Twice in a Lifetime

Is it possible to find your one true love...twice?Blind date. When Allie and Ben are thrown together to help their friends out of a bind, they find the unexpected - and unwanted - spark of attraction difficult to ignore. Surrendering to it, they marry and live their happyish-ever-after - until Ben's death reveals a betrayal that rocks Allie's world.The sidelines. Where Jake has hovered for the past fifteen years, business partners with his best friend, in love with his best friend's wife. He's shocked by his friend's duplicity, overcome by the guilt of a deathbed promise. But he's waited half a lifetime for a chance to love Allie, and it's time to make his move.Marriage. Allie might be ready to take the slow slide from friend to lover, but a lifetime is a leap she won't agree to. She can't deprive Jake of the family he's never had but longs for - the family she can no longer give him. How can she refuse him, though, when he sets out to prove the only family he needs - has ever wanted - is her?