Scarlet Woman — Gwynne Forster

Out of deep affection and loneliness, schoolteacher Melinda Rodgers married a wealthy older man. Now, a widow at twenty-nine, she is stunned to learn that his will requires her to set up a charitable foundation and remarry within the year--or lose her inheritance to a charity of Blake Hunter's choice. As executor of the will, handsome, businesslike Blake insists Melinda carry it out to the letter. But she would rather give up the entire fortune than marry other than for love again. And judging by the dangerous, unfulfilled yearning that has simmered between them for years, Blake may be the man who can bring her the deepest, most passionate kind of love...or the most heartbreaking betrayal.