Sheikh surgeon, royal bride As a powerful ruler, Sheikh Yusef Akkedi is certain his kingdom will benefit from Dr Gemma Murray's renowned approach to medicine. As a single father, he's amazed by the immediate connection between Gemma and his tiny daughter. And as a red-blooded man, he can't resist her deliciously tempting beauty. Gemma has fallen head-over-heels for the desert King and his little girl. But Yusef isn't offering marriage, and Gemma has no desire to be simply his royal bedmate. Can this guarded Sheikh ever open his heart enough to ask the one question Gemma most wants to hear?