Widow for Hire — Margaret Westhaven

She would always love him though he had every reason to despise her

Her past had put paid to her future

The "one-guinea-widow" had been the gossip mongers delight. Now Lady Jeffries-Hodge, to whom that epithet belonged, had returned to London to chaperone a Society debutante through her first Season.

Amelia could not escape the rumours that began to circulate, but she had been prepared for that. She had not been prepared to encounter Jeremy Searle, now Lord Doncastle, the man she had pledged to marry and had then jilted in favour of Lord Jeffries-Hodge.

She understood Jeremy's bitterness, but it wounded her nevertheless. She longed to tell him the truth of her runaway marriage to bring back the love in his eyes. Amelia knew she never would, for she could promise him nothing ever again...

Hero: Jeremy Searle, Lord Doncastle
Heroine: Amelia Jeffries-Hodge