Imitation Marriage — Phyllis Matthewman

Val Masters thought that she was embarking on a simple, temporary measure when she allowed herself to be accepted as the widow of Larry Granville, in order to spend a period of convalescence at his mother's home; but she soon discovered how insecure were the foundations on which she had built. One astonishing turn of fortune caused her to suffer for her fault, and enabled her eventually to redeem it--and in doing so to find happiness and romance.