My Last Duchess Av Eloisa James

<p><font>''Nothing gets me to a bookstore faster than Eloisa James'' <b>Julia Quinn</b></font size><br><b><i><br>New York Times</i> bestselling author Eloisa James returns to the Wildes series with a prequel novella about the Wilde children''s parents, Hugo, Duke of Lindow, and Ophelia, Lady Astley.</b><br><br><font><b>Every Duke needs a Duchess...</b></font size><br><br>Hugo Wilde, the Duke of Lindow, has a drafty castle, eight naughty children - and no wife. Ophelia, Lady Astley, has a fine house, one well-behaved daughter - and no husband. <br><br>Hugo takes one look at Ophelia and loses his heart, but she doesn''t want more children or a castle. She takes one look at him and heads for her carriage. <br><br>Desperate to find a duchess, Hugo identifies an appropriate lady to woo. Yet when he meets Ophelia again, the duke realises that he will marry her, or no one. <br><br>Now he faces the greatest challenge of his life.<br><br>He must convince Ophelia that their b