The Marigold Field Author:Diane Pearson ISBN 0553057421 — "You should marry again, Jonathan," Anne-Louise said slowly. "If you married you would have no need to worry about your children." She stood up and came round the table to stand beside him... the thrust of her body, the glow in her half-closed eyes was an invitation, a somnolent, erotic invitation that drove directly to the core... more » of his senses.
"Would you like to marry me?" he said angrily, and then he felt her hands touching his neck and he stood up and wrenched her close to him, pressing her body fiercely down the length of his.
"I'll be a good wide! I swear it! You'll never regret it, Jonathan, never! ... I'll come and live in your cottage and you won't have to worry again. We'll marry as soon as we can, won't we?"... She gripped him tightly by the arms. "If I don't marry you, I shan't marry at all!"« less