An Honest Bargain: Harlequin comics

Audra had two precious childhood friends. The three of them were always together, and Audra ended up marrying one of them, a man named Jeremy. Soon after the death of her husband in the war, his large gambling debts came to light. People are now demanding that she use her body to pay off his debts...! But her other childhood friend, British Army Lieutenant Bryan Langford, arrives during her grief-stricken state. "He's the last person I want to see me in this unfortunate state with lewd men swarming around me like hyenas!"