Wings ePress, Inc. Category:  Romance Publisher: Wings ePress, Inc. ISBN-10:  1590881397 Type: Fiction Copyright: August 2004 Her Aunt's will says marry or Victoria Harlow will lose her child care center and the money to operate it. Widower Sam Benson needs tax money or he'll lose his son and his ranch. When Tory and Sam meet chemistry flares, but they agree--a marriage of convenience with separate homes. Then they discover they must live together for a year. Can they survive such an arrangement despite the desire burning between them?      Excerpt The man with Tim came through the doorway first and she took another step back. She let her eyes travel from his head to the boots on his feet. He looked the part of a classic western hero. He wore a faded denim jacket, and soft blue jeans which encased long, lean legs, and molded muscular thighs. A black string tie pointed to the gray Stetson he held at his waist. This man didn't belong here, not in Fort Wayne, not in Indiana. He belonged out west, sitting a horse and surveying his vast mountainous acres. His face was sun-bronzed, his features as rigid as granite. His thick, wheat-tan hair was swept off his face in a careless wave, and his wide set eyes were as deeply blue and as calming as the twilight sky of a Hoosier evening. She swallowed over the lump in her throat and continued her perusal. Lord, he was tall, at least six four, with shoulders which would have put any one of the Chicago Bear linebackers to shame. She heard Gayle murmur, "Oh, my God!"

Reviewed by MELINDA
BARGAINED VOWS to this reviewer was like a fresh romance of family and love beginning. This reviewer liked the way Allison Knight wrote Sam Benson as a macho man who did not need any woman to help him with his son. Unlike macho men, Sam oozed with so much pride that it almost tore apart this family. As his mind sets out to just find a way to keep his son away from his grandparents, he forgets Tory's feelings towards him and his son. Though he tries to hide his feelings for her, just reading the words his love screams for Tory. Even she tries to hide her feelings, but the things she does like redecorating his home, learning how to ride a horse for his sake shows how much she wants to make this marriage bearable.

A delightful romance to read filled with love, humor, and easy characters to follow. The characters itself and the story line just catch your attention from the first chapter. You have money, lust, love, and most of all a little boy who warms your heart. A little boy's pride slowly thaws out when even he starts to love his new mother. Only his father can change Tory's mind to stay with them forever and have a real family.