"In Need of a Duke" is a prequel novella to the upcoming "Heart of a Duke" series by Christi Caldwell.***It was previously released as part of "The Heart of a Duke" collection. "In Need of a Duke" contains a new prologue and epilogue.Years earlier, a gypsy woman passed to Lady Aldora Adamson and her friends a heart pendant that promised them each the heart of a duke.Now, a young lady, with her family facing ruin and scandal, Lady Aldora doesn't have time for mythical stories about cheap baubles. She needs to save her sisters and brother by marrying a titled gentleman with wealth and power to his name. She sets her bespectacled sights upon the Marquess of St. James.Turned out by his father after a tragic scandal, Lord Michael Knightly has grown into a powerful, but self-made man. With the whispers and stares that still follow him, he would rather be anywhere but London...Until he meets Lady Aldora, a young woman who mistakes him for his brother, the Marquess of St. James. The connection between Aldora and Michael is immediate and as they come to know one another, Aldora's feelings for Michael war with her sisterly responsibilities. With her family in dire straits, a man of Michael's scandalous past wlll never do.Ultimatley, Aldora must choose between her responsibilities as a sister and her love for Michael.