Million Dollar Marriage

The Fortunes of Texas
Launch Book
September 1999
ISBN 0-373-65030-2

Fortune's Children
Silhouette Signature Collection
Special Promotion Reissue
May 2005
ISBN 0-373-38914-0

Out of print

A dedicated doctor struggling to raise money for a much-needed community health clinic, Dr. Lucinda Brightwater is beginning to feel as though time is her enemy. Besides the clinic, she desperately wants a child, but how likely is that for a single thirty-four-year-old who works long hours-with no man on the horizon?

So when a man who's hard to resist makes her an offer that's hard to refuse, Lucinda agrees to marry Holden Fortune for one million dollars. The notorious bachelor needs a "respectable" wife in order to claim his inheritance. Lucinda needs her clinic. The terms? One year. In name only. No strings.

No strings, maybe, but there's a lot of heat, making it hard for cooler heads to prevail, especially since it appears Lucinda's other dream is now on its way....

Reviews

"Talented Maggie Shayne kicks off this new series with flair. She has penned a tale with multifaceted characters and managed to introduce many of the future stories. " -- Debbie Richardson, RT Book Reviews

"Shayne does a fine job of creating characters we care about and showing us how their relationship can overcome some very real barriers.  The fact is that Maggie Shayne is a talented author and tells a good tale. So whether or not you are a Fortune junky, you should enjoy this story of two people who take sixteen years to discover that they are right for each other. " -- Jean Mason, The Romance Reader