Fans of the historical romances of Sabrina Jeffries, Loretta
Chase, and Jo Beverly will enjoy this sexy, award-winning romance by New York
Times bestselling author Candice Hern. 

Meet the Merry Widows – a group of respectable ladies with a
secret pact that is anything but respectable! 
The five friends who act as patronesses of charity balls are assured of
money and position.  None are interested
in marrying again.  But they have no
intention of forsaking physical passion for the rest of their lives.  Instead, they make a daring pact to seek out
lovers for the pure pleasure of it.

Marianne Nesbitt adored her late husband, David, but the
racy reminiscences of the Merry Widows make her wonder if she missed something
special.  Might she find it now through a
love affair?  Uncertain how to go about
it, she asks Adam Cazenove, an old friend and notorious rake, to tutor her in
the arts of seduction.

The brazen request turns Adam's world upside down.  He never imagined his best friend's very
proper and exceedingly attractive widow would seek out a lover.  If not for his recent betrothal to a young
beauty, he would jump at the chance to warm Marianne's bed.  Since he cannot bear the thought of another
man doing so, he foils her every attempt at seduction.

Until one night of unintended passion changes everything.

"Hern gracefully crafts a tale of friendship and
romance between two beautifully matched protagonists that is delectably sexy,
delightfully clever, and simply superb." – Booklist

Nicholas Parrish wakes one morning to pounding at the front door of his London townhouse. Standing before him is the irate father of Prudence Armitage and several of her scowling brothers. They accuse him of compromising Prudence, and to his astonishment the woman in question walks out of his study, looking as if she's just been roused from her bed! Prudence had a tiring night putting the finishing touches to The Ladies' Fashionable Cabinet, the magazine she and Nicholas, along with his sister Edwina, have been working on.

With Edwina on an extended wedding trip, Prudence had wanted everything to be perfect. But she fell asleep at her desk, and when she walks out of the office and sees her family ready to murder the man she had secretly had a crush on, Prudence is appalled. And when a marriage is forced between them, she is devastated. The damage is done, though, and now she's determined to make things right between herself and her new husband . . . by making him fall in love with her.