Title: A Lasting Proposal
Description: He made her an offer she couldn't refuse—but did she ever try!

Jake Hartman's heli-skiing operation in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies has been hugely successful. But because of the major outlays he now wants to make, he needs a capital infusion. A bank loan is a nonissue—Jake's not keen on debt. But a silent partner would do the trick.

Widowed Maureen Shannon, eldest of the Shannon sisters, has just moved back to the sleepy town of Canmore, hoping that slow-paced living will help mend her deteriorating relationship with her twelve-year-old daughter. Jake's proposal sounds good.

But then Jake makes Maureen a second offer—a lasting proposal she's much more reluctant to accept….
Subjects: Fiction, romance, general