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Book Review of The Wagering Widow (Harlequin Historical, No 788)

The Wagering Widow (Harlequin Historical, No 788)
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Guy swish Emily to Scotland for a fast marriage because he wants her money to restore his estates. Only one problem her money is only 50 pounds and her father has been lying about her inheritance. So Guy is still broke with another mouth to feed.

He goes back to gambling....and Emily has played cards all her life because her father is a gambler but loses mostly.

Emily redesigns some of her mother's old dress has her maid make her a mask and heads to the gambling hells to win money to leave her husband. She is Lady Widow. She is alluring and very good at cards.

Each night she makes more money. Then Guy comes to the same gambling house and in lust when he see Lady Widow...but it doesn't take him long to realize it is his mousy quiet wife Emily that all the men are tripping over to bed. Guy goes back each night to watch over her.