Who is one of my other favorites from this series. I was glad to finally get more of the details and see more of Villier. In the end I enjoyed the story and was satisfied with their HEA. It was so complex and you just knew there was so much more to the story. At times their relationship overshadowed the main characters in previous books. I had been looking forward to this story since the first book. ' Finally we have Jemma and Elijah's story. I like the Desperate Duchesses series, but this one didn't quite work for me. ' I'm reading romance - it must be November.

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Nobody mixes humor, historical knowledge, and modern sensibilities like James, and she's at the top of her game here.' Although James has used the plot device of a husband with a seemingly-incurable ailment before, her writing has developed to the point where she can render Jemma's anguish with utter conviction. The slow development of understanding between husband and wife was touching. The conversation of veiled insults between Jemma and the Marquise was perfection. I laughed out loud at it, and I was moved by it. But This Duchess of Mine is, I think, Eloisa James' masterpiece. I was almost disappointed that Jemma's book had arrived-I was enjoying her story too much to want it to end.

The best thing about the series has been been the ongoing story of sophisticated Jemma and her estranged husband. Even the excellent Desperate Duchesses series has had its uneven spots. That said, I don't blindly love all her books.

'OK, so I am admittedly a crazy Eloisa James fan. In fact, she wants the impossible: her husband's heart at her feet.īut what manner of seduction will make a man fall desperately in love. Jemma laughs at Elijah's cool eyes and icy heart-but to her secret shock, she doesn't share his feelings. For the next nine years she cavorted abroad, creating one delicious scandal after another (if one is to believe the rumors).Įlijah, Duke of Beaumont, did believe those rumors.īut the handsome duke needs an heir, so he summons his seductive wife home. Wedding bells celebrating the arranged marriage between the lovely Duchess of Beaumont and her staid, imperturbable duke had scarcely fallen silent when a shocking discovery sent Jemma running from the ducal mansion. No man can resist Jemma's sensuous allure. Eloisa James, New York Times bestselling romance author of When Beauty Tamed the Beast, puts a chilly, powerful duke in bed with an intelligent, beautiful woman…his wife.

This duchess of mine by eloisa james