Promise of Spring — Jean Hager

Widowed and wary April DuBois thought she had everything she needed in Rusty her six-year-old son, and her chic Tulsa boutique. But from the moment Vic Leyland invaded her life, she was threatened by passions -- and fears she'd never known before. Vic pursued her with single-minded intensity determined to discover the secrets she desperately tried to hide, determined to smash all the barriers to love. Their dangerous liaison ignited long-banked fires that threatened to take an even higher toll: custody of Rusty the only male with an unquestioned claim on April's heart. She had only one last desperate chance: to publicly proclaim her love for Vic, to marry him and let him join her in the fight to keep the child she adored.