The Dubai Derby: Desire in the Desert of Power

Elena Hayes steps into Dubai’s racing elite with dirt on her boots and a lie on her tongue. The investigative journalist goes undercover as an exercise rider at Al-Rashid Racing, chasing rumors of doping and money moving where it shouldn’t. One good story could bring down a royal stable.

Then she meets Khalid Al-Mansour.

The Sheikh’s racing manager is sharp-eyed, controlled, and impossible to fool. From their first charged look, he knows she doesn’t belong. Suspicion hangs thick between them during late-night checks in the barns, the smell of hay and leather in the air. Moonlit rides across the desert turn tense, then intimate. The lines blur fast.

Elena keeps digging. And what she finds could destroy everything Khalid protects.

Behind the title is a man of quiet loyalty and buried pain, nothing like the villain she expected. The closer she gets, the heavier the truth becomes. Publishing the story would end his world. Burying it would end her career and the woman she’s worked so hard to be.

Power runs this place. Secrets keep it alive. And love might be the most dangerous risk of all.

Will Elena expose the empire or lose herself trying to save him?

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Each book in the Dark Reins series stands alone, revealing a new scandal born beneath the lights of a different legendary racetrack.

In the high-stakes world of international horse racing, every stride hides a secret and every win comes with a cost. From London’s royal circuits to the burning tracks of Dubai, power and desire race neck and neck beneath the roar of the crowd. Behind the silks and champagne lies something darker ambition laced with lust, loyalty tested by greed.

Dark Reins pulls back the curtain on the affairs and rivalries of those who live for victory and fall to temptation.

How far will they ride before the darkness takes the reins?

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E-bog: 13. februar 2026