"An entertaining Regency with lots of surprises."

Lucy Contrain has struggled to retain her home after the untimely death of her husband, Stanley. The creditors have been relentless in demanding their money. When Nicholas Ramsey, Viscount Richmond, tells Lucy a bizarre story of a stolen jewel, which he believes Stanley had a part in stealing, Lucy is reluctant to believe him.

However, Lucy desperately needs the reward being offered by the Prince Regent for the return of the jewel. So she joins forces with Lord Richmond, determined to prove her husband's innocence and collect the reward by finding the jewel.

This book is an entertaining Regency with plenty of twists and turns. It will keep you guessing to the very end. I enjoyed it and hope you do, too.

Reviewed by Debrah Douglas
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted August 19, 2003

When Lucy Contrain discovers that rakish aristocrat Nicholas Ramsey believes her dead husband stole a legendary jewel, she insists on joining his search. Little does she know they will be drawn into deadly danger-and into a passion that neither can resist...

Summary

Lord of mystery...
Nicholas Ramsey, Viscount Richmond, has a well-earned reputation for seduction and scandal. What isn't so widely known is the secret mission entrusted to him by the Prince Regent--to bring to England a legendary ruby known as the "Scarlet Widow," destined to take its place among the crown jewels. But many have killed for the ruby in the past, and when Nicholas's friend is killed and the jewel taken, Nicholas vows to find both the murderer and the ruby in a search that leads him to another widow...

Widow in Scarlet
Lucy Contrain thinks Nicholas is mad when he requests to look through her late husband's belongings. Wary of the aristocrat who's supposed to have a "way with the widows," she doubts his intentions can be good. But when he accuses her dead husband of taking part in the theft of a fabulous jewel, Lucy insists on helping him with the hope of clearing her husband's name. She has no idea their search will leal them into deadly danger--or headlong into a passion that neither can resist...