Marriage By Design

by Cathy Gillen Thacker, Jasmine Cresswell, Glenda Sanders, Margaret Chittenden, Jove, April 1994, ISBN #0373832958, $4.99 U.S.

Four convenient but unconventional reasons for marriage

Four couples

Four marriages . . . of convenience.

Each bride has her own reason; each groom has his.

But a marriage by design can become a marriage of desire. A marriage of convenience can become a marriage for love . . .

Watch it happen in these four delightful stories!

To save your godchildren from a "wicked stepmother."

Meg Winthrop's five godchildren beg her to return to Texas. They don't like the woman they think their dad's planning to marry - and they want Meg to be their mom! --- Dear Fairy Godmother by Cathy Gillen Thacker

To help out your eccentric aunt - and her sexy business partner.

Laura's wacky Aunt Dot entangles her in a mysterious scheme involving a secret formula and a handsome Italian who happens to need a visa. Or a wife . . . --- Marriage on the Run by Jasmine Cresswell

To bring an old man happiness by making him a grandfather.

Lock Dean's grandfather wants a great-grandchild, and Lock's determined to provide one. So he prepares a list of prospective brides, then devises a "baby-reaction" test for his unsuspecting candidates! --- Don't Tell Grandfather by Glenda Sanders

To escape from a ghostly existence and become a real woman.

Rowan Pengally died in a car crash five years ago, on the way to a wedding. Now she's trapped as a ghost - unless she can persuade a mortal man to marry her . . . --- The Enchanted Bride by Margaret Chittenden