Wicked Widow

Scandal is afoot and seduction is in the air in this, Amanda Quick's
sixteenth and most deliciously entertaining novel. Now the mistress of
Regency-period romantic suspense brings us a notorious widow and a man of
mystery as they flirt with danger, fight temptation, and fall into the snare
of desire and intrigue....

Madeline Deveridge is all too aware of the whispers behind her back, the
rumors that she dispatched her husband to the next world and concealed her
crime. But Madeline has a far more pressing problem than being called the
Wicked Widow. She fears that she and her beloved aunt are being haunted! And
all the evidence points to one improbable the ghost of her late
husband. Of course it is impossible, but Madeline cannot take chances. So
she dares summon the only person with the power to help her uncover the
truth--Artemis Hunt.

Brilliant, relentless, reclusive, Artemis has made it his business to keep
much of his private life hidden. No one knows that he's the owner of the
Dream Pavilions, London's favorite pleasure gardens, or that he's a master
of an arcane society. Curiosity brings him out on a fog-shrouded night to
meet the infamous Wicked Widow, but his amusement quickly flees when he
realizes that Madeline has learned enough about his affairs to wreak havoc
on his carefully ordered existence. He must secure her guarantee never to
divulge his secrets to anyone, even if it means helping her track down a
phantom.

As soon as the bargain is struck, Artemis and Madeline find their
arrangement complicated by a searing desire, and the frightening realization
that the ghost poses a very real danger. Now they must plunge into a world
of intrigue and ancient mysteries, where a tantalizing passion--and a
calculating killer--will not be denied.

About the

Amanda Quick, a pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz, is a bestselling, award-winning author of contemporary and historical romances. There are over twenty-five million copies of her books in print, including Seduction, Surrender, Scandal, Rendezvous, Ravished, Reckless, Dangerous, Deception, Desire, Mistress, Mystique, Mischief, Affair, With This Ring, and I Thee Wed. She makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, Frank.