AKA: Marriage — Jule McBride

For years, undercover cowboy cop Shane Holiday had tracked Lillian Smith's every move, watched her every curve until he made her the offer she couldn't refuse: Marriage.

Shane's looks had nothing to do with it. Lillian said. She needed a husband to adopt the baby she craved. Now with a baby in her arms and a cowboy in her heart, she hoped her secret past was behind her...

It was only to be for a few weeks: live together and pretend intimacy. But a "wife" and "son" tamed Shane, bringing the lone wolf from the Lone Star state to his knees. He'd married vowing vengeance -- but would he become a husband and daddy for real?

Years ago, seven mysterious matchmaking millionaires secretly started an adoption agency in Manhattan called BIG APPLE BABIES