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Mrs Drew Plays Her Hand
Carla Kelly
Playing With Fire
Young widow Roxanna Drew was fair game in the
sport of cads. Her suddenly impoverished state made
her as vulnerable as her beauty made her tempting to
men with more money than morals. Lord Marshall
Wbitcomb, who held her purse strings in his pawing
bands, was intent on luring her into his bed. But
even more dangerous was Lord Fletcher Winn, who
owned the dwelling where she sought refuge. The
dashing lord reminded the widow that the lure
of sharing a warm bed on a winter's night
might indeed be worth the risks.
Lord Winn had trusted one woman and been
betrayed. That disastrous marriage had endowed him
with a wariness of females in general, and prospective
wives in particular. But when the door to the dower
house on one of his estates was opened by a woman
with a cautious smile and memorable brown eyes,
he knew here was a danger to avoid at all
costs-if he really wanted to....
Signet (Regency), December 1994
ISBN #0451181816 224 pages Paperback $3.99
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