Monday 6th is Waitangi Day in New Zealand, our national day, and the time to celebrate everything New Zealand.

So what better way to celebrate the long weekend than by reading a book by a fellow Kiwi author, Diana Fraser.

I read Diana's self-published contemporary romance called, The Sheik's Bargain Bride $2.99.

I give it five-stars.

Here is the blurb:

Being trapped in a marriage of convenience in a desert kingdom, where duty and tradition reign as supreme as the sheikh, is the worst thing that could happen to freedom-loving Anna Whitman. However she has no choice but to agree to Sheikh Zahir Al-Zaman’s demands when he kidnaps her son.

Duty, loyalty and tradition are the driving forces in Zahir’s life. He’s fought for them all his life and now finds himself obsessed with a woman who appears to be the opposite of everything he values. In order to control his obsession with Anna he believes he needs to possess her. And he’s prepared to go to any lengths to do so—even using Anna’s child to blackmail her into marriage.

But Zahir will not force her into his bed; he has his strategies for seduction. Despite an intense attraction, Anna is not going to make it easy for him. Even when she begins to understand him, and his culture that seemed so restrictive at first, she won’t have a relationship with him based on lies. But how can she reveal her secrets when they will shatter the beliefs he holds most dear?

What a fabulous read for only $2.99. I shall look forward to Diana's next Sheikh story. I love the depth of the characters. The chemistry between Zahir and Anna is electrifying, the passion sizzled and the VERY satisfactory HEA. If I can shed a few tears I know the book is good.

What great books have you been reading this weekend? Let me know. Although my TBR pile is huge.