Order of Eloisa James Books
Eloisa James is an American author of historical romance novels. She is the author of the Pleasures Trilogy, Duchess Quartet, Essex Sisters, Desperate Duchesses and Happily Ever After series. Eloisa (real name Mary Bly) is the daughter of two writers – her father is poet Robert Bly and her mother, Carol Bly, wrote short stories. Aside from being a bestselling novelist, Eloisa is also an associate professor at Fordham University, teaching English Literature. For a long time, Eloisa kept her pen name as a novelist and her academic careers separate, going as far as wearing contacts rather than glasses. She decided to reveal her identity when her readers thought her hidden identity implied she was ashamed of the genre she was writing in, which was not the case. As soon as she revealed her identity, she handed her novels out to fellow professors and wrote an editorial in defense of the romance novel.
Eloisa James became a published novelist in 1999 with the novel Potent Pleasures. Below is a list of Eloisa James’ books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Desperate Duchesses Books
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Desperate Duchesses |
(2007) |
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An Affair Before Christmas |
(2007) |
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Duchess By Night |
(2007) |
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When the Duke Returns |
(2008) |
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This Duchess of Mine |
(2009) |
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A Duke of Her Own |
(2009) |
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Three Weeks With Lady X |
(2014) |
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Four Nights With the Duke |
(2015) |
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Seven Minutes in Heaven |
(2017) |
Publication Order of Duchess Quartet Books
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Duchess in Love |
(2002) |
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Fool for Love |
(2003) |
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A Wild Pursuit |
(2004) |
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Your Wicked Ways |
(2004) |
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A Fool Again |
(2011) |
Publication Order of Essex Sisters Books
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Much Ado About You |
(2004) |
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Kiss Me, Annabel |
(2005) |
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The Taming of the Duke |
(2006) |
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Pleasure for Pleasure |
(2006) |
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A Gentleman Never Tells |
(2016) |
Publication Order of Essex Sisters Non-Fiction Books
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The Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide |
(2016) |
Publication Order of Fairy Tales Books
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A Kiss at Midnight |
(2010) |
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When Beauty Tamed the Beast |
(2011) |
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The Duke Is Mine |
(2011) |
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The Ugly Duchess |
(2012) |
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Once Upon a Tower |
(2013) |
Publication Order of Happily Ever After… Books
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Storming the Castle |
(2010) |
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Winning the Wallflower |
(2011) |
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Seduced by a Pirate |
(2012) |
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With this Kiss: Part 1 |
(2013) |
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With this Kiss: Part 2 |
(2013) |
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With this Kiss: Part 3 |
(2013) |
Publication Order of Lady Most Books
(with Julia Quinn, Connie Brockway)
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The Lady Most Likely… |
(2010) |
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The Lady Most Willing… |
(2012) |
Publication Order of Pleasures Trilogy Books
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Potent Pleasures |
(1999) |
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Midnight Pleasures |
(2000) |
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Enchanting Pleasures |
(2002) |
Publication Order of Seduction Books
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Two Dances and a Duke |
(2023) |
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Two Vows and a Viscount |
(2023) |
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Two Masquerades and a Major |
(2023) |
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Two Lies and a Lord |
(2024) |
Publication Order of Wildes Of Lindow Castle Books
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Wilde in Love |
(2017) |
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Too Wilde to Wed |
(2018) |
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Born to Be Wilde |
(2018) |
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Say No to the Duke |
(2019) |
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Say Yes to the Duke |
(2020) |
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My Last Duchess |
(2020) |
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Wilde Child |
(2021) |
Publication Order of Would-Be Wallflowers Books
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How to Be a Wallflower |
(2022) |
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The Reluctant Countess |
(2022) |
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Not That Duke |
(2023) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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My American Duchess |
(2015) |
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Viscount in Love |
(2024) |
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Hardly a Gentleman |
(2025) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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To Wed a Rake |
(2005) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Talk of the Ton |
(2005) |
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As You Wish |
(2013) |
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Midsummer Delights |
(2018) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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Paris in Love |
(2012) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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The One That Got Away |
(2004) |
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It Happened One Valentine’s Day |
(2013) |
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Mistletoe Christmas |
(2021) |
Notes: The Lady Most series was written with Connie Brockway and Julia Quinn. The One That Got Away also contains stories by Victoria Alexander, Liz Carlyle and Cathy Maxwell. Talk of the Ton also includes stories by Rebecca Hagan Lee, Julia London and Jacqueline Navin. To Wed a Rake was originally published as A Proper Englishwoman in the anthology Talk of the Ton. The Essex Sisters Companion Guide is co-authored by Jody Gayle.