The Ideal Husband — Shari Anton

The marriage is make-believe,
but the passion is all too real...

'Tis the stuff legends are made of: a heroic husband risks his life to save his beloved from a shipwreck. Yet the gravely injured man Leah of Pecham tenderly cradles is not her husband but a gallant stranger who came to her rescue without a moment's hesitation. Certain that Geoffrey Hamelin cannot survive, yet unwilling to abandon him, Leah makes a decision: she takes him home to Pecham. There she will make everyone believe that he is her lawfully wedded husband. There her dishonor abroad will be a thing of the past, and her father's fearsome wrath averted. And there Leah will discover just how exquisitely dangerous a lie can be -- for Geoffrey grows stronger, more virile, and more seductive with each passing day...