How to stop a wedding: Young, widowed, and penniless, Lily Andrews, the Countess of Merrill, has strong opinions on marriage. When she spots a certain engagement announcement in The Times, she decides to take action. She will not allow another hapless girl to fall prey to a man-particularly the scoundrel who broke her heart five years ago. Anonymously she writes and distributes a pamphlet entitled ''Secrets of a Wedding Night'', knowing it will find its way into his intended's innocent hands...How to seduce a widow: Devon Morgan, the Marquis of Colton, desires a good wife and mother to his son-someone completely unlike Lily Andrews, the heartless beauty who led him on a merry chase five years ago only to reject him. When Devon's new fiancee cries off after reading a certain scandalous pamphlet, he vows to track down the author and make her pay. But when he learns it's his former fiancee Lily, he issues a challenge: write a retraction or prepare to be seduced-to find out how wonderful a wedding night can be...