She's a young countess whose elderly husband just died, leaving her a title but no heir — meaning his nephew inherits everything in three months unless she's with child. A disgraced baron's son, stripped of rank after a duel scandal, offers a solution: a contract marriage, an heir, and he disappears after. But the nephew isn't waiting quietly, the court is watching, and the "disgraced" baron's son turns out to have been framed — by someone very close to her late husband.
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The Widow's Wager
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She's a young countess whose elderly husband just died, leaving her a title but no heir — meaning his nephew inherits everything in three months unless she's with child. A disgraced baron's son, stripped of rank after a duel scandal, offers a solution: a contract marriage, an heir, and he disappears after. But the nephew isn't waiting quietly, the court is watching, and the "disgraced" baron's son turns out to have been framed — by someone very close to her late husband.