Books like A True Marriage by Lucy Gordon
Novelist Gail Lawson is tired of her fiancé’s endless postponements, so she declares she will marry whoever she bumps into. When she crosses paths with the dark‑haired, enigmatic Steve Redfern, the situation takes an unexpected turn.
Steve is watching the quarrel from afar; he knows Gail needs a job that will give her time to finish her book, while he urgently needs a wife to maintain custody of his children. A temporary marriage appears to solve both of their problems.
But as the two begin to treat their vows seriously, their arrangement threatens to become something enduring, challenging their initial motives and expectations.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Lucy Gordon
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