Leaf in the storm

the long version

After the.death of her adored husband Colin, Sally Walling knew that no man would ever take his place in her heart. But the formidable Gavin Huntly told her categorically that she was being foolish to insist on living with a memory; she should give herself the chance to be a happy wife again, and in due course a mother: in short she should marry him. But Gavin was half Greek, and used to the Greek custom of the arranged marriage—and he made no secret of the fact that his only real reason for proposing to Sally was that he wanted an heir. How could such a marriage be happy for either of them?