The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing by Higgins, Kristan. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780263905939.

Lucy Lang isnt looking for fireworks... Shes looking for a nice, decent man. Someone wholl mow the lawn, flip chicken on the barbeque, teach their future children to play soccer. But most important... someone who wont inspire the slightest stirring in her heart...or anywhere else. A young widow, Lucy cant risk that kind of loss again. But sharing her life with a cat named Fat Mikey and the Black Widows at the family bakery isnt enough either. So its goodbye to Ethan, her hot but entirely inappropriate "friend with privileges" and hello to a man she can marry. Too bad Ethan Mirabelli isnt going anywhere. As far as hes concerned, what she needs might be right under her nose. But can he convince her that the next best thing can really be forever?