A Daring Proposition — Jeanne Grant

After bitter experience, Leigh vowed never to marry -- but she desperately wanted a child. In this age of medical breakthroughs, she decided on a bold plan -- to have a mere acquaintance, Brian Hathaway, father a child for her by scientific means.

But Brian has plans of his own. To provide the child a home and himself a wife, he forces Leigh into marriage. Her pregnancy brings her unequaled joy, but the stranger who is now her husband disturbs her deeply, arousing desires that beg to be assuaged. Though her defenses slowly crumble under Brian's tender caresses, she's afraid to open her heart to love again...