The Merry Widows are thought to be the finest ladies of society... though secretly their thoughts are quite unrefined.
The Merry Widows
Signet Eclipse
August 2006
Featuring: Gabriel, the Marquess of Thayne; Beatrice, Lady Somerfield
304 pages ISBN: 0451219201 Paperback Add to Wish List
With the comforts of wealth to replace the absence of their husbands, the Merry Widows need not trouble themselves again with marriage. But that doesnβt mean these five friends must deprive themselves of their most basic need β physical pleasure. So they each agree to take a lover...or two.
Beatrice, Lady Somerfield, is too busy chaperoning her headstrong niece and overseeing her own young daughters to find time to take a lover β until one night at a ball when a masked stranger makes her realize the delights sheβs been missing. When she learns his identity, however, an affair seems impossible. He is Gabriel, the Marquess of Thayne, just returned from India, the catch of the Season β and the one man half the debutantes of London (including Beatriceβs niece!) want for a husband.
But Thayne is thoroughly captivated by Beatrice, and their attraction leads to several mutually satisfying encounters. As he searches for a bride among the Seasonβs young ladies, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the beautiful, sensual, more sophisticated Lady Somerfield, and suspects his mistress might make the perfect wife. But will Beatriceβs deepening feelings for Thayne be enough to overcome her vow never to marry again, and the scandal once their relationship is revealed?
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