Family Merger. Leigh Greenwood

kind of men do you go out with? They can’t have an ounce of red blood in their bodies. Or do you give them an injection that renders them harmless for the next four hours.”

      She smiled. “No. I interview them first. That’s why I don’t end up with the wrong kind of man.”

      He looked at her as if she were crazy. “You interview them?”

      “Yes.”

      “And they submit to this?”

      She began to feel uncomfortable. Some of the men had reacted very unpleasantly. They had been even more rude about her choice of questions, but she refused to give an inch. She wasn’t going to end up like her mother. “Not all of them, but enough.”

      “Holy hell! I can hardly wait to know what you ask them.”

      Chapter Five

      Kathryn had never been reluctant to ask her questions, yet she found herself searching for a reason to turn the conversation to a different subject. “They’re only for men looking for a serious relationship with me.”

      “Assume I’d like to have a serious relationship with you.”

      Kathryn had memorized her list long ago, but at that moment every item on it flew out of her head. He was the father of one of her girls. He was everything she’d argued against her entire life. There was no denying the sexual attraction between them—she could feel it even at this moment—but he had to know she wouldn’t consider him as a possible candidate for a serious relationship, certainly not one that could result in marriage.