Say Yes to the Duke: The Wildes of Lindow Castle

Eloisa James

May 2020 · The Wildes of Lindow Castle Book 5 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

A shy wallflower meets her dream man--or does she?--in the next book in New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James' Wildes of Lindow series.

Miss Viola Astley is so painfully shy that she’s horrified by the mere idea of dancing with a stranger; her upcoming London debut feels like a nightmare.

So she’s overjoyed to meet handsome, quiet vicar with no interest in polite society — but just when she catches his attention, her reputation is compromised by a duke.

Devin Lucas Augustus Elstan, Duke of Wynter, will stop at nothing to marry Viola, including marrying a woman whom he believes to be in love with another man.

A vicar, no less.

Devin knows he’s no saint, but he’s used to conquest, and he’s determined to win Viola’s heart.

Viola has already said Yes to his proposal, but now he wants her unruly heart…and he won’t accept No for an answer.

Ratings and reviews

I would give this 5 stars but I didnt understand all the Biblical references. I wish the auther included a list of the Church hierarchy mentioned in the book, and a 1 sentence description of each posistion. I had to keep going to google to figure out what everyones roles were and how they relate, quite distracting when reading, I got sidetracked many times. Also LOVED the épilogue wish it was longer, or a whole separate book. Conclusion: I will not read any other books by this author, given the amount of bible references I didn't understand. Can someone please let me kow if all her books reference the bible this much? If the author has other books with brief mentioning of the bible thats fine, please recommend them to me, as I enjoyed her writing style otherwise.

This is the first book that I can remember reading which is authored by Eloisa James. It is from her highly popular Wildes of Lindow Castle series. I found that for the most part I greatly enjoyed the story and would like to read additional offerings in the series. Timid, tongue-tied, Viola Astley, a step-daughter of the Duke of Lindow, makes her debut in society and manages to attract the attention of Devin Elstan, Duke of Wynter. He is determined to have her. She wants nothing to do with the Duke. After meeting the new vicar, she is love-struck, and feels life with him in the country is preferable to life in society. One thing stands in the way, he is already betrothed. I enjoyed the contrasting stories going on with Olivia trying to gain the attention of the vicar, the Duke trying to gain the interest of Olivia, and the side stories going on with the vicar’s unlikable betrothed, Otis, Devin's cousin, Olivia’s step-sister, and her best friend. I thought the dialogue was good and the banter between Olivia and Devin very witty. I loved Olivia’s pets as well as the humor in this work, especially regarding the Biblical play. There is some steam to the story of Olivia and Devin but it was not offensive. This is an engaging read worthy of 4 stars with a steam level of 3.

This book was well written and I liked Devin and Viola and their story overall. I will say there was some superfluous information and I wish there was a little more to Viola and Devin's courtship of sorts. The conflict, if you could call it that, in this story was also weak. Overall Eloisa James is a great author and provides great entertainment in her books. I just wanted a little more from this story.

About the author

Eloisa James is a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author and professor of English literature, who lives with her family in New York, but can sometimes be found in Paris or Italy. She is the mother of two and, in a particularly delicious irony for a romance writer, is married to a genuine Italian knight.