Wicked Widow, Amanda Quick
Wicked Widow, Amanda Quick
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Wicked Widow

Author: Amanda Quick

Series: Vanza #3

Narrator: Katherine Kellgren

Abridged: 2 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2000


Synopsis

Scandal is afoot and seduction is in the air in this, Amanda Quick's sixteenth and most deliciously entertaining novel. Now the mistress of Regency-period romantic suspense brings us a notorious widow and a man of mystery as they flirt with danger, fight temptation, and fall into the snare of desire and intrigue....

Madeline Deveridge is all too aware of the whispers behind her back, the rumors that she dispatched her husband to the next world and concealed her crime. But Madeline has a far more pressing problem than being called the Wicked Widow. She fears that she and her beloved aunt are being haunted! And all the evidence points to one improbable culprit: the ghost of her late husband. Of course it is impossible, but Madeline cannot take chances. So she dares summon the only person with the power to help her uncover the truth--Artemis Hunt.

Brilliant, relentless, reclusive, Artemis has made it his business to keep much of his private life hidden. No one knows that he's the owner of the Dream Pavilions, London's favorite pleasure gardens, or that he's a master of an arcane society. Curiosity brings him out on a fog-shrouded night to meet the infamous Wicked Widow, but his amusement quickly flees when he realizes that Madeline has learned enough about his affairs to wreak havoc on his carefully ordered existence. He must secure her guarantee never to divulge his secrets to anyone, even if it means helping her track down a phantom.

As soon as the bargain is struck, Artemis and Madeline find their arrangement complicated by a searing desire, and the frightening realization that the ghost poses a very real danger. Now they must plunge into a world of intrigue and ancient mysteries, where a tantalizing passion--and a calculating killer--will not be denied.

She's known as the Wicked Widow, for rumors abound that she dispatched her husband to the next world.  But Madeline Deveridge has a more vexing problem than her scandalous reputation.  Her husband's ghost is haunting her! She must exorcise him, and turns to Artemis Hunt for aid.  Owner of the Dream Pavilions, London's favorite pleasure gardens, Artemis is no stranger to the exotic and the mysterious.  So he agrees to join Madeline in her unusual enterprise, never expecting to find himself in the thrall of true passion.  But the ghost is a real menace -- and intent on using Madeline for a deadly purpose. -->

About The Author

Amanda Quick, a pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz, is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of contemporary and historical romances. There are nearly thirty million copies of her books in print, including Seduction, Surrender, Scandal, Rendezvous, Ravished, Reckless, Dangerous, Deception, Desire, Mistress, Mystique, Mischief, Affair, With This Ring, I Thee Wed, and Wicked Widow. She is also the author of Slightly Shady, the debut novel featuring Lavinia Lake and Tobias March. She makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, Frank.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marti on September 06, 2017

Rating system, 5-superior, 4-really enjoyed, 3-OK, 2-waste of time, 1-waste of paper. This book was a charmless perfunctory exercise in writing. I wish I dnf, but I kept reading in search of a payoff that would explain the 5 star ratings. Are there a lot of 14 year old girls on this site that have re......more

Goodreads review by Gwen on February 24, 2013

Yes, the plot is identical to 99% of her other books under the Amanda Quick pseudonym, but the enjoyment comes from the accessories she hangs on the basic plot. This book passed a pleasant afternoon.......more

Goodreads review by Mareena on January 16, 2016

Madeline Deveridge is quite aware of the epithet with which Society has marked her. They call her 'Wicked Widow' after her husband's death a year ago; convinced that Madeline shot her husband, and then set her house on fire to cover the crime. When Madeline's maid is kidnapped in front of the infamo......more

Goodreads review by Cyndi on January 04, 2019

Amanda Quick / Jayne Ann Krentz is a fall back / go to read from my " younger days" . Love her books now as much as I did the first time I picked one up! If you like a bit of mystery, some laughs , a bit of " spice " do read her books ! I don't think you , as the reader, would be disappointed in any w......more

Goodreads review by Noelia on July 21, 2016

Una de las novelas de Amanda Quick que más me ha gustado por la relación de los protagonistas y su toque de humor. Es una novela típica de la autora, con su toque paranormal y su misterio.......more


Quotes

"If you start an Amanda Quick book in the late afternoon, you'll probably spend the night with it."
The Denver Post


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