"I need a wife", Matthew Martin said, "a woman to run my home, be my hostess and, of course, share my bed". At any other time, Katherine would have refused such an impersonal offer. But she is a widow and the future looks lonely and bleak. So Katherine becomes Mrs. Matthew Martin-and finds that her marriage of convenience is not as convenient as she'd expected. She can deal with her children's disapproval and Matthew's meddling sister. What she can't handle is the unexpected yearning of her own rebellious heart.