Nine-Month Bride by Judy Christenberry

Rancher Lucas Boyd desperately wants a son, but after tragically losing his wife and child, he can’t risk loving again. So where to find a surrogate ‘mother’ to carry his child — one who won’t ask for too much?

Local librarian Susannah Langston secretly aches for a baby. But as the oldest living virgin in town, she has no illusions about romance. So where to find a suitable ‘donor’ to make her dream come true?

Lucas and Susannah can solve each other’s problem. But to keep tongues from wagging, they need to make a convenient marriage, then make a baby...the old-fashioned way!