Come November — Virginia Myers

He was running for the United States Senate. He had wealth, connections, a dazzling smile … everything but a wife. That's where Tildy came in. She'd pose as Stephen Talbot's fiancée. She'd get the money her family so desperately needed. He'd get the votes.

But he had planed the whole charade too well. Were even the long good-night kisses part of the campaign? Tildy melted in his arms, half-frightened, half-fascinated by his arrogant ways. And as election day loomed closer, she found herself longing for their carefully staged romance to become a landslide victory, for Stephen Talbot … and for love.

Hero: Stephen Talbot
Heroine: Matilda (Tildy) Marshall