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Also by Candice Hern:

It Happened One Season, April 2011
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It Happened One Night, October 2008
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Lady Be Bad: The Merry Widows Series, August 2007
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Just One of Those Flings, August 2006
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In the Thrill of the Night, February 2006
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Her Scandalous Affair, November 2004
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Once a Gentleman, April 2004
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Once a Scoundrel, July 2003
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Once a Dreamer, January 2003
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The Bride Sale, January 2002
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Miss Lacey's Final Fling, February 2001
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IN THE THRILL OF THE NIGHT
By: Candice Hern

Merry Widow series
Signet Eclipse
February 2006
Featuring: Marianne Nesbitt; Adam Cazenove
304 pages
ISBN: 0451217845
Paperback
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Romance Historical

Meet the Merry Widows, a society of respectable ladies with a secret pact that is anything but respectable . . .

Assured of both money and position, none of the five friends who form the Merry Widows need ever marry again. But they have no intention of forsaking physical passion for the rest of their lives. So they make a daring pact — each will consider taking a lover 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, he would jump at the chance to warm her 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 ...

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