The Price of Moonlight — Sylvia McDaniel

When Jean Cuvier was murdered, he left a legacy of scandal and betrayal that rocked New Orleans. For the wealthy Creole businessman had not one wife to mourn him, but three. Much to Nicole Rosseau Cuvier's shock, she was the second of the three Cuvier widows...

She Needed A Husband...Not A Lover
For four happy years, Nicole Rosseau loved and trusted Jean Cuvier. Their marriage eased the shame of her illegitimate birth; at last she was a lady, the mistress of Rosewood Plantation. When she learned she was pregnant, she rushed to New Orleans to tell Jean...only to find him dead, and herself the object of scandal. Desperate to protect her child's reputation, she paid a drifter to be her legal, but very temporary husband. Nicole couldn't have known that Maxim Viel had a secret motive for accepting her offer...and his own score to settle with the past. Or that the handsome stranger would offer a love that could heal her shattered heart.