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At the Sheikh's Command
Abbie Cavanaugh's brother is in jail.
Abbie can obtain his freedom—but only if she marries the Sheikh of Barakhara. The explosive passion between Prince Malik and Abbie could turn a marriage of convenience into one of Eastern promise.
But neither Abbie nor Malik knows the other's real identity. Can their marriage survive once the truth is revealed?
211 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2006
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About the author
Kate Walker
495 books148 followersI was born in Nottinghamshire, England, but I didn't live there for very long. The family moved to West Yorkshire when I was just eighteen months old and so I have always regarded Yorkshire as my home. I grew up there as the middle child in a family of five—all girls—in a home where books were vitally important and I read anything I could get my hands on.
Even before I could write I was making up stories. My mother tells the story of me recounting the tale of the Three Little Raindrops — Drippy, Droppy and Droopy to my two younger sisters when I was four. I can't remember a time when I wasn't scribbling away at something, and I wrote my first 'book' when I was eleven, an adventure story, most of it in secret in lessons at school—particularly maths lessons, which I hated.
But everyone, particularly teachers and my parents, told me that I would never make a living as a writer, and I should work towards a more secure career. So I decided instead that if I couldn't write books, I could at least work with them and so I settled for becoming a librarian. On leaving school, I went to the University College of Wales Aberystwyth where I studied English and Librarianship for my degree.
More importantly, university was also where I met my husband who was also studying English there. We married and moved back north, eventually settling in Lincolnshire. Here I worked as a children's librarian until I left work when my son was born.
After three years of being a full-time housewife and mother, I was ready for a new challenge, but needed something I could do at home, and so I turned to my old love of writing. My first attempts at novels were written on the kitchen table, often late into the night when my son was asleep or during a few snatched hours when he was out at nursery school.
The first two novels sent off to Harlequin Mills & Boon were rejected, but the third attempt was successful. I can still remember the moment that a letter arrived instead of the rejection slip I had been dreading. I think I must have read it over and over at least a hundred times before the reality of what it said sank in, and for days I kept checking it just to make sure I wasn't dreaming. In 1984, THE CHALK LINE was published just in time to be one of my best Christmas presents ever.
Fitting in hobbies around working and being a wife and mother can be difficult, but I always find time to read. I love all sorts of fiction, especially Romance, obviously. I also enjoy historical novels, detective fiction and long, absorbing biographies about fascinating people and I can spend hours in bookshops just browsing. I enjoy knitting and embroidery, but I rarely get time to do either now that I'm a full-time writer. I also love looking round antique fairs or junk shops, hoping to add to my collection of Victorian embroidery. During my working hours my four cats, all adopted from the RSPCA, usually keep me company in my study, though they have to be dissuaded from sitting on the piles of papers that they are convinced are there just for them.
I love to travel and visit new places, especially places with an interesting history, and I always enjoy visiting old castles or stately homes and imagining how the people who used to live there spent their days.
I'm often asked if I'm a romantic sort of person because I specialise in writing Romances. Well, if being romantic means caring about other people enough to make that extra special effort, then yes, I am. Romance is about making the important people in your life feel valued and letting them know that you care. But I also write about relationships and the difficulties people sometimes have in understanding each other, or expressing affection, or overcoming problems.
Sometimes—when the right words won't come, or an idea hasn't worked out as I'd thought, I wonder why I don't have some regular nine to five job, but when the story's flowing and the characters come alive, I really can't imagine a
Even before I could write I was making up stories. My mother tells the story of me recounting the tale of the Three Little Raindrops — Drippy, Droppy and Droopy to my two younger sisters when I was four. I can't remember a time when I wasn't scribbling away at something, and I wrote my first 'book' when I was eleven, an adventure story, most of it in secret in lessons at school—particularly maths lessons, which I hated.
But everyone, particularly teachers and my parents, told me that I would never make a living as a writer, and I should work towards a more secure career. So I decided instead that if I couldn't write books, I could at least work with them and so I settled for becoming a librarian. On leaving school, I went to the University College of Wales Aberystwyth where I studied English and Librarianship for my degree.
More importantly, university was also where I met my husband who was also studying English there. We married and moved back north, eventually settling in Lincolnshire. Here I worked as a children's librarian until I left work when my son was born.
After three years of being a full-time housewife and mother, I was ready for a new challenge, but needed something I could do at home, and so I turned to my old love of writing. My first attempts at novels were written on the kitchen table, often late into the night when my son was asleep or during a few snatched hours when he was out at nursery school.
The first two novels sent off to Harlequin Mills & Boon were rejected, but the third attempt was successful. I can still remember the moment that a letter arrived instead of the rejection slip I had been dreading. I think I must have read it over and over at least a hundred times before the reality of what it said sank in, and for days I kept checking it just to make sure I wasn't dreaming. In 1984, THE CHALK LINE was published just in time to be one of my best Christmas presents ever.
Fitting in hobbies around working and being a wife and mother can be difficult, but I always find time to read. I love all sorts of fiction, especially Romance, obviously. I also enjoy historical novels, detective fiction and long, absorbing biographies about fascinating people and I can spend hours in bookshops just browsing. I enjoy knitting and embroidery, but I rarely get time to do either now that I'm a full-time writer. I also love looking round antique fairs or junk shops, hoping to add to my collection of Victorian embroidery. During my working hours my four cats, all adopted from the RSPCA, usually keep me company in my study, though they have to be dissuaded from sitting on the piles of papers that they are convinced are there just for them.
I love to travel and visit new places, especially places with an interesting history, and I always enjoy visiting old castles or stately homes and imagining how the people who used to live there spent their days.
I'm often asked if I'm a romantic sort of person because I specialise in writing Romances. Well, if being romantic means caring about other people enough to make that extra special effort, then yes, I am. Romance is about making the important people in your life feel valued and letting them know that you care. But I also write about relationships and the difficulties people sometimes have in understanding each other, or expressing affection, or overcoming problems.
Sometimes—when the right words won't come, or an idea hasn't worked out as I'd thought, I wonder why I don't have some regular nine to five job, but when the story's flowing and the characters come alive, I really can't imagine a
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August 6, 2015
This was one of the few books to make me angry so far. I can't believe how the heroine throws herself at a man who's not only a complete stranger but also for all she knows bent on letting her brother rot in a dark prison cell for the rest of his life. She acts like a total wh...
I've got nothing against instant attraction or w/e but here, really?! She's both totally stupid and tart-ish. Especially being the typical HQ heroine virgin..she's so out of character, I can't find the words for it. No one - no matter how sex-starved and -addicted would act that way; much less a real virgin afraid about not only her brother but also about the reaction of her first lover towards her. Then watching the guy's servants retreat walking backwarts she's overly stunned like it's oh so unexpected. Really?! I can't believe how stupid, naive and easily impressed that woman is.Like she's lived in a cave for all her life and has never set eye on a man before, much less seen anything related to royal courts etc in TV or w/e..Duh.. So yeah.. This is one of the few books I can't even force myself to continue reading hoping for a turn towards the better. :(
I've got nothing against instant attraction or w/e but here, really?! She's both totally stupid and tart-ish. Especially being the typical HQ heroine virgin..she's so out of character, I can't find the words for it. No one - no matter how sex-starved and -addicted would act that way; much less a real virgin afraid about not only her brother but also about the reaction of her first lover towards her. Then watching the guy's servants retreat walking backwarts she's overly stunned like it's oh so unexpected. Really?! I can't believe how stupid, naive and easily impressed that woman is.Like she's lived in a cave for all her life and has never set eye on a man before, much less seen anything related to royal courts etc in TV or w/e..Duh.. So yeah.. This is one of the few books I can't even force myself to continue reading hoping for a turn towards the better. :(
August 3, 2025
la lettura più insulsa che io abbia mai provato in vita, ma dopo averli trovati a 70cent non si poteva non sperimentare un harmony ✨
August 6, 2020
leído en Junio 2014
July 19, 2020
Abbie Cavanaugh's brother is in jail. Abbie can obtain his freedom--but only if she marries the Sheikh of Barakhara. The explosive passion between Prince Malik and Abbie could turn a marriage of convenience into one of Eastern promise. But neither Abbie nor Malik knows the other's real identity. Can their marriage survive once the truth is revealed?
January 1, 2016
Está buena la química entre los protagonistas. Pero la heroína es medio insoportable y se regala muy fácil. Las escenas entre ambos me gustaron mucho, pero no sirven para que le ponga más estrellas.
August 2, 2025
Sorry, that was enjoyable but stupid. The characters have no personality whatsoever. There is no information about the heroine's life in England, concerning job, friends, studies etc and it seems like she did not have any life before meeting the sheikh, so it was not so big of a loss the fact that she gave up everything to follow him in Barakara. I guess you expect the shallowness when reading a harlequin, but I think that this was a very low effort piece of work. Nevertheless, it served its purpose of making the reader have fun.
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July 16, 2017
1.5 Stars. What did I just read? This was so boring, I had to finish reading to see what the .f. was going to happen. My eyes rolled back into my head and stayed there.
May 5, 2016
It's a harlequin ... you know what you are reading it for, and for that it delivers ... decently. Nothing original here, same song, same dance, different names. Another cookie cutter romance sure to mildly satisfy. (This is my standard review for these very standard books.)
December 28, 2010
A light Mills and Boon read for the holidays - modern woman meets modern day sheikh
January 4, 2013
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