A Kiss to Dream On
Left at the altar by her childhood love, handsome ne'er-do-well Slevin "Slick" Waynick, the pregnant Arliss Mallard is in dire straits until  Deputy Sheriff Gideon Forbes steps up to claim Arliss and her baby as his own. Risking his reputation and possibly his future as sheriff of Granite, Montana, Gideon will do anything to make his life-long dreams of loving Arliss a reality, even maintaining a platonic relationship with his beautiful new wife while sharing her bed. Talk about a tender trap! Along the way, Arliss discovers that her loyal and faithful friend Gideon has the power to stir her senses and melt her inhibitions in a way Slick never could. The marriage that began as a ruse transforms itself into a union between the town's "wild child" and its strong, taciturn lawman. But can their marriage survive Slick's return, when he is determined to win Arliss (and her new inheritance) back? In this fourth venture from Stephanie Mittman, author ofThe Courtship,The Marriage Bed, andSweeter Than Wine, Arliss learns the difference between childhood fantasies and the passionate melding of two hearts for a lifetime.--Alison Trinkle