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− | + | I'm a writer, a professor, a mother - and a wife. My husband Alessandro is Italian, born in Florence. We spend the lazy summer months with his mother and sister in Italy. It always strikes me as a huge irony that as a romance writer I find myself married to a knight, a cavaliere, as you say in Italian. | |
− | + | I write novels as Eloisa James and Mary Bly, but when I’m not writing, I'm Professor Bly, who teaches Shakespeare at Fordham. It's rather like having two lives. The other day I bought a delicious pink suit to tape a television segment on romance; I'll never wear that suit to teach in, nor even to give a paper at the Shakespeare Association of America conference. It's like being Superman, with power suits for both lives. Yet the literature professor in me certainly plays into my romances. The Taming of the Duke (April 2006) has obvious Shakespearean resonances, as do many of my novels. I often weave early modern poetry into my work; the same novel might contain bits of Catullus, Shakespeare and anonymous bawdy ballads from the 16th century. | |
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− | + | When I rip off my power suit, whether it's academic or romantic, underneath is the rather tired, chocolate-stained sweatshirt of a mom. Just as I use Shakespeare in my romances, I almost always employ my experiences as a mother. When I wrote about a miscarriage in Midnight Pleasures, A reigning queen of romanceI used my own fears of premature birth; when the little girl in Fool For Love threw up and threw up, I described my own daughter, who had that unsavory habit for well over her first year of life. I've collected many such connections between my life and books on this site, with the Inside Take for each story. | |
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− | + | I am very active on social networks, participate in The Eloisa James book club (where hundreds of readers come together online to discuss my books), give interviews several times a year, and love creating special content for readers so as to extend the reading experience for all of my books. | |
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+ | I grew up on a steady diet of fairy tales, since my father was fascinated by them. When I was a child, he was just breaking into fairy tale analysis, as it were. I have a distinct memory of being challenged to give a psychological explanation of the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. I haven’t the faintest idea what I said; what I do remember is my father saying with real surprise in his voice: “That was brilliant. You’re a natural!” | ||
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+ | I rejoiced in having caught his attention, I don’t suppose it will surprise anyone to find that I’m now a professor of English literature, with a penchant for rewriting fairy stories. It's as if I were Gilbert and Sullivan -- born into the family of Bach! My father is Robert Bly, winner of the American Book Award for poetry. When I was in graduate school, he wrote a long analysis of a fairy tale of my childhood, called Iron John. While I am not interested in the kind of cultural analysis my father did in Iron John, I inherited his fascination with the complexity of literary texts. He has always been deeply loving father—but at times he was so caught in a web of words that he didn’t notice the children milling about him. Desperate Duchesses is dedicated to my father, and features the tale of a young woman growing up with an eccentric, dramatic poet for a father! | ||
== On the Web == | == On the Web == | ||
− | *[ | + | * Official Website [https://www.eloisajames.com/s] |
− | *[ | + | * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloisa_James] |
+ | |||
+ | ==See Also== | ||
+ | * [[Mary Bly]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Books == | ||
+ | * ''[[An Affair Before Christmas|Affair Before Christmas, An]]'' - 2007 | ||
+ | * ''[[Bea]]'' - 2023 | ||
+ | * ''[[Borne To Be Wilde]]'' - 2018 | ||
+ | * ''[[Desperate Duchesses]]'' - 2007 | ||
+ | * ''[[Duchess By Night]]'' - 2008 | ||
+ | * ''[[Duchess In Love]]'' - 2002 | ||
+ | * ''[[A Duke Of Her Own|Duke Of Her Own, A]]'' - 2007 | ||
+ | * ''[[The Duke Is Mine|Duke Is Mine, The]]'' - 2023 | ||
+ | * ''[[Ella]]'' - 2018 | ||
+ | * ''[[Enchanting Pleasures]]'' - 2007 | ||
+ | * ''[[Fool For Love]]'' - 2008 | ||
+ | * ''[[A Fool Again|Fool Again, A]]'' - 2023 | ||
+ | * ''[[Four Nights With The Duke]]'' - 2002 | ||
+ | * ''[[A Gentleman Never Tells|Gentleman Never Tells, A]]'' - 2003 | ||
+ | * ''[[How To Be A Wallflower]]'' - 2004 | ||
+ | * ''[[A Kiss At Midnight|Kiss At Midnight, A]]'' - 2015 | ||
+ | * ''[[Kiss Me, Annabel]]'' - 2016 | ||
+ | * ''[[The Lady Most Likely...|Lady Most Likely..., The]]'' - 2022 | ||
+ | * ''[[The Lady Most Willing...|Lady Most Willing..., The]]'' - 2010 | ||
+ | * ''[[Midnight Pleasures]]'' - 2005 | ||
+ | * ''[[A Midsummer Night's Disgrace|Midsummer Night's Disgrace, A]]'' - 2011 | ||
+ | * ''[[A Mistletoe Kiss|Mistletoe Kiss, A]]'' - 2013 | ||
+ | * ''[[Much Ado About You]]'' - 2000 | ||
+ | * ''[[My American Duchess]]'' - 2017 | ||
+ | * ''[[My Last Duchess]]'' - 2021 | ||
+ | * ''[[Not That Duke]]'' - 2005 | ||
+ | * ''[[The Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide|Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide, The]]'' - 2016 | ||
+ | * ''[[Once Upon A Tower]]'' - 2013 | ||
+ | * ''[[Paris In Love]]'' - 2012 | ||
+ | * ''[[Pleasure For Pleasure]]'' - 2006 | ||
+ | * ''[[Potent Pleasures]]'' - 1999 | ||
+ | * ''[[A Proper Englishwoman|Proper Englishwoman, A]]'' - 2012 | ||
+ | * ''[[The Reluctant Countess|Reluctant Countess, The]]'' - 2006 | ||
+ | * ''[[Say No To The Duke]]'' - 1999 | ||
+ | * ''[[Say Yes To The Duke]]'' - 205 | ||
+ | * ''[[Seduced By A Pirate]]'' - 2022 | ||
+ | * ''[[Seven Minutes In Heaven]]'' - 2017 | ||
+ | * ''[[Storming The Castle]]'' - 2010 | ||
+ | * ''[[The Taming Of The Duke|Taming Of The Duke, The]]'' - 2006 | ||
+ | * ''[[This Duchess Of Mine]]'' - 2009 | ||
+ | * ''[[Three Weeks With Lady X]]'' - 2014 | ||
+ | * ''[[Too Wilde To Wed]]'' - 2018 | ||
+ | * ''[[The Ugly Duchess|Ugly Duchess, The]]'' - 2012 | ||
+ | * ''[[When The Duke Returns]]'' - 2008 | ||
+ | * ''[[When Beauty Tamed The Beast]]'' - 2011 | ||
+ | * ''[[A Wild Pursuit|Wild Pursuit, A]]'' - 2004 | ||
+ | * ''[[Wilde Child]]'' - 2021 | ||
+ | * ''[[Wilde In Love]]'' - 2017 | ||
+ | * ''[[Winning The Wallflower]]'' - 2011 | ||
+ | * ''[[With This Kiss]]'' - 2013 | ||
+ | * ''[[Your Wicked Ways]]'' - 2004 | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Anthologies == | ||
+ | * ''[[The Lady Most Likely - Anthology|The Lady Most Likely]]'' - 2010 | ||
+ | * ''[[The One That Got Away - Anthology|The One That Got Away]]'' - 2004 | ||
+ | * ''[[Talk Of The Ton - Anthology|Talk Of The Ton]]'' - 2005 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Series/Related Titles== | ||
+ | '''Desperate Duchesses''' | ||
+ | # ''[[Desperate Duchesses]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[An Affair Before Christmas]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Duchess By Night]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[When The Duke Returns]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[This Duchess Of Mine]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[A Duke Of Her Own]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Three Weeks With Lady X]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Four Nights With The Duke]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Seven Minutes In Heaven]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Duchess In Love''' | ||
+ | # ''[[Duchess In Love]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Fool For Love]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[A Wild Pursuit]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Your Wicked Ways]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Essex Sisters''' | ||
+ | : 1. ''[[Much Ado About You]]'' | ||
+ | : 2. ''[[Kiss Me, Annabel]]'' | ||
+ | : 3. ''[[The Taming Of The Duke]]'' | ||
+ | : 4. ''[[Pleasure For Pleasure]]'' | ||
+ | :: 4.5 ''[[A Gentleman Never Tells]]'' | ||
+ | : 5. ''[[The Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide]]'' | ||
+ | : 5. ''[[A Midsummer Night's Disgrace]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Fairytale Retellings:Beauty And The Beast''' (multi-author series) | ||
+ | * ''[[When Beauty Tamed The Beast]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Fairytale Retellings:Cinderella''' (multi-author series) | ||
+ | * ''[[A Kiss At Midnight]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Fairytale Retellings:Rapunzel''' (multi-author series) | ||
+ | * ''[[Once Upon A Tower]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Fairytale Retellings:The Princess And The Pea''' (multi-author series) | ||
+ | * ''[[The Duke Is Mine]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Fairytale Retellings:The Ugly Duckling''' (multi-author series) | ||
+ | * ''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Fairy Tales''' | ||
+ | : 1. ''[[A Kiss At Midnight]]'' | ||
+ | :: 1.5 ''[[Storming The Castle]]'' | ||
+ | : 2. ''[[When Beauty Tamed The Beast]]'' | ||
+ | :: 2.5 ''[[Winning The Wallflower]]'' | ||
+ | : 3. ''[[The Duke Is Mine]]'' | ||
+ | : 4. ''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' | ||
+ | :: 4.25 ''[[Seduced By A Pirate]]'' | ||
+ | :: 4.5 ''[[With This Kiss]]'' | ||
+ | : 5. ''[[Once Upon A Tower]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Lucius Felton''' | ||
+ | :: .5 ''[[A Fool Again]]'' | ||
+ | : 1. ''[[Much Ado About You]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Pleasures''' | ||
+ | # ''[[Potent Pleasures]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Midnight Pleasures]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Enchanting Pleasures]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Seduction''' | ||
+ | # ''[[Bea]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Ella]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Wildes Of Lindow Castle''' | ||
+ | :: .5 ''[[My Last Duchess]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Wilde In Love]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Too Wilde To Wed]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Born To Be Wilde]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Say No To The Duke]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Say Yes To The Duke]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Wilde Child]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Would-Be Wallflowers''' | ||
+ | # ''[[How To Be A Wallflower]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[The Reluctant Countess]]'' | ||
+ | # ''[[Not That Duke]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Awards== | ||
+ | *2014 [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - British Isles Historical Romance, ''[[Three Weeks With Lady X]]'' | ||
+ | *2013 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Romance Novella, ''[[Seduced By A Pirate]]'' | ||
+ | *2005 [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Winner - Best Romance Novella, ''[[A Proper Englishwoman]]'' | ||
+ | *2004 [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Historical Anthology, ''[[A Fool Again]]'' | ||
+ | *2002 [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Regency Historical Romance, ''[[Duchess In Love]]'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Recognitions== | ||
+ | *2022 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[How To Be A Wallflower]]'' | ||
+ | *2021 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Wilde Child]]'' | ||
+ | *2020 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Say Yes To The Duke]]'' | ||
+ | *2019 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Say No To The Duke]]'' | ||
+ | *2018 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances, ''[[A Duke Of Her Own]]'' | ||
+ | *2018 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances, ''[[When Beauty Tamed The Beast]]'' | ||
+ | *2018 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Born To Be Wilde]]'' | ||
+ | *2018 [[Library Journal]] Best Books - Romance, ''[[Too Wilde To Wed]]'' | ||
+ | *2018 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Too Wilde To Wed]]'' | ||
+ | *2017 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Seven Minutes In Heaven]]'' | ||
+ | *2017 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Wilde In Love]]'' | ||
+ | *2017 [[Kirkus Reviews]] Starred Review, ''[[Wilde In Love]]'' | ||
+ | *2017 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Seven Minutes In Heaven]]'' | ||
+ | *2017 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Wilde In Love]]'' | ||
+ | *2016 [[Kirkus Reviews]] Starred Review, ''[[Seven Minutes In Heaven]]'' | ||
+ | *2016 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[A Gentleman Never Tells]]'' | ||
+ | *2016 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[My American Duchess]]'' | ||
+ | *2015 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Four Nights With The Duke]]'' | ||
+ | *2015 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[My American Duchess]]'' | ||
+ | *2015 [[Kirkus Reviews]] Starred Review, ''[[Four Nights With The Duke]]'' | ||
+ | *2015 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Four Nights With The Duke]]'' | ||
+ | *2014 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Honorable Mention - Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K., ''[[Three Weeks With Lady X]]'' | ||
+ | *2014 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Honorable Mention - Best Romance Hero, ''[[Three Weeks With Lady X]]'' | ||
+ | *2014 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Three Weeks With Lady X]]'' | ||
+ | *2014 [[Kirkus Reviews]] Starred Review, ''[[Three Weeks With Lady X]]'' | ||
+ | *2014 [[Library Journal]] Starred Review, ''[[Three Weeks With Lady X]]'' | ||
+ | *2014 [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Three Weeks With Lady X]]'' | ||
+ | *2014 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Three Weeks With Lady X]]'' | ||
+ | *2013 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#60), ''[[When Beauty Tamed The Beast]]'' | ||
+ | *2013 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Once Upon A Tower]]'' | ||
+ | *2013 [[Library Journal]] Starred Review, ''[[Once Upon A Tower]]'' | ||
+ | *2013 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Once Upon A Tower]]'' | ||
+ | *2012 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' | ||
+ | *2012 [[Library Journal]] Starred Review, ''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' | ||
+ | *2012 [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' | ||
+ | *2012 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Regency Historical Romance, ''[[When Beauty Tamed The Beast]]'' | ||
+ | *2012 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' | ||
+ | *2011 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Biggest Tearjerker, ''[[When Beauty Tamed The Beast]]'' | ||
+ | *2011 [[Library Journal]] Starred Review, ''[[The Duke Is Mine]]'' | ||
+ | *2011 [[Library Journal]] Starred Review, ''[[When Beauty Tamed The Beast]]'' | ||
+ | *2011 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Historical Romance, ''[[A Kiss At Midnight]]'' | ||
+ | *2011 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[The Duke Is Mine]]'' | ||
+ | *2010 [[Library Journal]] Starred Review, ''[[A Kiss At Midnight]]'' | ||
+ | *2009 [[Library Journal]] Starred Review, ''[[A Duke Of Her Own]]'' | ||
+ | *2009 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Historical Romance, ''[[Duchess By Night]]'' | ||
+ | *2008 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[When The Duke Returns]]'' | ||
+ | *2007 [[Library Journal]] Starred Review, ''[[Desperate Duchesses]]'' | ||
+ | *2007 [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[An Affair Before Christmas]]'' | ||
+ | *2007 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Short Historical Romance, ''[[The Taming Of The Duke]]'' | ||
+ | *2006 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Pleasure For Pleasure]]'' | ||
+ | *2006 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[The Taming Of The Duke]]'' | ||
+ | *2006 [[Library Journal]] Starred Review, ''[[The Taming Of The Duke]]'' | ||
+ | *2006 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romance Novella, "A Proper Englishwoman" in ''[[Talk Of The Ton]]'' | ||
+ | *2005 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Much Ado About You]]'' | ||
+ | *2005 [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Kiss Me, Annabel]]'' | ||
+ | *2004 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Long Historical Romance, ''[[Fool For Love]]'' | ||
+ | *2002 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Long Historical Romance, ''[[Enchanting Pleasures]]'' | ||
+ | *2001 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Long Historical Romance, ''[[Midnight Pleasures]]'' | ||
− | == | + | == Awards (body of work) == |
− | * [ | + | *2005 [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Innovative Historical Romance |
Latest revision as of 20:15, 2 October 2024
I'm a writer, a professor, a mother - and a wife. My husband Alessandro is Italian, born in Florence. We spend the lazy summer months with his mother and sister in Italy. It always strikes me as a huge irony that as a romance writer I find myself married to a knight, a cavaliere, as you say in Italian.
I write novels as Eloisa James and Mary Bly, but when I’m not writing, I'm Professor Bly, who teaches Shakespeare at Fordham. It's rather like having two lives. The other day I bought a delicious pink suit to tape a television segment on romance; I'll never wear that suit to teach in, nor even to give a paper at the Shakespeare Association of America conference. It's like being Superman, with power suits for both lives. Yet the literature professor in me certainly plays into my romances. The Taming of the Duke (April 2006) has obvious Shakespearean resonances, as do many of my novels. I often weave early modern poetry into my work; the same novel might contain bits of Catullus, Shakespeare and anonymous bawdy ballads from the 16th century.
When I rip off my power suit, whether it's academic or romantic, underneath is the rather tired, chocolate-stained sweatshirt of a mom. Just as I use Shakespeare in my romances, I almost always employ my experiences as a mother. When I wrote about a miscarriage in Midnight Pleasures, A reigning queen of romanceI used my own fears of premature birth; when the little girl in Fool For Love threw up and threw up, I described my own daughter, who had that unsavory habit for well over her first year of life. I've collected many such connections between my life and books on this site, with the Inside Take for each story.
I am very active on social networks, participate in The Eloisa James book club (where hundreds of readers come together online to discuss my books), give interviews several times a year, and love creating special content for readers so as to extend the reading experience for all of my books.
I grew up on a steady diet of fairy tales, since my father was fascinated by them. When I was a child, he was just breaking into fairy tale analysis, as it were. I have a distinct memory of being challenged to give a psychological explanation of the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. I haven’t the faintest idea what I said; what I do remember is my father saying with real surprise in his voice: “That was brilliant. You’re a natural!”
I rejoiced in having caught his attention, I don’t suppose it will surprise anyone to find that I’m now a professor of English literature, with a penchant for rewriting fairy stories. It's as if I were Gilbert and Sullivan -- born into the family of Bach! My father is Robert Bly, winner of the American Book Award for poetry. When I was in graduate school, he wrote a long analysis of a fairy tale of my childhood, called Iron John. While I am not interested in the kind of cultural analysis my father did in Iron John, I inherited his fascination with the complexity of literary texts. He has always been deeply loving father—but at times he was so caught in a web of words that he didn’t notice the children milling about him. Desperate Duchesses is dedicated to my father, and features the tale of a young woman growing up with an eccentric, dramatic poet for a father!
Contents
On the Web
See Also
Books
- Affair Before Christmas, An - 2007
- Bea - 2023
- Borne To Be Wilde - 2018
- Desperate Duchesses - 2007
- Duchess By Night - 2008
- Duchess In Love - 2002
- Duke Of Her Own, A - 2007
- Duke Is Mine, The - 2023
- Ella - 2018
- Enchanting Pleasures - 2007
- Fool For Love - 2008
- Fool Again, A - 2023
- Four Nights With The Duke - 2002
- Gentleman Never Tells, A - 2003
- How To Be A Wallflower - 2004
- Kiss At Midnight, A - 2015
- Kiss Me, Annabel - 2016
- Lady Most Likely..., The - 2022
- Lady Most Willing..., The - 2010
- Midnight Pleasures - 2005
- Midsummer Night's Disgrace, A - 2011
- Mistletoe Kiss, A - 2013
- Much Ado About You - 2000
- My American Duchess - 2017
- My Last Duchess - 2021
- Not That Duke - 2005
- Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide, The - 2016
- Once Upon A Tower - 2013
- Paris In Love - 2012
- Pleasure For Pleasure - 2006
- Potent Pleasures - 1999
- Proper Englishwoman, A - 2012
- Reluctant Countess, The - 2006
- Say No To The Duke - 1999
- Say Yes To The Duke - 205
- Seduced By A Pirate - 2022
- Seven Minutes In Heaven - 2017
- Storming The Castle - 2010
- Taming Of The Duke, The - 2006
- This Duchess Of Mine - 2009
- Three Weeks With Lady X - 2014
- Too Wilde To Wed - 2018
- Ugly Duchess, The - 2012
- When The Duke Returns - 2008
- When Beauty Tamed The Beast - 2011
- Wild Pursuit, A - 2004
- Wilde Child - 2021
- Wilde In Love - 2017
- Winning The Wallflower - 2011
- With This Kiss - 2013
- Your Wicked Ways - 2004
Anthologies
- The Lady Most Likely - 2010
- The One That Got Away - 2004
- Talk Of The Ton - 2005
Series/Related Titles
Desperate Duchesses
- Desperate Duchesses
- An Affair Before Christmas
- Duchess By Night
- When The Duke Returns
- This Duchess Of Mine
- A Duke Of Her Own
- Three Weeks With Lady X
- Four Nights With The Duke
- Seven Minutes In Heaven
Duchess In Love
Essex Sisters
- 1. Much Ado About You
- 2. Kiss Me, Annabel
- 3. The Taming Of The Duke
- 4. Pleasure For Pleasure
- 5. The Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide
- 5. A Midsummer Night's Disgrace
Fairytale Retellings:Beauty And The Beast (multi-author series)
Fairytale Retellings:Cinderella (multi-author series)
Fairytale Retellings:Rapunzel (multi-author series)
Fairytale Retellings:The Princess And The Pea (multi-author series)
Fairytale Retellings:The Ugly Duckling (multi-author series)
Fairy Tales
- 1. A Kiss At Midnight
- 2. When Beauty Tamed The Beast
- 3. The Duke Is Mine
- 4. The Ugly Duchess
- 4.25 Seduced By A Pirate
- 4.5 With This Kiss
- 5. Once Upon A Tower
Lucius Felton
Pleasures
Seduction
Wildes Of Lindow Castle
Would-Be Wallflowers
Awards
- 2014 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - British Isles Historical Romance, Three Weeks With Lady X
- 2013 RITA Award Winner - Romance Novella, Seduced By A Pirate
- 2005 Romance Readers Anonymous Award Winner - Best Romance Novella, A Proper Englishwoman
- 2004 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Historical Anthology, A Fool Again
- 2002 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Regency Historical Romance, Duchess In Love
Recognitions
- 2022 Booklist Starred Review, How To Be A Wallflower
- 2021 Booklist Starred Review, Wilde Child
- 2020 Booklist Starred Review, Say Yes To The Duke
- 2019 Booklist Starred Review, Say No To The Duke
- 2018 All About Romance Reader Award Top 100 Romances, A Duke Of Her Own
- 2018 All About Romance Reader Award Top 100 Romances, When Beauty Tamed The Beast
- 2018 Booklist Starred Review, Born To Be Wilde
- 2018 Library Journal Best Books - Romance, Too Wilde To Wed
- 2018 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Too Wilde To Wed
- 2017 Booklist Starred Review, Seven Minutes In Heaven
- 2017 Booklist Starred Review, Wilde In Love
- 2017 Kirkus Reviews Starred Review, Wilde In Love
- 2017 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Seven Minutes In Heaven
- 2017 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Wilde In Love
- 2016 Kirkus Reviews Starred Review, Seven Minutes In Heaven
- 2016 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, A Gentleman Never Tells
- 2016 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, My American Duchess
- 2015 Booklist Starred Review, Four Nights With The Duke
- 2015 Booklist Starred Review, My American Duchess
- 2015 Kirkus Reviews Starred Review, Four Nights With The Duke
- 2015 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Four Nights With The Duke
- 2014 All About Romance Reader Award Honorable Mention - Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K., Three Weeks With Lady X
- 2014 All About Romance Reader Award Honorable Mention - Best Romance Hero, Three Weeks With Lady X
- 2014 Booklist Starred Review, Three Weeks With Lady X
- 2014 Kirkus Reviews Starred Review, Three Weeks With Lady X
- 2014 Library Journal Starred Review, Three Weeks With Lady X
- 2014 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, Three Weeks With Lady X
- 2014 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Three Weeks With Lady X
- 2013 All About Romance Reader Award Top 100 Romances (#60), When Beauty Tamed The Beast
- 2013 Booklist Starred Review, Once Upon A Tower
- 2013 Library Journal Starred Review, Once Upon A Tower
- 2013 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Once Upon A Tower
- 2012 Booklist Starred Review, The Ugly Duchess
- 2012 Library Journal Starred Review, The Ugly Duchess
- 2012 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, The Ugly Duchess
- 2012 RITA Award Finalist - Regency Historical Romance, When Beauty Tamed The Beast
- 2012 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, The Ugly Duchess
- 2011 All About Romance Reader Award Winner - Biggest Tearjerker, When Beauty Tamed The Beast
- 2011 Library Journal Starred Review, The Duke Is Mine
- 2011 Library Journal Starred Review, When Beauty Tamed The Beast
- 2011 RITA Award Finalist - Historical Romance, A Kiss At Midnight
- 2011 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, The Duke Is Mine
- 2010 Library Journal Starred Review, A Kiss At Midnight
- 2009 Library Journal Starred Review, A Duke Of Her Own
- 2009 RITA Award Finalist - Historical Romance, Duchess By Night
- 2008 Booklist Starred Review, When The Duke Returns
- 2007 Library Journal Starred Review, Desperate Duchesses
- 2007 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, An Affair Before Christmas
- 2007 RITA Award Finalist - Short Historical Romance, The Taming Of The Duke
- 2006 Booklist Starred Review, Pleasure For Pleasure
- 2006 Booklist Starred Review, The Taming Of The Duke
- 2006 Library Journal Starred Review, The Taming Of The Duke
- 2006 RITA Award Finalist - Romance Novella, "A Proper Englishwoman" in Talk Of The Ton
- 2005 Booklist Starred Review, Much Ado About You
- 2005 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, Kiss Me, Annabel
- 2004 RITA Award Finalist - Long Historical Romance, Fool For Love
- 2002 RITA Award Finalist - Long Historical Romance, Enchanting Pleasures
- 2001 RITA Award Finalist - Long Historical Romance, Midnight Pleasures
Awards (body of work)
- 2005 RT Career Achievement Award Winner - Innovative Historical Romance