Wicked Widows
3 primary works
Book 1
When Lady Isabella Wharton receives a summons from her godmother, the dowager Duchess of Ormonde, she knows the news won't be good. From her disastrous marriage, to her reckless widowhood, she and the duchess have never seen eye to eye. But this time the old woman has gone too far. Not only is she demanding that Isabella leave town at the height of the season, she wants her to convince the new Duke of Ormonde, who lives in obscurity as a gentleman farmer in the wilds of Yorkshire, to give up his rustication and come to London. Prepared to give the duchess a polite but firm no, Isabella is stunned when the older woman tells her that she knows what she, Georgina Mowbray and the duchess' own daughter-in-law, Perdita, did last summer and she's prepared to tell all if Isabella refuses to perform her task. Since she would do anything to protect their secret, Isabella swallows her bile and packs for Yorkshire. But not before warning Georgina and Perdita that their secret is out.
Book 2
Young widowed Georgina Mowbray is settling into her role as Lady Russell's companion quite well - until the lady's nephew Dominic, the Earl of Coniston, arrives in Bath for a visit. Georgie's always found him shallow and too smooth, and trusts him as much as she trusts most men...which is to say not at all. But Con turns out to be more intriguing than she remembers - and completely irresistible...Pretty, practical Georgie is nothing like the women Con usually woos - especially since she seems blind to his charms. But his elderly aunt is so fond of her that Con is determined at least to be sociable...with the occasional flirtation thrown in just for fun. But things take a serious turn when a dangerous figure from Georgie's unhappy past appears and threatens to bring her harm. Con will do whatever it takes to keep Georgie safe. And if he can show her that all men are not menaces, he might be able to keep her in his arms and never let go...
Book 3
For over a year, the widowed Perdita, Duchess of Ormonde has been keeping a secret. A secret about how her husband really died. So it's almost a relief when her mama-in-law finally approaches her with a proposal: Perdita will remarry, thus removing her from the Ormonde family, or the dowager will inform the town and the authorities just how her son died. Though she knows that she isn't really to blame for her late husband's death, Perdita also knows that just the suggestion of wrongdoing is sometimes enough to bring shame upon oneself. For help, she turns to the one man she's always been able to trust: Lord Archer Lisle, a younger son, and her late husband's secretary. The youngest son of the Duke of Pendleton, Lord Archer Lisle has spent his entire life in second place. But, now, finally he has a chance to do something purely for himself. For years he watched helpless as Perdita was brutalized by her husband, his employer. Now she needs another husband to ensure her secret remains hidden, and he'll step up and do the one thing that will fulfil both their needs. And when a threat emerges from a source none of them expected, he'll do whatever it takes to protect the woman he loves.