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Eloisa James

New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James writes historical romances for HarperCollins Publishers. Her novels have been published to great acclaim. A reviewer from USA Today wrote of Eloisa's very first book that she "found herself devouring the book like a dieter with a Hershey bar"; later People Magazine raved that "romance writing does not get much better than this." Her novels have repeatedly received starred reviews from Publishers' Weekly and Library Journal and regularly appear on the best-seller lists. After graduating from Harvard University, Eloisa got an M.Phil. from Oxford University, a Ph.D. from Yale and eventually became a Shakespeare professor, publishing an academic book with Oxford University Press. Her "double life" is a source of fascination to the media and her readers. In her professorial guise, she's written a New York Times op-ed defending romance, as well as articles published everywhere from women's magazines such as More to writers' journals such as the Romance Writers' Report.

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Books18

How to Be a Wallflower

How to Be a Wallflower

2022
Wilde in Love

Wilde in Love

2017
Four Nights With the Duke

Four Nights With the Duke

2014
It Happened One Valentine's Day: An Avon Romance Valentine's Day Sampler

It Happened One Valentine's Day: An Avon Romance Valentine's Day Sampler

2013

with Beverly Jenkins and Liz Carlyle

Once Upon a Tower

Once Upon a Tower

2013
The Lady Most Willing...

The Lady Most Willing...

2012

with Julia Quinn and Connie Brockway

The Ugly Duchess

The Ugly Duchess

2012
The Duke Is Mine

The Duke Is Mine

2011
The Lady Most Likely...

The Lady Most Likely...

2010

with Julia Quinn and Connie Brockway

A Duke of Her Own

A Duke of Her Own

2009
An Affair Before Christmas

An Affair Before Christmas

2007
Desperate Duchesses

Desperate Duchesses

2007
Duchess By Night

Duchess By Night

2007
Much Ado About You

Much Ado About You

2004
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

2004

with Victoria Alexander, Liz Carlyle and Cathy Maxwell

When Beauty Tamed the Beast

When Beauty Tamed the Beast

2000
Potent Pleasures

Potent Pleasures

1999
A Kiss at Midnight

A Kiss at Midnight

1996

Collections1

Mistletoe Christmas: An Anthology

Mistletoe Christmas: An Anthology

2021

with Christi Caldwell, Janna MacGregor and Erica Ridley