Marriage Is Just The Beginning

By Betty Jane Sanders

"We'll marry for the child ."

That's what Grant Parker and Sharon O'Riley agreed to when they went down the aisle together. But then there was that kiss.

A kiss that changed a lonely widower into an expectant husband whose heart thudded for the wife in the bedroom next door.

A kiss that transformed a plain jane like Sharon into a blushing bride.

Somewhere between tucking their sweet daughter into bed and sharing breakfast with her new family, Sharon realized she wanted more out of her marriage she wanted Grant! But could a prim–and–practical woman convince her ruggedly handsome husband to love again?

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Release date: Jul 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781460875124

Betty Jane Sanders

Betty Monthei grew up in Oregon and Washington where she had ample opportunity to hike, horseback ride, and fall in love with animals and the natural world. She met her husband Lee while in high school. They married in the fall after graduation many years ago. They were and still are best friends. She and Lee moved to Alaska in 1980 in search of adventure "for a couple of years" and lived there until November of 2007, other than a one year hiatus spent on the remote island of Phonpei, Micronesia. Betty was owned by two dogs: Brittany, an English springer spaniel, and Annie, a golden retriever, (pictured) but sadly Brittany and Annie have gone to doggie heaven. She is now owned by another Springer Spaniel, Missy (short for Mischief), and a Cocker-spaniel cross, Charlie; not pictured. In 2007 Betty moved to Canada, and spent five and a half years in the province of Alberta, just outside of Edmonton. In July 2013 she moved to the Duluth, Minnesota area. Seems she just cannot escape long cold winters!