A divorced doctor and a spinster academic make a deal in this classic marriage-of-convenience romance by a New York Times–bestselling author.Harassed by her brother-in-law's loathsome advances, Jessica decides that the only solution is marriage. Besides, the experience could prove the thesis of her book: that romantic love is not the best foundation for marriage.Lyle Garnett needs a mother for his two troublesome sons. When he answers Jessica's newspaper advert, he's equally determined to keep their relationship on platonic grounds. But their pragmatic pact begins to crumble as they realize keeping this marriage strictly practical is going to be harder than either of them expected!Previously published as Research into Marriage in 1986.
A divorced doctor and a spinster academic make a deal in this classic marriage-of-convenience romance by a New York Times–bestselling author.Harassed by her brother-in-law's loathsome advances, Jessica decides that the only solution is marriage. Besides, the experience could prove the thesis of her book: that romantic love is not the best foundation for marriage.Lyle Garnett needs a mother for his two troublesome sons. When he answers Jessica's newspaper advert, he's equally determined to keep their relationship on platonic grounds. But their pragmatic pact begins to crumble as they realize keeping this marriage strictly practical is going to be harder than either of them expected!Previously published as Research into Marriage in 1986.
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