Love Came with a Contract

Eleanor Hawthorne was a 30-year-old Ph.D. who was pushed into a blind date by her boyfriend, who was six years younger. He had labeled her as “too old and impure” — so she broke up with him without hesitation. Out of spite, she agreed to the blind date, only to discover that her date was actually her ex's relative. One was a 30-year-old woman dismissed as past her prime; the other was a distant, businesslike husband by contract. Everyone was waiting for the marriage to fail, but Julian Kingsley gave her a ring — and his heart.