When Viola comes of age, her parents insist she have a debut season along with her beautiful and flamboyant stepsister Joan. At first, this seems merely quaint, but we later find out that he was abusive to Devin. His father was known for challenging nearly every man he came in contact with to a duel.
Raised in isolation by parents who despised each other, the duke was educated at home. Living mainly in the country, he shuns society and declines to attend parliamentary sessions. The brute in question turns out to be the Duke of Wynter, Devin Lucas Augustus Elstan, the hero of the story. He speaks cruelly, and long after the incident Viola continues to feel “…a wave of horror at the memory of the man’s scathing voice and his brutal strength.” From then on, she’s petrified of social situations and avoids them. When the man realizes he and his lover are no longer alone, he accuses the woman of arranging for a witness so he’ll be forced to marry her. She accidentally comes upon a couple having a liaison. By her own reckoning, Viola is “…the opposite of a Wilde…timid, tongue-tied, and fairly useless.”Īt her first ball, an apprehensive Viola retreats to a corridor used mainly by servants. Say Yes to the Duke, the fifth entry in the series features Viola Astley, whose mother is married to the Duke of Lindow. Series readers will be pleased.The Wildes of Lindow Castle is a Georgian romance series penned by the elegant writer, Eloisa James. Despite the bungled finale, the couple's chemistry is undeniable and James's dialogue is skillful as ever. The relish taken with their early sparring and scintillating courtship sadly disappears in the inevitable third-act misunderstanding, which is sloppily rendered and unbelievable. She overhears him insulting her to his uncle, dismissing her as "not a real Wilde." Her indignation frees her from her shyness, allowing her to display a biting wit and surprising backbone when she confronts him, leading Devin to fall hard and fast. In the standout scene of Viola and Devin's first meeting, Devin retreats from the festivities for the library, where Viola has arranged a clandestine meeting with her vicar. Meanwhile, the reclusive Devin Elstan, Duke of Wynter, feels obligated to find a wife and plans to approach Viola's stepsister at their joint coming out ball.
But her crush on her family's new vicar has her determined to come out of her shell for her first London season. Viola Astley, stepdaughter to Hugo Wilde, Duke of Lindow, is painfully shy in company due partly to her insecurity that she will never measure up to her vivacious stepfamily. James delivers all the banter and sizzle her fans expect in the nuanced fifth Wildes of Lindow Castle Georgian romance (after Say No to the Duke).
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