Download or read book The Sheikh's Bartered Bride/Blackmailed Into Marriage written by LUCY MONROE and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sheikh's Bartered Bride After a whirlwind courtship, Sheikh Hakim bin Omar al Kadar proposes marriage to the shy and innocent Catherine Benning. Having already fallen head–over–heels in love, Catherine accepts his proposal. After their wedding day –– and night –– when the Sheikh claims his virgin wife, Catherine discovers that this is no love match for Hakim he's bought her! Blackmailed Into Marriage Lia Kennedy turned her back on her aristocratic family, but now she needs their help to save her little daughter. Their response? Sell her off to the highest bidder! Damian Marquez prizes Lia's blue blood –– he was stripped of his own title at birth. Lia is the perfect broodmare who can provide him with an heir. But, by the wedding night, she knows her secret will be out –– because she can't be Damian's in the marriage bed