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A LORD IN WANT OF A WIFERuined and on the run, Julia Prior is in desperate straits when she meets a gentleman with a shocking proposal. Certain he is close to death, William Hadfield, Lord Dereham, believes Julia to be the perfect woman to care for his beloved estate when he is gone – if she will first become his wife…Marriage is Julia’s salvation – as Lady Dereham she can finally escape her sins. Until three years later, when the husband she believes is dead returns as handsome and strong as ever and intent on claiming the wedding night they never had!