that made his body harden with a flash of desire so strong, he actually had to clench his fists to keep himself from lifting the gorgeous woman into his arms and carrying her away so that he could gaze upon her in private.
Her dark hair was pulled back at her nape, but the soft locks were smoothed down over her shoulder, the ends tantalizing him as they rested against her full breasts.
Who was this lovely creature he wondered? He tried to jump start his mind, but those lips! They were moving, softening, as if she too were anticipating their first kiss, the taste that he knew would be better than the most precious nectar.
“You promised!” someone hissed.
The sound was disturbing, like a gnat that he needed to swat away. But he didn’t want to pull his eyes from the disturbingly beautiful woman to find out what or who was making that sound. This woman, with those tender eyes and the blushing skin…she was going to be his, he thought with absolute conviction.
“Stop it, Rais. You promised to be nice!”
Rais was finally able to tear his gaze away and he looked down at his sister who was glaring at him angrily. “What are you talking about?” he asked her, not sure what he’d come in here to discuss, or even what day it was, actually. In fact, the only thing on his mind was finding out the name of this beautiful angel and taking her back to his suite so that he could find out what color those eyes changed to when she was writhing underneath him, naked and hot and bothered.
“You promised not to be intimidating!”
He looked at his sister, then to the woman. Things were finally starting to click. This was her friend? “You’re…?”
“This is Joline Caldwell,” Shantra explained to her brother, indicating his angel woman.
Rais looked down into the lovely eyes that had turned back to hazel and he realized that the woman had the longest, darkest lashes he’d ever seen on a woman. Astounding, he thought.
Realizing that he was being remiss in his duties, he extended his hand, eager to feel her soft hand in his. “It is a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Caldwell,” he said and stepped closer, taking her hand. He noticed that her fingers were cold and her body seemed to be trembling. He stepped even closer, trying to reassure her that he was no threat, but he couldn’t really tell her that truthfully. Because he was a threat. He was more than ready to toss her over his shoulder and carry her off to a place where his annoying sister and his obnoxious brother wouldn’t bother him. Or her.
Joline, he repeated in his mind. A perfect name for his angel.
“It is an honor to meet you, Your Highness,” Joline replied, slipping her leg behind her and trying very hard to balance while performing another curtsy. But this man, with those dark, terrifying eyes that were looking at her as if he was ready to gobble her up, were pulling her whole body off balance. If he hadn’t been holding her hand, she would have fallen at his feet in an inelegant mess!
She felt his hand tighten on hers as he gently lifted her back up and she tried to smile her gratitude, but Joline wasn’t sure she managed that smile, too nervous with this man touching her hand.
“And this is Keith Vargas,” Shantra was saying.
Joline continued to stare up into his eyes, captured and unable to sever that invisible but unbreakable hold. Her mind was telling her that he would have to look over at Keith at some point, but a large part of her heart was begging him not to, to stay with her and hold that connection.
When she realized what she was doing, she tried to snatch her hand away, stunned that she would actually be wanting this man’s attention. This wasn’t her! She wasn’t this kind of a female! She was distant, reserved! She preferred to stay in the background!
But he wasn’t releasing her hand. Not just yet and she couldn’t break the hold he had on her gaze either. She felt her heartbeat accelerate and her mind saw only this man, his touch and the sensations coursing through her, unrecognizable sensations.
Sensations she didn’t like…
“Please,” she whispered, hoping that this man was the only one who heard her.
The Texas Tycoon’s Temptation
The Royal Cordova Trilogy
Escaping a Royal Wedding
The Man’s Outrageous Demands
Mistress to the Prince
The Attracelli Family Series
Never Dare a Tycoon
Falling For the Boss
Risky Negotiations
Proposal to Love
Love's Not Terrifying
Romantic Acquisition
The Billionaire's Terms: Prison Or Passion
The Sheik's Love Child
The Sheik's Unfinished Business
The Greek Tycoon's Lover
The Sheik's Sensuous Trap
The Greek's Baby Bargain
The Italian's Bedroom Deal
The Billionaire's Gamble
The Tycoon's Seduction Plan
The Sheik's Rebellious Mistress
The Sheik's Missing Bride
Blackmailed by the Billionaire
The Billionaire's Runaway Bride
The Billionaire's Elusive Lover
The Intimate, Intricate Rescue
The Sisterhood Trilogy
The Sheik's Virgin Lover
The Billionaire's Impulsive Lover
The Russian's Tender Lover
The Billionaire's Gentle Rescue
The Tycoon's Toddler Surprise
The Tycoon's Tender Triumph
The Friends Forever Series
The Sheik's Mysterious Mistress
The Duke's Willful Wife
The Tycoon's Marriage Exchange
The Sheik's Secret Twins
The Russian's Furious Fiancée
The Tycoon's Misunderstood Bride
Love By Accident Series
The Sheik's Pregnant Lover
The Sheik's Furious Bride
The Duke's Runaway Princess
The Russian's Pregnant Mistress
The Lovers Exchange Series
The Earl's Outrageous Lover
The Tycoon's Resistant Lover
The Sheik's Reluctant Lover
The Spanish Tycoon's Temptress
The Berutelli Escape
Resisting The Tycoon's Seduction
The Billionaire’s Secretive Enchantress
The Big Apple Brotherhood
The Billionaire’s Pregnant Lover
The Sheik’s Rediscovered Lover
The Tycoon’s Defiant Southern Belle
The Sheik’s Dangerous Lover (Novella)
The Thorpe Brothers
His Captive Lover
His Unexpected Lover
His Secretive Lover
His Challenging Lover
The Sheik’s Defiant Fiancée (Novella)
The Prince’s Resistant Lover (Novella)
The Tycoon’s Make-Believe Fiancée (Novella)
The Friendship Series
The Billionaire’s Masquerade
The Russian’s Dangerous Game
The Sheik’s Beautiful Intruder
The Love and Danger Series – Romantic Mysteries
Intimate Desires
Intimate Caresses
Intimate Secrets
Intimate Whispers
The Alfieri Saga
The Italian’s Passionate Return (Novella)
Her Gentle Capture
His Reluctant Lover
Her Unexpected Admirer
Her Tender Tyrant
Releasing the Billionaire’s Passion (Novella)
His Expectant Lover
The Sheik’s Intimate Proposition (Novella)
The Hart Sisters Trilogy
The Billionaire’s Secret Marriage
The Italian’s Twin Surprise
The Forbidden Russian Lover
The War, Love, and Harmony Series
Fighting with the Infuriating Prince (Novella)
Dancing with the Dangerous Prince (Novella)
The Sheik’s Secret Bride
The Sheik’s Angry Bride
The Sheik’s Blackmailed Bride
The Sheik’s Convenient Bride
The Boarding School Series
The Boarding School Series Introduction
The Greek’s Forgotten Wife
The Duke’s Blackmailed Bride
The Russian’s Runaway Bride
The Sheik’s Baby Surprise
The Tycoon’s Captured Heart
His Unexpected Protégé (Novella)
The Samara Royal Family Series – February 2016 to June 2016
The Samara Royal Family Series Introduction
Pregnant with the Sheik’s Baby
The Prince’s Intimate Abduction
The Prince’s Forbidden Lover
The Sheik’s Captured Princess
The Sheik’s Jealous Princess