title: The Marriage Bonus
author: Halston, Carole
description: They had been uneasy high school sweethearts: ambitious Charlene, and Burt, from the wrong side of town.
  
  But people change. An unhappy stint as someone else's " club wife" had left Charlene longing for real love and a real man. With Burt she found both, and more.... He was the fulfillment of all her unspoken dreams.