"A contemporary marriage of convenience"

Doctor Kurt Silverman was having problems with his ex- wife. She's using their son as a pawn in her sick power games. Not only has she been telling their son lies about him, but she's been refusing to allow them to see each other except for a couple of times a year. Kurt's lawyer doesn't hold out much hope for him. Since Kurt works so many hours at the hospital and doesn't even own a house, he doesn't appear as stable as the courts like to see these days.

Shelly Ware and Kurt have been friends for years. She works as a physical therapist in the same hospital as Kurt. Shelley has been secretly in love with Kurt but he doesn't seem to notice her except as a friend. Recently Shelley's sister has been very sick and it has Shelley thinking about her biological clock. She's getting older but none of her past relationships seemed to work out. Thinking her last chance is a sperm donor, she decides she's not completely comfortable with a stranger being the father of her baby and starts to look at the men around her.

Getting her nerve up one night, Shelley asks Kurt to be her sperm donor but he doesn't think he'd be able to do it. Thinking it over later that night Kurt comes up with a plan that would be beneficial to both of them. Since he needs a stable home life to get custody of his son Kurt thinks that the best plan would be for him and Shelley to get married. That way he has a stable home life for his son and she gets to have the child she's always wanted. As time goes on will they grow closer together or will they decide that they don't belong together?

I found this to be an enjoyable story even though at times it seemed a bit predictable. Some of the language seemed a bit out of place for the characters and I found myself being a bit distracted by this.

Sexual content: Hard R, some crude language.

Reviewed by Emily Anne
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted May 26, 2003

Summary

Two good friends, two thorny problems. Kurt needs a wife to convince a judge he can provide a stable home for his son. Shelly wants a baby to love.

She's had a crush on him for years. He's never thought of her as anything more than his best buddy. So when she offers him a solution to both their problems, he's not sure. But knowing she wants him changes everything, and pretty soon he can't keep his mind or his hands off her...

Sexual Content: Hard R. Genre: contemporary.