Secondhand Husband

She was going nowhere fast. Laura Halloran had spent the last year hustling drinks in an L.A. dive and, as far as she could tell, it was a life sentence. But one night, Connor Fox came into Rusty’s Bar and everything changed. He escorted her home after a barroom brawl and, by the time he left, her life had taken a new turn. The tall, lean rancher with crystal-green eyes offered her marriage and a new life far away from the city’s smog and endless traffic.

When Connor walked into the dingy L.A. bar, he wanted a glass of whiskey and a break from the city noise. The little waitress with the pretty blue eyes and sweet smile was a nice distraction from the loneliness of his life. And he couldn’t help but notice that her legs went on forever. He wasn’t looking for a loving wife. He wanted a mother for his child and Laura made him think maybe he could have a companion on cold, lonely nights. The one thing he didn’t want was to love again.

But sometimes fate has other plans.

This book originally appeared in print from Silhouette in 1993.