The Innocent Carrying His Legacy by Jackie Ashenden is a unique spin on the surprise baby troupe, composed 
in true Jackie Ashenden style, it’s got a strong and dark Hero and a heroine who is small but brave of heart and the two come together with pride, stubbornness and humor.
Shocked to learn he is about to be a father Sheikh Nazir Al Rasul’s natural instinct to protect what is his but is thrown by a curve ball when Ivy doesn’t want to be looked after. Determined to let the father of her surrogate baby know of their existence Ivy travels to a faraway land in the middle of a stinking hot desert demanding to see the father of the baby.
I really like Jackie Ashenden’s style of writing. She can throw two opposites together and give them a dream come true. The delivery is solid and backed up by a unique plot. Nazir is portrayed beautifully and Ivy’s character is devised with a mix of innocence and determination that giant in the way of her small stature. History is covered well to develop emotion and the concept of each characters point of view and as the love grows, the walls slowly crumble.
I really liked this story, I loved Nazir and I thought the ending was brilliant and the epilogue heart warming. Thank you Jackie Ashenden.
Book Info:
Publication: July 2021 | Harlequin Presents |
The family she never thought she’d have; with the desert king she should never have met! Jackie Ashenden brings us a royal romance brimming with drama and desire.
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!
