In ONE NIGHT TO SURRENDER, the follow-up to ONE NIGHT TO SCANDAL, Ferguson’s sister Ellie gets a second chance to overcome her father’s influence and reclaim her lost love.

A Not-So-Merry Widow…

Ellie Claiborne, née Stafford, is known as the merriest widow in London. She throws the most notorious parties, runs with the fastest crowd, and sees her life play out in the gossip rags. But while she gains fulfillment by secretly aiding some of London’s poorest women, she dreads the day when it will all come crashing down around her ears. Her unlamented husband’s heir is none other than her first love — and if he ever returns to claim his inheritance, she doubts that her traitorous heart can survive seeing him again.

A Hardened Rake…

Nicholas Claiborne loved Ellie at first sight — and hated her when she accepted the marriage that her father arranged with his cousin. He left England the night before the wedding, and has spent the last seven years amassing a fortune and ignoring his role as the new marquess. His tours have taken him through some of the most pleasurable cities in the Orient, but he can’t erase the memories of the damnable redhead who stole his heart. All his dreams lead back to Ellie — whether it’s dumping her into the Thames or draping her in the bells of a harem girl. But when his mother sends a deathbed demand for him to return to London, he cannot refuse — even if it means sharing a house with the one woman he has tried so hard to forget.

A Second Seduction…

When the heir finally returns, bringing with him a retinue of servants and exotic animals that shocks even her most jaded houseguests, Ellie digs in for a siege. Nicholas despises Ellie’s transformation from sweet debutante to seductive widow — and decides to take revenge on the woman who betrayed him. As their battles rage across the drawing rooms and bedchambers of the ton, the sparks between them reignite a passion that neither can control. But as her desire threatens to overwhelm her sanity, Ellie must decide whether to trust the man who once left her alone to her fate. And when Nicholas discovers the truth about Ellie’s scandalous life, he must choose whether to pursue his revenge — or fall in love with her all over again.



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Posted 28 June 2009, 9:05 pm