From desert warlord To surprise father! Children? Not for illegitimate Sheikh Nazir Al Rasul, whose desert fortress is less intimidating than his barricaded heart. Until Ivy Dean appears on his doorstep...and he finds out that, through IVF, she's bearing his heir! Surrogate Ivy agreed to carry her best friend's baby. Then tragedy forces her to seek out the child's biological father. But when Nazir insists on her hand in marriage, she's shocked. Always unwanted, virgin Ivy didn't see a family in her future...much less with an iron-hearted husband who makes her burn dangerously hot!