title: Pinecones and Orchids
author: Ellison, Suzanne
description: THEY COULD NEVER BE MORE THAN FRIENDS
  
  Safety Inspector Ted Ballard was Robbin Walker's best buddy and a godsend to her kids. He'd helped them all survive the trauma of divorce, just as Robbin had helped him and his kids get over the loss of a wonderful wife and mother. But what had come over Ted? Suddenly he was talking marriage!
  
  Robbin had always dreamed of being swept off her feet with orchids and fancy dinners . . . not corsages made out of pinecones, and noisy meals with their kids at Coltersville's local pizza joint!
  
  Or was that what real love was all about . . .?