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The Wagered Widow

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Time: May 1746

Foreign Titles:
La Vedova Contessa Italian
Was das Herz begehrt/befiehlt German

Synopsis:
Rebecca Parrish is a beautiful young woman whose engaging, if somewhat foolish, husband was killed in a duel. Left a near pauper by her husband's gambling debts, she has just finished the customary year of mourning and is determined to find a wealthy father for her six-year-old son.
No sooner does she trade in her black gowns than she attracts two suitors: the dashing but impoverished Trevelyan de Villars, whose intentions are far from honorable, and the handsome, rich, and always thoroughly correct Sir Peter Ward. But after she becomes the object of a wager between these two very different men, her innocent flirtation suddenly turns serious: Two men she loves prepare to duel over her -- to the death.
Meanwhile, a darker question lurks: Who shall rule England -- George II or Bonnie Prince Charlie? Rebecca soon realizes that she has far more to worry about than a future husband: She must use all her wits to save a desperate, fugitive Jacobite. As she recognizes a new courage within herself, she realizes that people are seldom what they seem in this splendid new tale of love and danger by one of the most accomplished romantic novelists writing today.


Alternate Synopsis:
HE INSISTED ON TREATING HER LIKE A TROLLOP!

... and Rebecca Parrish, a most respectable young widow, found him utterly odious. What right had this supercilious rake, Trevelyan de Villars, to incessantly force his attentions on her? Rebecca far preferred Trevelyan's charming friend, the noble Sir Peter Ward. Indeed, her dreams of handsome Sir Peter aimed straight for the altar!
What Rebecca soon discovered duly horrified her. For her dear Sir Peter and the contemptible Trevelyan had formailzed a bet - that Trevelyan could seduce the very proper widow within a month's time.
Still, Trevelyan's attentions grew ever more passionate. And Rebecca found (to her horror!) that she thrilled to his touch. As her heart strove to resist this irresistible cad, she suddenly saw what he really was: A libertine no more - now at last and forever in love!

Foreign Synopses:
German
Vor einem Jahr hat die bezaubernde Rebecca Parrish bei einem Duell ihren Mann verloren. Er lie§ sie všllig mittellos zurŸck, und da Rebecca ihrem kleinen Sohn eine standesgemŠ§e Erziehung zukommen lassen will, be- schlie§t sie nach Ablauf des Trauerjahres, sich einen reichen Mann zu angeln. Doch sie mu§ erkennen, da§ sie ihrem Herzen nicht befehlen kann.


Main Characters:
Rebecca Parrish
Trevelyan de Villars
Sir Peter Ward
Anthony Parrish
Captain Holt
Snowden Boothe
Letitia Boudreaux
The Monahan

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Publication Information:
Fawcett, 1985 (paperback)

Trivia:
  • Hector Kadenworthy appears in this book as one of the men at the party that helps Trevelyan de Villars. He shows up again in The Tales of the Jewelled Men.
  • Horatio Glendenning also appears in this novel.
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