Debbie Macomber 
This Matter Of Marriage 

If I want to get married and have a family (and I do), its time for a plan!! from Hallie Mc Carthys diary The alarm on Hallies biological clock is buzzing away. Shes hitting the big three0 and theres no prospect of marriage, no man in sight. But Hallies an organized, goalsetting kind of person. She gives herself a year to meet Mr. Knight in Shining Armor. But all her dates are disasters. (Theres the cheapskate and the sex fiend andwell, never mind.) Too bad she cant just fall for her goodlooking neighbor, Steve Marris. Hes definitely not her type. Anyway, Steves busy trying to win back his exwife, Mary Lynn, whos busy getting marriedbut not to Steve. Life would be so much simpler if he could fall for someone else. Like Hallie. Theyre friends, thoughand sometimes friends become lovers. Sometimes friends become more.