“Did it arrive?” She pulled off her hat and threw it a chair. Her wide-brimmed hat was made of the same sky-blue silk, trimmed with white fur. She was dressed for riding, wearing a cream-colored habit in the newest style: a huge collar, a great many buttons on her sky-blue waistcoat, and easily twice as many on the jacket. Hearing voices in the entry, he dropped the document in a drawer just as his twin sister, Lady Knowe, strode into the room.
Yvette had fled with her Prussian lover a year ago, leaving behind her four children-not to mention Marie’s three and his young ward, Parth-with all the concern of a cat abandoning a litter of kittens. His ill-advised marriage to Yvette was over.Ī pulse of anger went through him, and he shoved it away. That would be his second marriage since he had lost his much-beloved wife Marie a decade ago. His hand tightened into a fist, crumpling the parchment he held, the record of an “Act to dissolve the marriage of Hugo, Duke of Lindow, with Lady Yvette Mordant, and to enable the said Duke to marry again.” The Duke of Lindow dropped into a chair behind his library desk, feeling as if he’d taken a sharp blow to the gut. So Wilde Denial has a new name, My Last Duchess, and has been published as a stand-alone book. Her editor took one look and loved it so much that she asked for another 100 pages. Note: Eloisa has been serializing this story as Wilde Denial, an exclusive treat to readers who preorder her books.
When duke finds his duchess, can he win her heart?Ī Wildes series prequel about the Wilde children’s parents, Hugo, Duke of Lindow, and Ophelia, Lady Astley.
He must convince Ophelia that their blazing sensuality, his exquisite castle, and his eight charming children add up to a match made in heaven. Now he faces the greatest challenge of his life. Yet when he meets Ophelia again, the duke realizes that he will marry her, or no one. She takes one look at him and heads for her carriage.ĭesperate to find a duchess, Hugo identifies an appropriate lady to woo. Hugo takes one look at Ophelia and loses his heart, but she doesn’t want more children or a castle. Ophelia, Lady Astley, has a fine house, one well-behaved daughter-and no husband. Hugo Wilde, the Duke of Lindow, has a drafty castle, eight naughty children-and no wife.
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