{"id":683,"date":"2021-12-08T14:58:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=683"},"modified":"2023-02-01T23:10:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T23:10:25","slug":"banished-prince-to-desert-boss","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/banished-prince-to-desert-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Banished Prince to Desert Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-b0aiv-e285b79aa7917100fdf2cfd828fa6bf6 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-683'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k3yawgpy-267ab164077a0daa70b3a92cc21c510d\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-k3yawgpy-267ab164077a0daa70b3a92cc21c510d{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-k3yawgpy-267ab164077a0daa70b3a92cc21c510d .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-k3yawgpy-267ab164077a0daa70b3a92cc21c510d .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-k3yawgpy-267ab164077a0daa70b3a92cc21c510d av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  av-linked-heading'><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Banished Prince to Desert Boss<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2y2g1z-f1e6ce40db8d3afab0eff1dc64311b8c\">\n.flex_column.av-2y2g1z-f1e6ce40db8d3afab0eff1dc64311b8c{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-2y2g1z-f1e6ce40db8d3afab0eff1dc64311b8c av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_fourth  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-jycr59r9-74850ab5814e59cab7873f4109edc1d0'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong><em>The prince will go to the ball\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2026if she\u2019ll be his Cinderella?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Exiled Prince Dane must return to the palace he loathes for an international tour. But he\u2019d rather escape to the desert than do his royal duty, much to the dismay of his by-the-book diplomatic aide, Jamilla.<\/p>\n<p>Discovering her boss naked in a desert oasis doesn\u2019t help innocent Jamilla\u2019s already speeding pulse! Neither does Dane\u2019s declaration that he\u2019ll only attend an important ball with\u00a0<em>her<\/em>\u00a0as his date. Ignoring protocol for once feels amazing, until their stolen moment of freedom becomes a sizzling scandal\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Khans:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Powerful sheikhs and the women who can tame them:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>#1: <a href=\"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/carrying-the-sheikhs-baby\/\"><em><strong>Carrying the Sheikh&#8217;s Baby<\/strong><\/em><\/a> &#8211; Zane and Catherine<\/p>\n<p>#2: <a href=\"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/claimed-for-the-desert-princes-heir\/\"><em><strong>Claimed for the Desert Prince&#8217;s Heir<\/strong><\/em><\/a> &#8211; Kasim (Rafe) and Kasia<\/p>\n<p>#3: <a href=\"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/innocents-desert-wedding-contract\/\"><em><strong>Innocent&#8217;s Desert Wedding Contract<\/strong><\/em><\/a> &#8211; Karim and Orla<\/p>\n<p>#4: <a href=\"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/banished-prince-to-desert-boss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Banished Prince to Desert Boss<\/strong><\/em><\/a> &#8211; 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itemprop=\"headline\"  >Excerpt:<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-23cmn3-a9dc5a0ce40a03d977ecc7c86d6e802d'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>A combination of nerves, heat exhaustion and tightly leashed fury tied Jamilla Omar Roussel\u2019s stomach into knots as she watched the Zafari royal jet, its red and gold insignia glinting in the sunshine, land on the desert airstrip.<\/p>\n<p>She glanced surreptitiously at her watch for about the ten thousandth time that afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><em>You\u2019re an hour late, you\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She cut off the name she wanted to call Dane Jones\u2014the jet\u2019s illustrious passenger, and the man she was here to greet officially on behalf of her employer, Sheikh Karim Jamal Amari Khan\u2014before it could properly register, let alone spill out of her mouth.<\/p>\n<p>She would not stoop to the same level as the Manhattan playboy being flown in to replace her employer by calling him names.<\/p>\n<p>Jones was Karim Khan\u2019s half-brother, the result of King Abdullah\u2019s rocky marriage to his fourth wife, American socialite Kitty Jones. And even if Jones didn\u2019t use his father\u2019s surname or his royal title and had never even visited his homeland since his parents\u2019 divorce at the age of five, he was the only person Zafar\u2019s rather traditional ruling council would accept to represent the country in Karim\u2019s absence. The important trade mission to Europe had been in the offing for two years and was due to start next week, but Karim and Orla had decided to remain in their home in Ireland with their three-year-old son Hasan to await the birth of their twins when Orla had been diagnosed with gestational hypertension two days ago. Karim had refused point-blank to leave his family to embark on the tour alone and as many of the dates and events could not be rearranged at such short notice, calling on his half-brother to step in had been the only way to avoid cancelling the tour altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Anxious concern for her friend Orla tightened the knots in Jamilla\u2019s stomach\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>You can do this, Milla. You have to.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the age of only twenty-four she had just become the Zafari royal family\u2019s chief diplomatic aide. She spoke six languages fluently\u2014plus the four local dialects. She had a master\u2019s degree in political science from the neighbouring University of Narabia and in the last few years had worked her way up from being the Queen\u2019s personal assistant at the palace to Karim and Orla\u2019s right-hand woman in affairs of the Zafari state\u2026 Orla\u2019s pregnancy scare had handed Jamilla a sudden promotion which she would never have expected, or wanted in these circumstances, but which was still an opportunity to consolidate her position in the royal court. And finally offer her a chance to travel to countries outside the kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>An exciting, challenging opportunity she absolutely refused to fail at.<\/p>\n<p>And not just because it would give her career an impressive boost if she could pull this off\u2014and turn a Manhattan playboy into a royal prince\u2014but because Karim and Orla and Zafar were counting on her.<\/p>\n<p>She dabbed her brow with her now sodden tissue while blinking furiously to keep the sweat\u2014which had gone from a trickle to a flood ten minutes ago\u2014out of her eyes. As the luxury jet taxied to a stop, she reviewed the detailed itinerary for the coming week of preparations in Zafar, which she had finalised late last night and had planned to brief the stand-in head of state on during the two-hour drive back to the Palace of the Kings. A cloud rose from the runway, covering her and the delegation of officials standing next to her to greet their new temporary head of state too in a spray of fine grit.<\/p>\n<p>Their exceptionally late new temporary head of state.<\/p>\n<p>Jamilla gritted her teeth against the wave of misery, and pressed sweaty palms to the tailored knee-length grey pencil skirt she\u2019d donned that morning, but which now felt like a damp straitjacket. She\u2019d opted for a modern professional look over traditional garb. Unfortunately, when choosing not to wear the full, flowing dark desert robes intended to maintain a woman\u2019s modesty as much as regulate her body heat, Jamilla hadn\u2019t factored in the practical aspects of wearing a fitted designer suit and four-inch heels for any length of time in the afternoon sun.<\/p>\n<p>She straightened her spine, swallowed down the increasingly persistent nausea and ignored the low-grade headache gripping her skull. Once she had greeted the American billionaire and introduced him to the long line of dignitaries, she would forego the briefing and take the opportunity to relax in the front seat of the air-conditioned limo while they travelled back to the Palace.<\/p>\n<p>She was far too frazzled now to think clearly\u2014and she probably looked an absolute state, not at all the first impression she had intended to make. While she had planned to hit the ground running today\u2014as they had only eight days before flying to Europe to begin their royal tour\u2014it would make more sense to ease Jones in slowly. Tomorrow would be soon enough to arrange their first proper briefing\u2014and give Jamilla the chance to set the right tone for their future working relationship.<\/p>\n<p>She lifted an arm, heavy with fatigue, to shield her eyes from the brutal sunshine as the ground crew wheeled the jet\u2019s metal stairs into place and the door opened.<\/p>\n<p>The elderly ruling council member who had travelled to New York to accompany Dane Jones back to the kingdom on Karim\u2019s orders appeared first, followed by his staff, the cabin crew, the pilot and the co-pilot. As they all exited the aircraft, then either climbed into cars to head back to the Palace or joined the welcoming committee, the jet\u2019s door remained open for two\u2026 Three\u2026 Curse it, four more minutes.<\/p>\n<p><em>What is he waiting for? An even bigger entrance? Hasn\u2019t he delayed us all enough already?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jamilla was ready to weep, the sweat stains on her suit now probably visible from space, when a tall, broad figure appeared in the plane\u2019s doorway.<\/p>\n<p><em>Finally<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He made his way down the aircraft stairs.<\/p>\n<p>She blinked, wiped her brow again, her heart jumping into her throat as something warm and solid wedged itself between her damp thighs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Goodness<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>She pushed a breath out, drew in another.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019d seen photos of Dane Jones in the celebrity magazines and websites she checked each month\u2014purely for professional purposes. She needed to know who was who in the VIP world, as the Khans enjoyed hosting events in the kingdom. Although Karim\u2019s half-brother had never accepted any of the invitations Jamilla had extended to him, she knew he was an exceptionally handsome man. Not really surprising, given that he was Karim\u2019s blood relation.<\/p>\n<p>But as he stepped onto the desert floor, a leather bag slung over his shoulder, her gaze absorbed every breathtaking detail. The fluid, almost predatory gait, the worn jeans hanging loosely on narrow hips, the black T-shirt moulded to defined pecs, the chiselled cheekbones, the heavy stubble covering a hard jaw and the wavy hair\u2014a burnished bronze streaked with sun-bleached gold\u2014long enough to curl around his ears, topped by a baseball cap with a New York Yankees logo.<\/p>\n<p>She swallowed past the lump of something raw and unfamiliar in her throat.<\/p>\n<p><em>Okay<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>She sucked in another crucial breath, beginning to feel light-headed\u2014which had to be the heat, surely. As Dane Jones strode towards her, he lifted his head to reveal dark aviator sunglasses. His head dipped, his gaze cruising the length of her body, and no doubt taking in the sodden power suit. She felt the searing perusal everywhere as the temperature shot up another few thousand degrees.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Hey,\u2019 he said, his voice a husky rasp, as if he\u2019d just woken up. Maybe he had.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019d been informed the delegation from Zafar had been forced to wake him up at his penthouse apartment when he hadn\u2019t shown up at the airport for the flight.<\/p>\n<p><em>Probably far too busy sleeping off a hangover with one of his many girlfriends.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jamilla cut off the thought, which had conjured up an unhelpful image of the man in front of her stark naked.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Dane Jones,\u2019 he added by way of introduction, while she stood there speechless. Why couldn\u2019t she talk right now? \u2018If you\u2019re the welcoming committee, let\u2019s go. It\u2019s like a damn oven out here.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Your\u2026 Your Highness,\u2019 she began, finally managing to ease a word out of her bone-dry throat. \u2018I am Jamilla Omar Roussel\u2026\u2019 She began the spiel she\u2019d rehearsed. \u2018I\u2019ve been assigned as your top diplomatic aide and advisor during your tenure as Zafar\u2019s head of state for the European tour and trade mission. Let me introduce you to\u2026\u2019 She lifted her arm to indicate the line of dignitaries who had been waiting in the hot sun for far too long and looked stiff with expectation. Before she could remember any of their names, her mind a fuzzy mess, though, he interrupted her.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Your what, now?\u2019 he asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Excuse me?\u2019 She dropped her leaden arm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What did you just call me?\u2019 he asked, a muscle ticking in the stubble on his jawline.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Your Highness\u2026Your Highness,\u2019 she replied.<\/p>\n<p>He sighed, pulling off the cap, and swept his fingers through the mass of wavy hair. \u2018Yeah, I thought so. Don\u2019t.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Don\u2019t what, Your Highness?\u2019 she said, having lost the thread of the conversation, her mind turning to mush under the wave of displeasure rolling off him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Don\u2019t call me that,\u2019 he said, then muttered something under his breath that she felt sure was not polite. \u2018I\u2019m a US citizen. I answer to my name; that\u2019s it. So call me Dane, or Jones, or don\u2019t call me anything at all\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But, Your Highness, you are a direct blood descendant of the house of Al Amari Khan and second in line to the Zafar throne after Crown Prince Hasan\u2026\u2019 she began, the hot weight jammed between her legs joined by a flare of heat in her cheeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Yeah, I get that\u2014\u2019 he interrupted her again \u2018\u2014or I wouldn\u2019t have had to fly eight thousand miles to this godforsaken\u2026\u2019 He cut off the words, but she heard the sentiment and the snap of temper. And her own temper\u2014which had been ruthlessly controlled\u2014snapped back.<\/p>\n<p>Why was he so annoyed? What he had been asked to do was an honour of the highest order. And Zafar wasn\u2019t godforsaken. Quite the contrary; it was blessed. Especially since Karim had gained the throne five years ago and begun a bold quest to turn the country back into a constitutional monarchy after his father\u2019s disastrous rule, and bring its depleted infrastructure into the twenty-first century.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m doing this for my brother and his wife, end of.\u2019 He cut into her thoughts, the snap of anger slicing through her composure. \u2018He asked me, so I came,\u2019 he added, not sounding at all happy about it. \u2018At considerable expense and inconvenience to me and my business. I had to move a ton of stuff around and bump two major openings into the summer. Here\u2019s hoping when we\u2019re through, Karim and his cute wife will have two more healthy kids to add to their brood, so I\u2019ll be so far down the line of succession no one will ever ask me to do something like this again. But I\u2019m not happy about it. I\u2019m not royal, and I could not give a damn about this country or its future. My life is in New York. So calling me Your Highness is just gonna piss me off more. Okay? So don\u2019t do it. Because you won\u2019t like me much when I\u2019m pissed.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t like you much now.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>Did I just say that out loud?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shock came first, swiftly followed by horror. As her caustic comment echoed across the desert floor, shooting past Dane Jones\u2019s tall, indomitable frame and the stunned dignitaries, then echoed around the gleaming jet, the line of chauffeur-driven limos, the grey airport building and boomed out over the inhospitable terrain towards the Palace of the Kings two hours\u2019 drive away and probably as far as the Kholadi tribal lands two hundred miles to the north and the neighbouring kingdom of Narabia six hundred miles to the east.<\/p>\n<p>A curse word her mother would have soundly slapped her for even knowing let alone thinking crossed Jamilla\u2019s fevered brain\u2014she bit into her lip to stop it bursting out into the fetid, febrile air too.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I beg your pardon, Your Highness,\u2019 she managed, wanting to die on the spot. Or at the very least melt into the puddle which had been forming at her feet.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t say anything. But she could feel that hot, searing gaze on every inch of her skin, making her heart pound hard enough to be heard in Narabia too. The nausea turned the giant knots in her stomach into enormous hanks of rope.<\/p>\n<p>She couldn\u2019t believe it. She\u2019d torpedoed the career opportunity of a lifetime\u2014less than two minutes after meeting him. He would have her replaced. Of course he would. He was a king\u2014or, rather, a king\u2019s brother\u2014and she was supposed to be guiding him through this assignment with tact and diplomacy, not telling him what she actually thought of him.<\/p>\n<p>She waited for the axe to fall, busy reconfiguring her once stunning resum\u00e9 in her head, aware of the horrified looks being sent her way by the ruling council members and the other dignitaries. But, just as a wave of panic threatened to engulf her whole body, Dane Jones yanked off his sunglasses, revealing the most piercing blue eyes she had ever seen in her life. 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